jarrod on 27 December 2010
richardhutnik said:
They are redefining the genre? Would it be better, if this is the case, to say Xenoblades and Last Story would be better as redefining RPGs in general, rather than just say they are JRPGs? |
Maybe, though some of the stuff they're innovating in (for Japan) is also being done already in the west by companies like Blizzard, Bioware or Bethesda. The fusion might lead to something new though, but I think their influence (if any) on the development community will be moreso in Japan.
Western companies trying to make a "JRPG" usually turns out disastrously anyway (see: Sonic Chronicles).
