None - I've never cared for the genre.
At the moment I started playing Persona 4 golden again, trying to go for the platinum trophy. Also playing freedom wars cause u got it free with ps+
Seventizz said: None - I've never cared for the genre. |
Are you a dude bro?
exdeath said:
Nope. Played the first when it came out, never played 2. Final Fantasy II (IV) held the top spot for me for 2 decades until I played Xenogears for the first time and was completely blown away.
I wonder if I should expect Xenogears proportions of epicness? I hear so much about Suikoden II. |
Imo Suikoden 2 is the greatest game ever created. The story is amazing.
Still trying to get 100% of Xenoblade Chronicles X
John2290 said:
The witchery 3 has enough soul for every western game. And if you are not Japanese you will never interpret a JRPG in the way the creatorsite intended. You will mistake social and culturalal difference's for something that is not there and fantasy in your own mind. Which is fantastic and the reason I love Japanese games, just don't go spitting around that they have more soul because all they have is a different perspective and one the is very skewed for you towards fantasy...If the made a JRPG that was a simulation of everyday life in Japan it would still hook you in this way. Soul does not equal perceived cultural fantasy. Also, Dragon age is remarkably soul full, I have only played Inquisition but it is full to the brim with more character driving story than a barrel full of Jrpg stuff. |
Pretty sure bioprogenitor capable interstellar weapons crash landing on a planet and sparking the genesis of life on that world doesn't have anything to do with Japanese culture or society or being Japanese.
Themes of tragedy, sacrifice, betrayal, redemption, innocence, self discovery, justice, origin of life, god, morality, etc.
Those types of themes are the staple of JRPG stories and have nothing to do with being Japanese.
It's also the presentation and choreography. Purposely timed fades, zooms, pans, and cuts all carefully synced with both background music cresendos and the delivery of emotional character dialog in notebly emotionally distraught dramatic voice acting.
None of these things that make up the whole of a JRPG have anything to do with being Japanese.
All these things have existed since the before the days of Shakespeare even.
The only thing uniquely Japanese about them is they seem to be the only developers that can consistently encompass all of these things in their RPGs. I can count on 1 hand the number of western games that have moved me as much as the average good JRPG. The Witcher and Mass Effect being two of them. But even those are still not on the same level as sustained drama and suspense as something like Xenoblade Chronicles.
Most western games only pretend to be tragic in their 15 second intro movies.
Oh your family was killed when your village was raided. Go get revenge. Rar smash and kill stuff and get revenge and heres an open realistic world full of dungeons with dragons and skeletons to slay endlessly. Ok off you go. The end.
Does the FFXV demo count? If so then that game. Heh
John2290 said:
How? Where....when? |
LOL The demo has been out for a while. It comes with new copies of FF Type 0 HD. I just bought the demo game when it was 19 bucks and sold back the disc to best buy (Because you have to buy the new game to download the demo to your HDD). haha. Well worth it. That was a Black Friday sale though.
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