Health bars and Hit points. Which is better?

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Otakumegane said:

....On a side note is it that most JRPGs use a HP system and WRPGs use a bar system?

In that case no wonder Asian children are better at math. Who would've thought "You took 83 points of dmg!" from Pokemans make me do the math in my head to see if it died or not.

Unintentionally learning......

no, well. Now it is sort of. 

before this generation, most every wrpg used Dungeons and Dragons a Paper and Pen RPG rules. Which is quite complex with Attack, Dexterity and modifiers, which featured dice rolls etc. Old games like Neverwinter nights, showed math equations in a log while playing the game.