Kasz216 said:
CaptainPrice said:
lestatdark said:
Jumpin said:
lestatdark said:
It's not a JRPG.
It falls in line with common SRPG's like Fire Emblem and Shining Force, albeit the more action oriented layout when you're choosing the actions (which made the game much easier than the referenced SRPG's) |
Fire Emblem and Shining Force are both JRPGs. Strategy RPGs like that are a sub-genre. "JRPG" is a term used to distinguish the Japanese made RPGs from the non-Japanese made RPGs. There is a difference though between games like Fire Emblem and games like Advance Wars (which is not a JRPG).
Some games from Japan, though, are listed as RPGs when they are in fact not. The most common of these is Zelda.
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SRPG's are as equal a Subgenre as JRPG's and WRPG's are. There are intrinsic differences between the subgenres that put them completely apart from one another. That's like saying that Demon's Souls is a JRPG as well, when it has nothing in common with an JRPG.
I haven't seen Zelda being called a RPG, but I wouldn't find it odd that someone did. Heck, i've seen someone saying that Far Cry 2 was a RPG XD
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JRPG is purely a geographical term. The clue is in the 'Japanese' bit. So Demon's Souls is a JRPG. It plays a bit like a WRPG, but that doesn't change the fact that it was made in Japan.
The next bit will really blow the minds of half the posters on this thread. A GAME CAN BE MADE IN A PHYSICAL LOCATION, AND ALSO HAVE GAME PLAY DISTINCTIVE OF A CERTAIN GENRE. So Valkyria Chronicles is a JRPG and an SRPG.
People who have a problem with that should ask themselves how they would classify Oblivion or Mass Effect. Surely everyone accepts that they are WRPGs and Action RPGs. So why on earth does anyone have a problem with some JRPGs also being SRPGs?
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So... your saying that if Bioware suddenly moved to japan. You would consider Mass Effect games JRPGs? If so... why the hell does JRPG and WRPG exist as a genre?
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I admit that if there were RPG dev houses in Japan almost excusively staffed by Westerners we might have to rethink the whole JRPG/WRPG thing. Until then the JRPG/distinction seems okay.
