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Garcian Smith on 26 February 2008

I strongly prefer WRPGs, mostly because they don't let silly things like story and character development get in the way of good, solid dungeon-crawling action. And in their best moments, WRPGs can even have both. (See: Baldur's Gate and its sequels.) It's just that there's so few of them nowadays, and half of them are either Diablo II clones or single-player MMOs. (See: The Witcher.)

Most JRPGs have horrible combat, horribly generic settings, and pad everything out with a bunch of trite dialog and characters that wouldn't fit up to the standards of your average pulp-fantasy novel, let alone a well-written game like Fallout or Baldur's Gate.



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MANUELF on 26 February 2008

JRPG like Pokémon.



slacker164 on 27 February 2008

JRPGs. WRPGs, while technically much more true Role Playing Games, don't really appeal to me. The extra 'freedom' just makes me lose interest quickly detracts from the story and character development. Also, while there are exceptions, too many WRPGs are still stuck in the D&D/LotR art style. Even those that aren't are usually artistically bland and aim for realism over style. The graphics may be good, but if it's not something I'm interested in looking at, that doesn't really matter.

The more straightforward story telling, creative art styles, and character development/relationships draw me to JRPGs. I also love the quirky humor found in many of them.

Either way, I really think the comparison is a little unfair. There are great games in both genres, but the bottom line is they really are two separate genres. It's really unfortunate that at some point way-back-when these two genres both got labeled "RPGs." It leads to so many discussions about which is better when there's really no reason to compare the two other than an arbitrary label. They're really not much more similar than platformers and FPS.



akuma587 on 27 February 2008

JRPG's for the win, but I have a lot of respect for WRPG's too. Diablo is my favorite game of all time.



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famousringo on 27 February 2008

WRPGs, because they tend to wrap up their grinds in exploration, making them far more palatable.

Also, Bioware's games tend to have better character development than just about any other RPG.



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sc94597 on 27 February 2008
famousringo said:
WRPGs, because they tend to wrap up their grinds in exploration, making them far more palatable.

Also, Bioware's games tend to have better character development than just about any other RPG.

 Thank you for reminding me exploration is why I love my rpgs. That is why wrpgs win but pokemon had some good exploration too. 



Garcian Smith on 27 February 2008
famousringo said:
WRPGs, because they tend to wrap up their grinds in exploration, making them far more palatable.

Also, Bioware's games tend to have better character development than just about any other RPG.

 This, definitely, on both counts. There's more character development in a single major BioWare character than in the entire cast of your average Final Fantasy game.



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xenophon13 on 27 February 2008

WRPGs because i like being able to customize my character the way I want, name it the name i want it to have...not play a premade character and story



SpookyXJ on 27 February 2008

Lets See I really liked:

Quest for Glory1-3, Eye of The Beholder 1&2, Stonekeep, M&M Clouds of Xeen, Ultima Underworld, Bauldars Gate 1&2 + expansions,Planescape Torment, Betrayal at Krondor, Fallout 1&2, Icewind Dale, FFVII, Neverwinter Nights 1&2+ expansions, The Witcher, Mass Effect, Lost Oddesy

I also enjoyed to a lesser extent: Diablo 1&2, Morrowind, Oblivion, Dungen Siege

For me the games in bold had the strongest most compelling naratives. I typically prefer western RPG's



flagship on 27 February 2008

Wrpgs, the stories are better, they typically try to be slightly innovative and I don't have to spend half the game level grinding.