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Kasz216 on 09 February 2010
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weaveworld said:
Kasz216 said:
weaveworld said:
People complaining about the current state of Jrpg's may have a point. But saying they need to evolve while complaining about the lack of an epic story is utter bull... Give stories like Xenogears' and all will be fine...
So >>> back to basics i say!

Yeah, I never really got the "evolution" thing.

I think it's just a byproduct that for most people... JRPGs aren't peoples favorite genres.

 

When more ARPGS and other genres incoporated RPGs people started thinking "Wait i can have the level building aspects of an RPG AND I don't need turn based battles?  Awesome!  Why the hell do they still have turn based battles?"

 

The "evolution" of JRPGs actually needs something else completly.  The evolution of story... as every game pretty much seems to tell the same story... which is even worse in SRPG form.  (Hey we're mercenaries fighten the evil empire, ho!)


There are so many other plot paths that could be used.   How about a good RPG where your  a cog in the empire... and your pretty much forced to be that way... but that's it.  No heroic turn around... ever.  etc.

 

So many untold stories.

 

Yup, only reason i've been dissapointed so many times the last few years is not because of gameplay...

The thing is too... the gameplay DOES evolve.  It's just not seen as evolving because it doesn't change from turn based.


I mean heck, I could think of dozens and dozens of different ways turn based RPGs play... dating back to the NES to a game that let you attack with either hand, either foot or you head.