Are Western reviewers becoming biased against JRPGs?

[Aiemond]

Esa-Petteri said:

RolStoppable said:
Looking at the average scores of JRPGs, it doesn't look like reviewers are generally biased against them. There are only a few which would deserve to get rated higher and there are a few which should be rated lower.

The real problem is that reviewers are in general biased towards Western games, not just WRPGs.

Then again, it doesn't really matter what they think, they are idiots.

No, they are not idiots because they think western games are better. It is just a fact. ;)

 

 

Well, no. The real problem is that these wrpgs and fps sell better. There is a larger crowd, so the reviewers are going to review them better on average. Why? Because the reviewers are taken from the general population of western game nerds, and thus most would have this similar view. They are not objective about the games they review, this much is very obvious. People complained during the presidential election about the media beiing in the tank for obama, and looking at the coverage they have a point to some extent. But, if you look at the reviews, they are significantly more skewed towords these western games with good graphics, even if it is the same shooter :P So, in reality, the reviwers are showing their own bias and not keeping an objective look on things like a member of the media should. They are less objective than the huffington post or drudge report! And thats saying something.

 

For RPGs, I have seen some REALLY good ones this generation. How can you call The World Ends With You as anything but innovative and different from the norm? It is not a simple good vs evil, it is not a normal combat or game system, the characters are built well.  The FFIV remake is awesome; they took a great snes game and improved it by a large margin. I cannot say about the HD games since I don't own the system, but VC looks very good and ToV does as well. But, The WRPGS are fun too such as oblivion. The reality is the jrpgs are scoring a little lower than they should, and the wrpgs higher than they should. Oblivion should score about the same as VC. TWEWY should score a bit higher than both. Mass Effect, for technical issues, below those stated.