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JRPGs VS WRPGs (HD)

JRPGs 51 57.95%
 
WRPGs 37 42.05%
 
Total:88
jarrod on 30 June 2010

lol @ slanted metacritic stats.  Yes, let's use a source that only considers western reviews for comparing western and Japanese RPGs...

Citing metacritic here is about as relevant as trotting out Famitsu reviews ;)



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Khuutra on 30 June 2010
jarrod said:

lol @ slanted metacritic stats.  Yes, let use a source that only considers western reviews for comparing western and Japanese RPGs...

Citing metacritic here is about as relevant as trotting out Famitsu reviews ;)

For wat it's worth, I'm ignoring the MC scores and I think most others are, too.



Aion on 30 June 2010

WRPG'S are just better this gen.



 

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tube82 on 30 June 2010

imo the only decent ones of the wrpg list are the two mass effects.

both very entertaining, but meta of above 90 or even 95% is pretty crazy.

i hate oblivion. i bought it and i soooo regret it. a rpg without any atmosphere.

fallout 3 is a little better, but for me not more than maybe a 8 / 10 game.

i didn't have a lot of fun with fable 2 either. i think the combat is really bad. and the character interaction thing is so shallow. never played fable 1, but was very disappointed by fable 2. no way it's a 89% game.

 

just one comment one the jrpg list: vesperia, the best jrpg i have played in years, not only below 90 but even below 80 (!) says enough.

 



ethomaz on 30 June 2010

JRPG because Demon's Souls and Valkyria Chronicles.



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Mad55 on 30 June 2010
Killiana1a said:
Mad55 said:
ImJustBayuum said:

According to "metacritic", the top5 HD games for each sub genre are

JRPGs
1) valkyria chronicles - 86
2) Final Fantasy XIII - 83
3) Eternal Sonata – 80
4) Tales of Vesperia – 79
5) Lost Odyssey – 78

WRPGs
1) Mass Effect 2 - 96
2) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – 94
3) Fallout 3 – 93
4) Mass Effect 1 - 91
5) Fable 2 – 89

So which one do you prefer?
For me, it will be definitely WRPG's. I've played all 5 of those Wrpgs and they all deserve those high scores.


Most definately jrpg's and they deserved higher scores. How tales of vesperia and lost odyssey got such average scores is crazy. I hardly ever like the stories in wrpg's most of the times they suck.

JRPGs going back to Final Fantasy 2 and earlier have always been story driven to the extent where they constrict non-linear, free form gameplay as most recently seen in Final Fantasy 13.

WRPGs such as the Fallout series, Elder Scroll series, Fable series, Borderlands, and on have the story as a backdrop to the mostly non-linear gameplay. There are exceptions such as WRPGs developed by Bioware ala Mass Effect.

What I love most about a game such as Fallout 3 is that character levels are not everything. If I want to go kill some Super Mutants after exiting the vault, I can take a very long and perilous journey to the crashed UFO, pick up the Alien Blaster, and melt faces. Conversely, I remember plugging hours into getting those extra 2 to 5 levels in Final Fantasy 2 because the boss at the end of the cave was unbeatable unless I grinded those extra few levels.


Sounds like your in the middle which is a good thing lol.



maxxpower on 30 June 2010

As far as HD consoles go I'll admit I've played more WRPGs than JRPGs.

Elder Scrolls IV, Borderlands, Fallout 3, Sacred 2   vs  Star Ocean 4, Folklore, Demon's Souls

Honestly though, I play my DS more than my PS3, and I've played a ton of JRPGS on the DS, so I guess JRPGs win for me.



Adobo on 30 June 2010
Barozi said:

WRPGs. My ranking would be:

1. Fallout 3
2. Mass Effect 2
3. Final Fantasy XIII
4. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
5. Valkyria Chronicles
6. Mass Effect
7. Blue Dragon
8. Lost Odyssey
9. Borderlands
10.Fable 2

It's getting close between JRPGs and WRPGs, but the gap will widen after this year (Two Worlds 2, Gothic 4, Fallout New Vergas, Fable 3)


I like your list though I would move ME2 at no. 1.



JWS on 30 June 2010

Am i the only one that thought finial fantasy and mass effect 2 sucked? The rest of the games on that list were good, but i do think the witcher and blue dragon should be higher than a few of those games.



VXIII on 30 June 2010
ImJustBayuum said:

According to "metacritic", the top5 HD games for each sub genre are

JRPGs
1) valkyria chronicles - 86
2) Final Fantasy XIII - 83
3) Eternal Sonata – 80
4) Tales of Vesperia – 79
5) Lost Odyssey – 78

WRPGs
1) Mass Effect 2 - 96
2) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – 94
3) Fallout 3 – 93
4) Mass Effect 1 - 91
5) Fable 2 – 89

So which one do you prefer?
For me, it will be definitely WRPG's. I've played all 5 of those Wrpgs and they all deserve those high scores.


Where is Demon's souls ?

it stands at 90 on metacritic , the highest rated jrpg

anyway, Demon's souls and FFXIII are enough for me to prefer jrpgs.