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outlawauron on 25 February 2013
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Otakumegane said:
Mnementh said:
As I didn't try Ni No Kuni yet, I can only speak for Xenoblade: it may be a JRPG, but it plays and feels like a western RPG. It has taken over all the good points: many side-quests, more or less open-world etc. So, while technically it is a JRPG it is at the heart a WRPG, so it has more success in the West.


I see it more as a "Modernized" JRPG done right. Adopts some mechanics of WRPGs but keeps the distinct sense that it's Japanese.

WRPGs were quick to adopt a real-time combat system, sidequests, and an open world.

JRPGs just took a little while longer to adjust.

So just a JRPG adopting some of the modern mechanics already found in WRPGs.

That's one very positive thing to associate with WRPGs (and shouldn't considering there is very little relevance). A lack of narrative and character development is far more common.



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