Against the grain: Why do we Europeans hate RPG's?

[Chibi.V.29]

A203D said:

Chibi.V.29 said:

Conegamer said:

Chibi.V.29 said:

I have no idea why :/ i think that in a part of the world where a generic shooter is top there isnt much room for games that involve slow progression games which JRPG's quite often are. FF13 did prove though that its not impossible for JRPG's  sell insane numbers. But new IP's often fall flat :/ (though tales of grace does sometimes do very well)

Final Fantasy, as you say, is an established series. They always sell well, no matter the quality. The fact that new IP's sell very few numbers in the UK shows that there isn't a market there, and that most consumers are ignorant to the fact that the genre even exists

urh its so annoying :/ even half the people i know that get ff games dont even know there rpg's O.o 

Its a shame realy :/

the reason its been difficult for Europe to accept JRPGs is because gamers think RPGs are boring. western gamers want action - when FF13 was advertised, it only presented the cutscenes (in Europe anyway, with the Leonia Lewis song). this is completely the opposite to what western gamers want.

they want to see some action, people dont give a toss about cutscene driven games. they think its boring, repititive, tedious. they want something like Uncharted or God of War, where they can just pick it up and play it, they dont want to watch 10mins of cutscenes before they can play. thats not what western gamers want.

even though Mass Effect 2 has been well recieved, its no where near the level of sales of something like Assassin's Creed (a semi popular game), because its not ACCESSABLE. the premise of making someone interested in your game is  making it accessble. people want something they understand, easy to pick up and play.

the only JRPG that has a chance of doing this imo is The Last Story - because it evolves RPGs to the level of western developed games. the main draw of the game is gameplay - a real time battle system. people can understand and relate to that. the other thing is online, leting play a realtime game with your friends. this is my point where FF13 hasnt evolved the genre, it hasnt got more people buying RPGs, its returning fans just buying the 13th iteration.

but Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Demon's Souls and The Last Story will give RPGs a fighting chance in Europe where FF13 couldnt.

if the people in the UK dont like cut scene driven games they will hate the last story :P the game gives ff13 a run for its money the the sheer number and length of them. (i would know...i sat through everyone of them xD)

And ff13 sold incredibly in Europe ^^ 2.1 million isnt bad for a region where no one likes those kind of games ey

And its not just people buying the next literation etc ff12 sold 1.4 million europe so there are half a million new people  i highly doubt (actually garantee) tls would never sell 500k in europe let alone introduce that entire new audience ^^

Also though yes tls is a brilliant game like i said in my review it being real time isnt really that new :/ its been around forever xD