This generation the worst for JRPG?

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famousringo said:

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izaaz101 said:

Pristine20 said:

Soriku said:
No. This gen seems like a gen where devs try something new with RPGs. See: TWEWY, Inazuma Eleven, Sigma Harmonics, etc.

 

 

Charming games, let's see how they compare against RPGs from the first 3 years of the previous generation, starting with the Dreamcast in 2000, until beginning of 2003. I'll list only "traditional jRPGs, so no games like Phantasy Star Online.

*surgically removed list*

NOTE: I'm only listing games ranked 75 and over on Metacritic. I'm also just listing games on home consoles. These are all JRPGs. You should notice all of them except for Grandia and Skies of Arcadia are all exclusives for PlayStation 2.

 

So yes, this generation, which is a little over 3 years old, has undeniably sucked for JRPGs. Unless anyone here can come up with a list that can match or even reach the knees of the list I provided above. 

 

 

Highlighted your crucial mistake. The DS alone has 20 RPGs with 75 or better on metacritic. Cutting out the remakes still leaves 13 titles. I'll spare this thread from another list barrage, you can look them up if you want to.

The Japanese gamer has moved to the handheld, especially for single-player games like RPGs. Japanese developers are moving to reflect this.

 

 So what? Should I include handheld JRPGs from last gen as well??? I'm sure there must be some good titles, but we're not comparing that here, at least I was clearly not, so I don't see any mistake.

AND EVEN SO (yeah, let's leave out the portable JRPGs from last gen, and even so) I'll take Final Fantasy X, Kingdom Hearts, Dark Cloud 2, Xenosaga, Suikoden 3 and Skies of Arcadia over all JRPGs of this generation put together (and let's even add more fun to it while I'm at it, even if all these tittles were on the same system, which they're not. Last gen you had a PS2 and you were set)