ON TODAY'S AGENDA

We tackle the issue of the majority of the American media's unnecessary bashing of JRPG's. Now from the reviews I've read and watched, I've noticed a trend in the idea that all Japanese Role Playing Games are essentially cut from the same wallpaper, which is untrue, to the degree which they say.

It is good to remember that there are TONS of games out there, so there will be similarities, but to almost completely solo out JRPG's is ignorant and silly. Compared to other genres, actually, it seems that JRPG's have the least amount of similarities from game to game.

Of course, you have your Sports, Music, and Racing titles, but honestly there's not much you can do about that.

More mainstream genres, such as FPS's, seem to have far more black and white stories and characters. Your FPS begins, and the world/universe is in trouble. Luckily, you're the most amazing shooter guy ever, go kill things. Sound familiar?

Now this is not meant to bash FPS's or anything, it's merely a representation of how if you reduce any game to the basic components of its genre, of COURSE it will seem cliché. So leave my JRPG's alone!