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Are turn-based RPGs in mainstream gaming Dead?

Yeah guys......I know its sad. :-( 61 28.50%
 
NOO!!!!! NEVER!!! SHUT YOUR MOUTH! 153 71.50%
 
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The Fury said:
In pokemon? It's fine.

FF15 is only like it is because SquEnix wasted time and money on a spin-off which turned into a main series title instead. FF16 might have the ATB back and sell just as well.

It's a weird thing as we don't really know unless game developers actually make them and considering out of the 2 biggest franchises with turn based stuff in it, one of them didn't do it with their latest entry, it's hard to tell.

They're not doing it with 7R either. This is obviously more than just a one-game thing. I've been hearing murmuring of Square wanting to go in this direction with Final Fantasy for ages. Turn-based combat is purely a product of limited hardware not being able to replecate the grand combat visions of their creators. It let the players imagine what the technology could not portray.

That's not the case anymore, so you're seeing it naturally go away. Now when a player sees turn-based combat, there are already real-time games that are doing all of the crazy moves being implied in turn-based games like with Bayonetta or God of War, so a player looks at it and thinks "why am I just waiting to be attacked when games exist where I can do the same thing in real time?"

Pokemon has 802 characters, many with different forms, to model and animate. That's why you're not seeing it in real time. Money. But, like I said, I think Pokemon will catch up and go real time as they've been future proofing since XY.



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its not dead. Even in its hey day how much did those turn based games really sell. If it wasnt FF, Pokemon or maybe DQ not that much. And people are using Pokemon as an example of it not being dead. If you think millions of people are buying that game cause its turn based and not cause of the whole getting Pokemon mechanic you need to come to reality.



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As people said, its far from dead.Many big IP use it, namely Pokemon, Fire Emblem, Persona, Shin Megami Tensei,Dragon Quest, Bravely Default, and many many others.



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vivster said:
Let's see. Square Enix alone has released a turn based game this year and has 2 in production set to release in 2017. Then there is Persona, another high profile one. Oh yes and that niche game called Pokemon.

Doesn't seem that dead to me.

what two in production?

DQ11 and FF Dimensions 2.

Also for some reason I forgot WoFF, which make it 2 released turn based JRPGs this year.



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They are not as popular as before, but far from dead.



                
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Probably not.



I voted yes.
If we talk AAA games, the quantiny of games has shrunk massively, just like platform games



After playing World of Final Fantasy, I'd definitely say no.

And then there's Pokemon....nuff said.



No, they'll never die. They're just... out of the main spotlight in the RPG genre. They'll likely be kept to smaller or niche titles, and at worst, the indies will bring them back, like with many styles of gameplay of old that are missed today.

It's likely no genre will ever die, but just become niche.



 

              

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