you might be onto something there guy.  How's this grab ya?  Although I think I use the underscore because it goes better with the crying eyes.

t(;.;t) < t(;_;t)

Thread topic succesfully derailed.  :D

Quality titles come from many genres. The subject of this thread is "Valkyria Chronicles is the highest rated jrpg this gen."

That is lying by omission(also called spin).

A. Because the game only has like 4 reviews.

B. Because it's also a strategy RPG, a genre that is undeniably much more niche and less popular than what most would consider a jrpg.

Also, again, jrpgs, and srpgs exist largely around the out of battle experience. If XIII is an arpg, instead of a jrpg, then is it the same genre as fable?

The supreme court has really smart people on it. On more than one occasion, arguments like this have come up. When people begin to argue opinionated technicalities, the generally accepted rule is this:

"I'll know it when I see it."

Any gamer worth his salt knows a jrpg when he sees it, and he knows a srpg when he sees it as well. You knew VC was a srpg when you saw it. You knew ES was a jrpg with a real time battle system.

What we need to do is question why all these very experienced gamers are trying to get us to classify a srpg as a jrpg. This is their "motive." I dare not speculate further.

>_>?  What?  The first RPG's were made in (USA/UK not sure witch country) like Ultima.

And French fries are stolen!

I'm gunna classify this game as a shooter.

That's why I said the fist Japanese rpgs were made in Japan.

The first rpgs ever, might have been made in indo-china for all I care. It's irrelivant.

Here's what IGN has to say about the game.

Published by: SEGA
Developed by: SEGA
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Genre: Action RPG
http://ps3.ign.com/objects/950/950634.html

Rofl.....XD....OMG this is gold.

well IGN is high on Paint thinners, there's no way it's an action RPG, but then again if the whole idea was what the "common man" would call the game's genre then maybe IGN's classification has some bearing in the argument.

IGN genre classifications are very broad ranging. DMC and Mirror's Edge are both "action" games. They don't even have a genre labled jrpgs. Either way, since there are no official genres, so it's all opinion. The only way to prove your case is with careful thought and deduction, which should be done before you make up your mind anyway.