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dsister44 on 18 February 2009

but i kinda like how the games r now.i like turn based rpg as long as how they have a good story



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g-value on 18 February 2009
Esa-Petteri said:
Just get rid of the anime-characters or at least make them tolerable and there will be more sales!

 

If you take away the anime-characters them they won't be jrpgs anymore.And the reason why jrpgs have anime-characters is because people in japan grow up in a anime-like culture.Its not all about the western market you know japanese developers still need to sell in there home base.



g-value on 18 February 2009
Soriku said:
g-value said:
Soriku said:
Onyxmeth said:

I don't get the point of this. Both Dragon Quest IX and Final Fantasy XIII will likely be released before the next "Tales of..." game on the Wii.

Anyhoos, if RPGs need some inspiration, they can simply look Atlus' way. Their output on the PS2 and DS has been phenomenal and varied while still feeling very JRPG in nature.

 

DQ IX yes, FF XIII no. Especially since DQ IX was pushed back to Summer =/

Btw, one of the main devs of Tales of Ten said there was going to be some battle innovations. So I'm looking forward to a more fresh Tales game.

where did you hear that Tales Of Ten is going to have innovations at?

 

 

Hmm, I can't find it at the moment but Hideo Baba I think it was said that the game would have some innovations and people should look forward to it.

I'll try to look harder for the link. I know it was posted here a couple times.

 

 Thanks alot



rocketpig on 18 February 2009

Seeing a few JRPGs embrace the advances made by WRPGs over the past decade would be a very welcome addition to the genre. While I still like having some traditional JRPGs to play, having more character customization and some choice thrown into a few games would be great.




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Riachu on 18 February 2009
rocketpig said:
Seeing a few JRPGs embrace the advances made by WRPGs over the past decade would be a very welcome addition to the genre. While I still like having some traditional JRPGs to play, having more character customization and some choice thrown into a few games would be great.

I wouldn't mind that either as long as they don't become WRPG clones

 



 

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rocketpig on 18 February 2009
Riachu said:
rocketpig said:
Seeing a few JRPGs embrace the advances made by WRPGs over the past decade would be a very welcome addition to the genre. While I still like having some traditional JRPGs to play, having more character customization and some choice thrown into a few games would be great.

I wouldn't mind that either as long as they don't become WRPG clones

I wouldn't want that either. But playing what seems to be the same re-skinned JRPG over and over again is getting slightly old.




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g-value on 18 February 2009
Riachu said:
rocketpig said:
Seeing a few JRPGs embrace the advances made by WRPGs over the past decade would be a very welcome addition to the genre. While I still like having some traditional JRPGs to play, having more character customization and some choice thrown into a few games would be great.

I wouldn't mind that either as long as they don't become WRPG clones

 

I disagree because I want to know my character as a person of his or her own personality.If characters are how they were in games like mass effect where the main character is actually me then it would rob me the joy of remembering that character. 

 



Rei on 18 February 2009

I wouldnt expect much innovation from any console jRPG this gen. Maybe some minor changes here and there, but nothing big.

FF has already taken the right direction with XII and I dont see much they can change now. DQIX was meant to be different from previous DQ games, but fans didnt want it so its devs got rid of their new ideas, therefore it's safe to say that DQX will also be absolutely traditional. Versus XIII/KH I dont know what should they change, it works fine the way it is.

In short I think big jRPG franchises will not try to innovate because there is just no reason for them to (they sell well) Some small jRPG devs will probably try to make something new but their efforts will be ignored (as usual)

The only way the genre can change its direction is if some brand new innovative jRPG game appears and gets to the real commercial success. But this is not going to happen.



g-value on 18 February 2009
Rei said:

I wouldnt expect much innovation from any console jRPG this gen. Maybe some minor changes here and there, but nothing big.

FF has already taken the right direction with XII and I dont see much they can change now. DQIX was meant to be different from previous DQ games, but fans didnt want it so its devs got rid of their new ideas, therefore it's safe to say that DQX will also be absolutely traditional. Versus XIII/KH I dont know what should they change, it works fine the way it is.

In short I think big jRPG franchises will not try to innovate because there is just no reason for them to (they sell well) Some small jRPG devs will probably try to make something new but their efforts will be ignored (as usual)

The only way the genre can change its direction is if some brand new innovative jRPG game appears and gets to the real commercial success. But this is not going to happen.

I think Tales Of Ten can do it, i just get that feeling it could.