| shikamaru317 said: JRPG's tend to play quite different compared to WRPG's, and not just because more JRPG's tend to be turn based than WRPG's, even the action JRPG's have a distinct gameplay style that is different from action WRPG's. Take some action WRPG's like Fable 2, Witcher 3, or Skyrim and compare them to action JRPG's like Tales of, FF7 Remake, and Kingdom Hearts. The action JRPG's all have a distinct style, often consisting of flashier attack animations than you see in WRPG's, even though they play differently from one another. And of course JRPG's also typically have a distinct art style, rather it be anime based artwork or a more realistic but still distinctly Japanese style like you see in Final Fantasy. But Athia doesn't seem to have that Japanese-ness, especially in terms of the art design, at least from what we've seen so far between the Athia reveal trailer and the Luminous engine tech demo from last year, which seemed to feature the Athia main character: Would have much preferred if they turned Agni's philosophy into their next game personally. But hey, that's just me, I'm sure many will still enjoy Athia. Maybe it will even evolve into something I like more, it does seem quite early in development still, so much could change before release. For what it's worth, I also wasn't really feeling what they showed of FF16, it also seemed a bit more western influenced than what I've come to expect from Final Fantasy. Also would have preferred an Agni's Philosophy based FF16 compared to the one we seem to be getting. |
You didn’t specify JRPGs, you simply mentioned the word games.
But if we stick to JRPGs, would you consider the Souls series of games to be westernized? Even though it basically created its own genre of games?
And can’t Japanese games embrace more realistic visuals, or do they have to stick to anime or “exaggerated” styles? If the game is made by a developer in japan, it’s a japanese game. Simple as that.
Did you play Hollow Knight or Ori? Do you dismiss those western dev games because they’re using the Metroid blue print?
Last edited by Hynad - on 08 December 2020
