Mad55 said:
Michael-5 said:
Well regardless, the adundance of titles is down, and there was no such thing as an MMO Final Fantasy before PS2. Reading most websites review of the SNES and PS1, I feel the SNES and PS1 were much better on the JRPG's then developers are now.
There are more great games this gen then any other before it, but the RPG kingdom is becoming split. JRPG's used to be a bigger genre, and now WRPG's are taking away most of the sales.
And I still feel quality is dropping. Not one JRPG has yet to impress and shock me with the story. Demon Souls and Lost Odyssey were fun, and FFXIII wasn't bad (from what I've played). I still have yet to play Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery, Star Ocean, and Fire Emblem (Summer goals), but from what I've heard, I don't expect them to blow me away. They will be fun, but the only game I have seen to even come close to Chrono Trigger/FFVI/Super Mario RPG level of quality was Mass Effect 2. I know it's a hybrid, but it was fun as hell. Fallout 3 was pretty good too, but the DLC was kind of dry.
What's kind of funny is VGC's article with Platnium games. I really enjoyed Vanquish, and that's the only japanese game this generation which I really loved. I have yet to play Bayonetta and MadWorld, but now that I know they are all Platnium Games titles, I'm more likely to play them. Wasn't planing on getting Bayonetta at first.
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jrpgs in terms of sales where never that huge apart from a few series. sales are about on par as the other gens for jrpgs. but yea lol.
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Yes, but the market is growing, and JRPG sales are not growing accordingly. Also since the number of games are going down, overall sales are lower.
Reading articles, such as the one about Platnium Games, further my opinion that the JRPG genre is going down. Not because of popularity, but because no one is taking the time and effort to make a good one anymore.
That said, I'm looking forward to beating Final Fantasy XIII and starting up Tales of Vesperia, Dragon Age, and Infinite Undiscovery. Don't know which one to tackle first, any suggestions?
BTW, Dark Souls is my most hyped JRPG this fall, I'm pretty excited, Demon Souls was really good.
