reaver_x on 12 October 2009
| Steroid said: I don't like the term JRPG or WRPG. It's supposed to be two different types of games: as if to say turn-based party based RPG's are supposed to be "JRPGs" and more real time RPG's are supposed to be "WRPGs". In my view games like Secret of Mana and Mass Effect are both Adventure-RPG's. While Final Fantasy 7 and Lost Odyssey are turn based RPG's. I also consider Games like Demon souls and oblivion to be adventure games. Most people wouldn't hesitate to call Zelda an adventure game but would consider Oblivion and Demon Souls RPG's based almost entirely on the fact that you gain exp and level, which is the only major distinction between these games and a Zelda game. In the end I think the term "JRPG" and "WRPG" was invented by forum goers who were too lazy to type out the more descriptive definitions and use those terms as short hand. |
in Demon's Souls it matters a lot. In Oblivion...not so much
