| SmoothCriminal said: I thinks it's partially because of the younger generation of gamers. I've never liked JRPGs, but that's just my personal preference, as I like games that require skill and strategy, and most JRPGs seem to only require strategy. I also find their stories to be too linear and restrictive for a Role-playing game (emphasis on the role-playing). The only JRPG I've ever like (outside of Pokemon) is Yakuza 3, and it may not even classify as a JRPG at all. That being said, I can see the appeal.
Now the meat of my argument is this: Younger gamers aren't patient enough.
They don't want to sit through some long cutscene or use a battle-system that requires thought, they just want to play GTA and kill some bitches, or play CoD and call the other team bitches. Half the time, if a game isn't multiplayer, they don't even look at it. This isn't only happening with JRPGs, it's already happened with adventure games and "hard-core" computer (aka "western") RPGs. In fact, it seems that every genre is being dumbed down in some way. It's not a matter of JRPGs not evolving, it's that everything else is devolving. /rant. |
Your over generalization is downright insulting.
I'm a younger gamer, but I certainly don't like just killing bitches and fucking prostitutes.
Really, say instead that "The majority of gamers that fall into the demograph that favors gore and violence are devolving." These people aren't necessarily young.
Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita
Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte
Sugu yoko de waratteita
Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo
I will never leave you
