Sick and tired of these RPGs.

Now before you start to yell at me.. I LOVE the RPG Genre.. I have good memories of FF7, Chrono Trigger, etc. These where FUN RPGS!! Nowadays, I look at the current RPGs.. and almost cry.

Not because they lack a good storyline.. nor because their gameplay sucks.. but because the !@#^ing main character is a !@#^ing twelve year old!! Or looks it! I mean DANG, I like the main character to look/feel like he could save the world, or at least be cool. (Be it through a sense of humor, or gruffness like the Gears of War characters.)

FF12 for example. Vaan.. the dude looks like a LAdy, and I really can't see him saving the world.. I mean cmon. Put a shirt on, kid.

And I just played the demo of Eternal Sonata.. for some reason, playing as a character that looks like he could be a 13 year old, okay.. well.. maybe it has a good storyline... the combat was fun enough. Then I picked up a 'Peach cookie'!!!! Yay!!

:roll: Shoot me now please?

Now, I don't really know what the Designers are thinking.. Most RPG players are NOT 13 year olds!!! I'm sorry, but I know of NO young kid that wants to blow 50+ hours on a game like that. And younger kids, well heck.. they probably couldn't understand what was going on.

Now.. I'm not saying that there AREN'T kids that play these games, but cmon. Are there REALLY enough of em to warrant so many 'kiddy' led RPGs?

*sigh* I don't really care for those 'MATURE' RPGs that much either. Darkness, blood etc, whatever. But they are the only thing out there that even REMOTELY doesn't disgust me with 'Peach Cookies'. (What the hell happened to good ol health potions? Or Rations?!)

I guess I'll just have to stick with Elder Scrolls: Obvlion and Gears Of War.. as it seems Action games are getting good mature storylines without peach cookies these days.

Whats your view on the matter?

Mass Effect - Fallout 3 - Lost Odyssey - Fable 2...

The majority of the problem your talking about with "kidsy" looking RPG's is the Japanese market likes them that way. Non-Japanese RPG's are always much darker and more realistic.

you gotta point man last good rpgs i played were oblivion ff10 and ff7 the newons ares***they keep changing the fight syle on the newer ff i like were u can think about your move rather than having a time limit.AND BRING BACK THE BREAKING SCREEN!!!

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The Blue Dragon and Eternal Sonata demos sucked.

Those crazy Japanese.

I guess I'll just have to stick with Elder Scrolls: Obvlion and Gears Of War.. as it seems Action games are getting good mature storylines without peach cookies these days.

Whats your view on the matter?

Bikin_mike

I'm not just talking about the 360 RPGs. And Fallout 3, Mass Effect.. Fable 2..(All of which look awesome)these are not entirely RPGs, more like ACtion Games like Elder Scrolls, but with a pretty good story behind em. I guess it depends on your view of what an RPG is.

Bikin_mike

Mass Effect will not be an "Action game like Elder Scrolls". If there is any developer in the world who knows how to make an RPG, it's BioWare. Fallout 3 probably will be an action-y game (R.I.P Black Isle), and Fable 2 might be a good RPG. As a matter of interest, what do you think makes a good RPG?

Well, all these games are Japanese RPGs... We need some Americans to get off their butts and make some good RPGs-Hopefully Mass Effect and to some extent Bioshock will scratch that itch in the short term.

Really, in terms of good RPGs, the 360 has been bone dry while everyone and their Mom put out about 10 FPSs.

EGM already has a review out of Blue Dragon. I hope they are wrong, but in their opinion it was a beautiful piece of mediocrity with a set of annoying characters. All flash no story.

Sadly, that seems to be the fate of too many RPGs these days...