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Best 1st party RPG lineup

Microsoft on 360 48 34.78%
 
Sony on PS3 38 27.54%
 
Nintendo on Wii 32 23.19%
 
MS/Sony tie 1 0.72%
 
MS/Nintendo tie 7 5.07%
 
Sony/Nintendo tie 12 8.70%
 
Total:138
jarrod on 04 December 2010
Boutros said:
jarrod said:
Boutros said:
jarrod said:
Boutros said:

And Super Paper Mario is in no way or form a RPG   O.o

Take it from someone who's completed the game, yes it is.  In fact, it's more of an RPG than a platformer, the emphasis is squarely on grinding, subsystems and exploration (just like Paper Mario 1-2), only now everything's realtime.

But the gameplay is nowhere near a RPG.

Uh, have you played it?  All it did is take Paper Mario and make it realtime without a separate battle screen, the structure, subsystems and progression are definitely RPG based.  Basically, if Paper Mario's not an RPG, then neither is any action RPG on the list (Fable II/III, Infinite Undiscovery, Folklore, etc).  

"All it did is take Paper Mario and make it realtime"

Thus making it a whole other game and genre. The gameplay is much closer to the platformer genre.

And of course I played it. It's my biggest disappointment this gen.

So... if a game's realtime, it's not an RPG?  Mana, Star Ocean, Tales of, Kingdom Hearts, Dark Cloud, Ys, Fable, MegaMan Battle Network... none of them are RPGs?

I'm honestly at a bit of a loss of how anyone can actually play the game and still say "Super Paper Mario is in no way or form a RPG".  Unless maybe they have no idea what an RPG actually is... how exactly would you define an RPG?



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Xen on 04 December 2010

Why isn't the first WKC on the list? Mmm...

Anyway, even if it was, I still have to go with MS. Sure, Sony has Demon's Souls, but MS has LO and the Fable games...



hikaruchan on 04 December 2010
Zedex said:

You missed out Valkyria Chronicles, 3D dot game heroes and Yakuza on ps3.

Add them please!


They are NOT 1st PARTY GAMES



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Barozi on 04 December 2010
Xen said:

Why isn't the first WKC on the list? Mmm...

Anyway, even if it was, I still have to go with MS. Sure, Sony has Demon's Souls, but MS has LO and the Fable games...


blind much ?



Immortal on 04 December 2010

Is there a "none of the above" option?



 

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Xen on 04 December 2010
Barozi said:
Xen said:

Why isn't the first WKC on the list? Mmm...

Anyway, even if it was, I still have to go with MS. Sure, Sony has Demon's Souls, but MS has LO and the Fable games...


blind much ?

Lol... I guess! Sorry, jarrod.



darthdevidem01 on 04 December 2010

Wii

Last Story and Xenoblade will collectively destroy every other game in the OP!!!

As it is now?

PS3, but If I owned a 360 I'd be saying Microsoft.



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

Boutros on 04 December 2010
jarrod said:
Boutros said:
jarrod said:
Boutros said:
jarrod said:
Boutros said:

And Super Paper Mario is in no way or form a RPG   O.o

Take it from someone who's completed the game, yes it is.  In fact, it's more of an RPG than a platformer, the emphasis is squarely on grinding, subsystems and exploration (just like Paper Mario 1-2), only now everything's realtime.

But the gameplay is nowhere near a RPG.

Uh, have you played it?  All it did is take Paper Mario and make it realtime without a separate battle screen, the structure, subsystems and progression are definitely RPG based.  Basically, if Paper Mario's not an RPG, then neither is any action RPG on the list (Fable II/III, Infinite Undiscovery, Folklore, etc).  

"All it did is take Paper Mario and make it realtime"

Thus making it a whole other game and genre. The gameplay is much closer to the platformer genre.

And of course I played it. It's my biggest disappointment this gen.

So... if a game's realtime, it's not an RPG?  Mana, Star Ocean, Tales of, Kingdom Hearts, Dark Cloud, Ys, Fable, MegaMan Battle Network... none of them are RPGs?

I'm honestly at a bit of a loss of how anyone can actually play the game and still say "Super Paper Mario is in no way or form a RPG".  Unless maybe they have no idea what an RPG actually is... how exactly would you define an RPG?

It's realtime and in 2D. It's not because you level up that's it's a RPG.

The gameplay is exactly like the platformer genre and that's mostly how I categorize games.

And it's not because it has some RPG elements that it should be considered a RPG.

And games like Kingdom Hearts and Dark Cloud are much more action than RPG.

There can only be one dominating genre.



jarrod on 04 December 2010
Boutros said:

It's realtime and in 2D. It's not because you level up that's it's a RPG.

The gameplay is exactly like the platformer genre and that's mostly how I categorize games.

And it's not because it has some RPG elements that it should be considered a RPG.

And games like Kingdom Hearts and Dark Cloud are much more action than RPG.

There can only be one dominating genre.

So RPGs can't be realtime or in 2D (and SPM isn't even in just 2D either)?  Again, can you define "RPG" for the rest of us so I can try to get some idea where you're coming from?

Honestly, the platforming in SPM is so pedestrian and subdued, I wouldn't even call it a platformer, it's really an action RPG with some light platforming (like Zelda II, Faxanadu or Ys III/VI/Origin).  Uncharted or Crackdown has more actual platforming in tem, and I wouldn't call those platformers either.  Hell even some ARPGs (LandStalker, La-Mulana) have a heavier emphasis on actual platforming. I think you just can't get past idea of Mario jumping = platformer...



okr on 04 December 2010

My Vote goes to Nintendo (because of diversity).

It's spelled Takt of Magic, btw.