DogRemag on 02 July 2014
There are no WRPGs with the writing on the level of the best JRPGs. Yes WRPG is more open and none linear, but that does not equal quality. WRPGs just give you tons of options with no memorable story. I loved Dragon Age origins and Skyrim, but they lacked an engaging story the way Dragon Quest 8, Dark loud 2 and FF7 had. There were no memorable characters either, which is what make RPGs great to begin with. The battle system in Skyrim was just hack n slash, but DA had a good battle system. Everything else you named also give JRPgs an edge do to better design, art direction and more interesting archetypes.WRPGs have those dull, generic, boring and personality less characters that do not separate them form the FPS games.
