JRPGs VS WRPGs (HD)

[Mad55]

Killiana1a said:

Mad55 said:

ImJustBayuum said:

According to "metacritic", the top5 HD games for each sub genre are

JRPGs
1) valkyria chronicles - 86
2) Final Fantasy XIII - 83
3) Eternal Sonata – 80
4) Tales of Vesperia – 79
5) Lost Odyssey – 78

WRPGs
1) Mass Effect 2 - 96
2) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – 94
3) Fallout 3 – 93
4) Mass Effect 1 - 91
5) Fable 2 – 89

So which one do you prefer?
For me, it will be definitely WRPG's. I've played all 5 of those Wrpgs and they all deserve those high scores.

Most definately jrpg's and they deserved higher scores. How tales of vesperia and lost odyssey got such average scores is crazy. I hardly ever like the stories in wrpg's most of the times they suck.

JRPGs going back to Final Fantasy 2 and earlier have always been story driven to the extent where they constrict non-linear, free form gameplay as most recently seen in Final Fantasy 13.

WRPGs such as the Fallout series, Elder Scroll series, Fable series, Borderlands, and on have the story as a backdrop to the mostly non-linear gameplay. There are exceptions such as WRPGs developed by Bioware ala Mass Effect.

What I love most about a game such as Fallout 3 is that character levels are not everything. If I want to go kill some Super Mutants after exiting the vault, I can take a very long and perilous journey to the crashed UFO, pick up the Alien Blaster, and melt faces. Conversely, I remember plugging hours into getting those extra 2 to 5 levels in Final Fantasy 2 because the boss at the end of the cave was unbeatable unless I grinded those extra few levels.

Sounds like your in the middle which is a good thing lol.