I used to say JRPGS, in the 90s they were the original open world games, FF7 was ground breaking moment in gaming for me, but since 2000 onwards they see to have turned into linear and bore fests in terms of inovative gameplay on the whole with very few exceptions.
WRPGS have come on a lot since then, showing massive open world games like skyrim and dragon age, although i find the characters in western ones to be a lot more forgettable as they let you design your own charcter from scratch and no matter what you do there just bland featureless faces.







