WRPGs vs. JRPGs: The Art of Story Telling

[adriane23]

silicon said:

adriane23 said:

stof said:
Are there any JRPG's that offer the kind of broad choices that frequent WRPGs?

Romancing Saga reminds me of Dragon Age and/or Oblivion a lot. After the first hour or so it's really up to you on what you want to do. The battle system is more entertaining in Romancing Saga IMO.

 

TANGENT!

The battle systems in a lot of JRPGs are very stale, but there are a few great battle systems (Xenogears, Kindom Hearts, Xenosaga, Wild Arms 3+4). I have yet to find a WRPG with a fun fighting engine (Oblivion being the worst I've ever played).

And where does Demon's Souls fall in terms of WRPG or JRPG. It's very non-linear and very light on story, but it's a Japanese game. Does it depend on how it plays or where it was made? Sholiiite!

 

 

 

I actually thought DA:O had a really fun fighting engine! (but that's just personal preference I guess) DA:O was so fun for me it's hard to get into any other game atm. =P  I didn't get into Oblivion either though.

 

Demon's Souls I think is a progression... they took the best of what was available and did it right imo.

Damn I was meaning to mention Dragon Age as the most enjoyable fighting WRPG fighing engine to date (The sound effects are so satisfying), but in terms of action oriented RPGs it's extremely inferior to the Star Ocean series since that's basically how the Dragon Age system operates. You can hit X like crazy and assign specials to buttons while the A.I. controls the rest of the party or micro-manage each party member action by action. The "Tales of..." series over all of course.