Suspension of Disbelief(Why western fans dislike JRPG's)

[Aeolus451]

vkaraujo said:

Aeolus451 said:

All JRPG literally means is that it's a japanese role playing game. Those are JRPGs but they just don't fit neatly into the JRPG stereotype. Japanese devs are starting to play around with different kinds of RPG's than what they typically do. I don't know how many gems we missed because they were never localized.

I disagree, i understand that the industry uses the term J-RPG not to games made in japan, but to those that follow a japanese school of design/narrative. 

That's why we can find "western J-RPG" references for example. We can make a pool about that later to see how VGC gamers see this.

I do agree the name was a mistake from the industry. We should be calling them "narrative RPG" (where we have a story to listen, like final fantasy) and "expression RPG" (where the focus on story will be smaller to allow you to do (and be) whatever you want, like Skyrim).

 

It's an abbreviation for Japanese Role Playing Game. It only needs to be a rpg and made in japan to fit that. It does not pertain to a certain design or narrative. There's many sources I can find that agrees completely with what I said. 

It is no different than how WRPG is used and the meaning only differs on western/japanese. If a WRPG is not open world and has fixed narrative without being able to customize the charater's looks, does that mean it's a JRPG? No, it does not.

If you can find quotes from japanese devs who say that games like demon's souls or dragon's dogma are not JRPGs, I'll believe you.