naznatips said:
shio said:
I've not played all them (nowhere near that), but I have played almost all of the so-called great jRPGs, so I have a pretty good idea. I love all types of RPGs, but from my experience Western RPGs are mostly superior to the Japanese counterparts. I don't think there would be a jRPG in my modern top10 (I mean despite the year it came out) I've actually started playing RPGs because of jRPGs. My first experience was on Megadrive playing one of the Wonderboy games, and FF8 was the game that trully made me a RPG fan and was my favorite RPG for awhile until I played Diablo 2, Fallout 2, Baldur's Gate 2, Planescape: Torment, Arcanum. Western RPGs easily took over my favoritism and jRPGs just seem flawed by design. I'm a firm believer that a non-linear RPG can have a better story than a linear, because interactivity has a serious hold on immersion. |
FF games hardly consititute the greatest JRPGs, and they certainly don't constitute the best stories. Especially not FFVII or VIII. If you really want to see a great RPG plot play Persona 3, Breath of Fire 4, Fire Emblem (GC and Wii games), Xenosaga, Odin Sphere, and Xenogears. Out of the FF-style games VI, IX, and Chrono Trigger have the best plots. These games excelled at creating atmosphere, style, and storytelling. |
I played all the ones you mentioned except Persona 3, Odin Sphere and the Fire Emblem games.
