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Console JRPGs will....

Come back and kick some candy backside :) 55 63.95%
 
Die a slow and horrifying death :( 19 22.09%
 
Assault yo mama :| 12 13.95%
 
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reaver_x on 15 March 2013
arcelonious said:
While there may not have been as many Japanese RPGs released this past console generation relative to the previous one (to be honest, I don't really know the numbers), it did have some great games, like Demon's Souls (my personal favorite), Dark Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, Xenoblade Chronicles, Yakuza 3 and 4 (yes, I personally consider them RPGs), Tales of Vesperia, Ni No Kuni, Dragon Quest IX, Lost Odyssey, Persona 3 and 4, Jeanne D'Arc, and from what I've been hearing, Dragon's Dogma (I haven't played it yet). I also enjoyed Final Fantasy XIII, particularly for its battle system and Lightning as a character.


and thses games  should tell u that JRPG's are far from dead. but no ppl on internet love to be stupid




 

 

                     

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outlawauron on 15 March 2013
DigitalDevilSummoner said:
kain_kusanagi said:

That quote says nothing about the gameplay. If anything it is refering to how characters interact during battle. Does not change the fact that FF XIII is extremely Japanese and more so Japanese in style than FF XII.

You are stubornly insisting on something I already explained.

 FF XIII was developed more than any FF game with the western gamer in mind since it was build around the concept of a cinematic action game.

Your point is that it is more of a jrpg than FF XII which is semi open world (and thusly more wrpg oriented) whereas XIII is linear. But you are deliberately ingoring the fact that FF XIII was not build exclusively as an rpg.

It's an action / rpg hybrid with tactical elements.

outlawauron said:

...and it's failed them.


Did it ? I don't want to defend SE but as a megaten fan with no games whatsoever on the PS3 this generation, i have to admit SE is the only japanese rpg developer that stayed afloat.

 

 

Stayed afloat but under previous generation's of sales. KH took a nose dive as did FF. DQ9 in Japan was the only thing that did super well.



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Scoobes on 15 March 2013
outlawauron said:
DigitalDevilSummoner said:
kain_kusanagi said:

That quote says nothing about the gameplay. If anything it is refering to how characters interact during battle. Does not change the fact that FF XIII is extremely Japanese and more so Japanese in style than FF XII.

You are stubornly insisting on something I already explained.

 FF XIII was developed more than any FF game with the western gamer in mind since it was build around the concept of a cinematic action game.

Your point is that it is more of a jrpg than FF XII which is semi open world (and thusly more wrpg oriented) whereas XIII is linear. But you are deliberately ingoring the fact that FF XIII was not build exclusively as an rpg.

It's an action / rpg hybrid with tactical elements.

outlawauron said:

...and it's failed them.


Did it ? I don't want to defend SE but as a megaten fan with no games whatsoever on the PS3 this generation, i have to admit SE is the only japanese rpg developer that stayed afloat.

 

 

Stayed afloat but under previous generation's of sales. KH took a nose dive as did FF. DQ9 in Japan was the only thing that did super well.

That and aquiring Eidos meant a selection of decent Western games have brought in extra revenue.




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