naznatips on 12 November 2008
| Paul_Warren said: "More recently Mass Effect is without a doubt the best RPG on the market from the last 3 years." Mass Effect isn't as good as FFXII or Persona 3 or 4 on the PS2. My biggest gripe about those Bioware games is they are very much like if Hollywood set out to make a jrpg. They are good on the outside but shallow on the deeper levels unlike FF, Persona, or the majority of great JRPGs. |
On the flip side: FFXII was freaking awful. For all Mass Effect's faults it was still a good (but not great) game underneath. FFXII was a melee button-mashing, cliched-story, horrendous characters, autopilot combat, broken mess of a game. It was nearly flawless on a technical level, but did almost nothing else right.
The only big-name WRPG in recent years to have as many issues is Oblivion, which I admit was even worse.
It's not the big games that define the genres. There's more to gaming than hype and "OMG AAA." Look around a bit. You might find the best games are in the shadows.
