| Shtinamin_ said: What is it that makes a RPG and RPG, that is what I want to understand better. How does a RPG differ from a JRPG? What can be done to elevate the RPG (or JRPG) experience? What has been done to make the RPG (or JRPG) experience worse? What games have made RPGs (or JRPGs) better? or worse?
I hope to learn more and expand my perspective. |
RPG:
Roleplay -> decision-making (choice/freedom) -> character development (and advancement).
Character(s) undertake quests/plot, grow from their experiance, and advance their character(s), towards a endgoal usually following a story.
"And how has the original RPG evolved into nowadays RPG?"
I think the earliest video game rpgs.... when I think of them, are like the early final fantasy games, or dragon quest ones.
How are those differnt from modern RPGs? well for one, most of those where turn-based, with today a majority being action based.
The complexity and freedoms in newer games are much greater, than in older rpgs (as they should be).
"What can be done to elevate the RPG (or JRPG) experience?"
In my opion that happends organically.... by itself, no need to force things.
Differnt developers will attempt to try differnt things, to set their game apart.... and whats popular and works well, gets copied, andvances the genre.
I think when you set off to make a RPG, you just need to make sure the fundamentals are down, and the story,characters,world is great.
"What has been done to make the RPG (or JRPG) experience worse?"
I'm not always a fan of action rpgs.... sometimes rpg feels like its just a "tag" that gets put into anything and everything.
Where your left with a sense of.... is this even a rpg anymore? basically games that stray to far from the fundamentals, and even if they have a few rpg mechanics, honestly dont feel like it when you play them.
"What games have made RPGs (or JRPGs) better? or worse?"
The standouts... the ones that show, this is good, people like this. The ones that then inspire others, to make ones like it (ei. its popular, and gets copied).
However, I think theres also just ones that grow the space (if its done well).
RPG is so broad a term, and theres alot of good games out there, with rpg mechanics.
End of the day, all that matters is if you enjoy it.
A good game is a good game :)
