Bethesda: Western RPG “More Realistic” Than JRPGs

[Spagoodle]

darthdevidem01 said:

Carl2291 said:

Spagoodle said:

Their characters have more realistic personality traits. With JRPG its the same cliche unrealistic characters over and over.

What's funny is... WRPG's have just as many cliche's as JRPG's.

And to counter what you said, I'm gonna advise you to play Demon's Souls

So true

Just play Dragon Age Origins

Its plot is a mish mash of a thousand cheap fantasy novels.

 

I'm not talking about narrative specifically. Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Fallout and Oblivion have pretty cliche story's. Its the individuals characters and their development that set WRPG's apart from JRPG's for me.

Dragon age is a great example. Look at the Arc of a character like Alistair and then compare it to a character like Hope from FFXIII. The depth of characters and the motivations for how they evolve are worlds apart. Alistair past is slowly developed and how the player chooses to engage Alistair and his struggles shape how he comes to terms with his past. His story has some depth and feels more grounded in reality. Hope listens to some bull shit corny speech and is all of a sudden he is magically changed.