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perpride on 11 March 2010
kowenicki said:
LO and FFXIII deserve over 90.

THIS!!! But we all know that JRPG's are underrated especially this generation. Selnor, you take metacritic WAY TOO seriousley my friend!!! When I come into a thread that says "FFXIII vs Other JRPG's this gen." I think I'm coming in to talk about quality, not metacritic.

FFXIII is BY FAR the best RPG this generation IMO.

Also, you forgot to put Demons Souls in your list of games.



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MonstaMack on 11 March 2010
Hero_time88 said:
I also recently finished Star Ocean International and I think that's a better game than FFXIII, and that one is also far from perfect.

Seriously? I hated Star Ocean 4 (I only have a 360 mind you, but I don't think voice differences will change the game much) but my wife loved it.

This is dissapointing, and honestly if It didn't have the Final Fantasy name I'd imagine the scores would be even worst. I'm getting my copy of FFXIII today or tommorow (waiting on Amazon, got it for $45 after credit and pre-order savings) but it looks like Lost Odyssey and TOV are still the better game?



It's just that simple.

MonstaMack on 11 March 2010

It's why I get my games a few days late. I can wait. Amazon doesn't charge tax and threw in a $10 gaming credit (which I'll use knowing how many games I buy, check out my 360 collection lol).



It's just that simple.

epicurean on 11 March 2010

Yeah, didn't Demon's Souls get an 89 on Meta? Or are we going into the whole "its not really a JRPG argument"? It should probably be mentioned at least.



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.jayderyu on 11 March 2010
ShadowSoldier said:
I hate reading a review for a JRPG and see them make comparison to a WRPG...Hell they're practically different genres.

I've been saying this for years. I've also said JRPG will be viewed and compared differently if they have a name change. They are closer to movies and books than an RPG. Enjoy what they are for what they are and just relax about the RPG stuff, because it's not. A different genre name, would probable end this low review profiling.



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Barozi on 11 March 2010

FFXIII, ToV and LO are too low. (ES is too high)



ShadowSoldier on 11 March 2010

Lost Odyssey and Final Fantasy XIII are perfect examples of underrated gems this gen lol



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Skeeuk on 11 March 2010

ES is a very good game, so is LO and BD, VC and DS are best so far behind FF13

but tbh, western rpg pack much more gameplay that jrpg, so i highly doubt much jrpg will review highly



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Riot Of The Blood on 11 March 2010

Tales of Vesperia is the best JRPG so far. I think that and LO are both better than Final Fantasy XIII, although I'm only 10 hours into FFXIII so far.



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PearlJam on 11 March 2010

To those saying it's an action RPG, how do you figure? It still uses the turn-based combat system and you never actually play out any attack or action, so how is it an action RPG? Have you guys ever really played what you are describing?

The game is more linear than other FF games, but how does that make it an "action RPG"?