Riachu said:
Torillian said:
Kasz216 said:
deadt0m said:
A lot of things are wrong with JRPGs today.
#1 - They are hardly ever turn based. And yes, I know that this is a matter of opinion. I just vastly prefer turn based jrpgs to "action" RPGs. Western developers, especially Bioware, are so far ahead of the curve in terms of action RPGs that the Japanese attempts fall flat for me.
#2 - Graphics, although I guess that isn't really a new issue. When consoles moved to CDs, graphics became a huge selling point, not just for RPGs but for consoles as a whole. It had a particular effect on the RPG market, though. RPG developers started spending a large amount of their dev time and budgets on sweeping, visually impressive cinematics in order to capture the graphics-hungry new consumers. Unfortunately, it came at the expense of gameplay and especially story writing. When characters were sprites, they had to be extremely compelling for a gamer to really relate to the story. Now, though, you can just have a party of spiky-haired androgynous white people, give them big swords, and sprinkle the game with cutscenes of them swinging said swords, and it's a lot easier way to get a game out. They are trying to sell games on visual appeal instead of actual meaningful content. As technology has improved, this has become more and more pronounced.
#3 - Enix :P |
The problem with action RPGS is they dumb down the action aspect so the RPG aspect is more important.
In a regular action game for example you can take down any monster if your skilled enough. Action RPGs usually make your character so stiff you can't help but be hit... etc.
Action games with RPG elements are going to be better nearly every time.
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Have you tried SMT: Devil Summoner 2? If these are what you dislike about action RPG's I think you might really like it. It's all about dodging and blocking damage instead of just taking it and then healing.
And I would disagree with you about Kingdom Hearts, Riachu. I think in that game you couldn't dodge most attacks.
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I am just saying that not all Japanese developed Action RPGs are bad. I think it is rather childish to put down someones opinion just because you disagree with it. How would you feel if I put down a game you really loved?
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I didn't see him putting down ARPG's, but specifiying why he doesn't like them. I then mentioned an ARPG that I think solves the issues he has with the genre, and disagreed with your suggestion of Kingdom Hearts because I feel it has the issues Kasz mentioned.
On to the question, I would be annoyed and try to argue against the points you brought up to downplay the game I love. As can be seen by my participation in the recent Zelda vs. Ico threads.
