which do you prefer "gameplay or story" before purchasing a game?

[Riachu]

Garcian Smith said:

Riachu said:

Garcian Smith said:

ecurbj said:
So how would you explain a RPG?

Usually also targeted toward teenagers. Very few RPGs have a good enough story to spark your average adult's interest.

 

A lot of WRPGs have very mature stories and there are even a few JRPGs that have mature storytelling i.e. Shin Megami Tensei series, Lost Odyssey

 

 

Thus why I said, "very few." And in that few, about 95% of them are Western-developed.

I'll agree that Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga are obviously intended for adults (the cannibalism/sexual/philosophical undertones make them rather unsuited for teenagers), but Lost Odyssey? I don't know. I just went back to read about a half-dozen reviews, and most of them called it cliche as hell.

Lost Odyssey's tone is fairly mature(atleast for a T rated game anyway)