Tales of Vesperia - RPG GOTY Candidate?

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shio said:

@bitmap frogs

I know how crappy SOE is, but The Agency does seem quite interesting, unlike their other MMOs. Though it seems it might be pushed to 2009.

@zenfoldorvgi

Japanese RPGs weren't very niche last gen. I think the combination of the recent wRPG penetration on consoles, and the late reading of the console market from japanese developers is making JRPGs seem quite lackluster in both amount and quality.

I believe the biggest problem of JRPGs is "lack of evolution". The JRPG sub-genre is stale, there have been no innovative or very original titles in a long time, and almost all have cookie-cutter formulae. And now that wRPGs are entering the console market, the JRPGs' sins are even more noticeable. J-Developers need to evolve, or revolutionize... if they stay like this, it will certainly push JRPGs into a much smaller niche in the western world. I think it partly explains the "low" scores they have been getting this gen.

The Last Remnant just seems unimpressive. It oozes the same as the average JRPG, and I hate the fact that all the main characters look like 14 year old teens even though some are adults. I had faith in Infinite Undiscovery to give something good, but it might have been misplaced.

 

Why did you have faith in Infinite Undiscovery?  What about that game didn't ooze typicale JRPG fare, that The Last Remnant did?  Serious question here, because all the videos I saw of Infinite Undiscovery made it look pretty cliche.