Did you even read what I said? People did not started to label jrpgs just because they were made in Japan. It was because their rpgs were much different from the traditional ones. Jrpg is a genre.

It's my hope that he isn't reviewing it for all the people who aren't going to play the game, just as people didn't review Halo and Call of Duty for all the Moms who bought Wii Fit.

If that is the case, all I can say to those who think this is a good idea is, enjoy the day when your favorite kind of video game becomes the special project of reviewers to tell people stay away from, and the zeitgeist in the video game world turns so against what you enjoy that you worry about whether or not you'll still be playing games at all in a few years.

    I'm actually not reading the review because I want to avoid spoilers and having to think about a bunch of other people's opinions when I'm playing the game, so take my worries with a grain of salt.  I'm just voicing what I think I may be talking about after I play the game, assuming I like it.  I'm definirely worried that there seems to be a trend against JRPGs, even when their execution is near flawless.

Reading the various reviews leads me to believe the game is too linear for my tastes, but for someone that enjoys this type of RPG it sounds like a very well polished game.

Actually I skipped over a couple word sillily -.- haha my bad.

But I don't think there's agreement there. Some people think JRPG means Japanese RPG (I think this) and that means all RPGs from Japan are JRPGS, and WRPGS are all "western" RPGs. Obviously, not everyone feels that way, but I think it's somewhere around 50/50 or 40/60 on whether JRPG refers to region or genre. Not even sure which might be dominant. This is just from my experiences on this forum though, so I don't even know as a whole. I'd think of it as a Medieval RPG if we're talking genre.

JRPG is a genre, guys... We don't call them J-Racing Simulators or W-Racing Simulators if they're made in Japan or the West.

Black Sigil: Blade of Exiled is a JRPG made by Canadians.

I know this is a confusing point, but there's a reason we distinguish between Japan and the West for RPGs, and it's because the style is fundamentally different, not because RPG players are obsessed with geography...

That's a good point, and I didn't mean to suggest a reviewer should review for every gamer in mind, but I guess I did suggest that -.-

But, I think he looked at it from the perspective of ALL gamers that would even think of trying it, so it might not include the Wii Fit moms, but it could include the ME2 fans. And he seems to comment on the pacing of the game with that in mind.

There are no spoilers really, but essentially, the main thing I read and disliked was a mention of a SLOW progression curve for the battle system. He mentioned that the game would introduce a gameplay mechanic, and then you would need to spam it for a bunch of fights, then a new mechanic, spam that, etc. I personally prefer, give me everything or mostly everything at once, and maybe make some things more relevant at certain times, but don't baby me into it. It's kind of condescending and patronizing like the game would be telling me "No really, you can't handle this, take it slow".

ya ok I highly doubt you had it for pre order since it's so damn easy to convince you not to get it. Edge also gave dragon age a 5/10 what a hooorible game that was eh mrite?!

It's confusing when even mags like Game Informer say it's "one of the first truly great Japanese RPGs of this generation, and certainly the most remarkable." Some people see that and think "JRPG"

To me, SRPG, action-rpg, Turn-based RPG; those are genres. JRPG doesn't scream "genre" to me. I don't know, maybe this is really just my way of viewing it, but I'll stop now haha.

Damn, numonex must have had to cancel XIII about 100x times now. Seriously every other post is about him canceling a pre-order. I guarantee you though he will be one of the first in-line.

Well, it was kinda expected, plus their review isn't that bad, just that the linearity let them down big time.

Plus, they gave Dragon Age a 5 too, so FFXIII = DA:O is really awesome in my book :P