Hyperdimension Neptunia: Perfect For The JRPG Fan?

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Xen said:

Wagram said:

RPGs overall have been lacking this generation and this game looks like it isn't going to do any justice.

Of course I can always get my Final Fantasy and Star Ocean fix from Square-Enix. However Nintendo is being retarded and doesn't want to localize very promising games. Also to me the WRPG genre is still as piss poor as it always have been excluding the Mass Effect games and MAYBE Dragon Age (for me).

Hopefully next generation they can amek a comeback.

No.

JRPG's are shrinking as a genre. And people, don't jump me with all that "but handheldzzzzzz" argument... the situation on the PSP and DS is less than stellar aside from a few exceptions...

It's because JRPGs are by and large stuck in the past (Eternal Sonata, etc.) or are going in the wrong direction (FFXIII, as much as I enjoyed it).  If more developers had taken cues from FFXII, mixing a free form, action based combat system with a large open world and a narrative that doesn't treat its audience like children (despite it starting to fall apart halfway through), and only improved upon that, the JRPG genre would probably be much healthier today.

Versus XIII looks excellent, however, taking cues from both Kingdom Hearts and XII, only mixing it all in its own unique style.  The question is just how content-rich its overworld will be, and whether the story will play out more like XIII or XII.