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g-value on 21 March 2009
memory2zack said:
P3 was great to me in that aspect. It always felt mature and you never got bored with what you did. It was up to you to determine your own pacing, in-between each main event you had new info coming up each week and non-main story via social links. The mystery unravels slowly which is great since most JRPGs throw you lots of new info at a single time which makes it hard to fully understand it. All other SMT games I´ve played were great in that department as well.
Tales have many plot twists but they are generally dumb and childish for my taste. SO does a good work though, even though its stories are so-so. LO was mature and had a great story, pacing was good. Sadly I still got bored because the 2nd part of the story blew it (and its very slow gameplay). If anything, FFX is perfect in the story/plot department. More JRPGs should be like that.

 

P3 had a good storyline but the one the blew me away the most was Digital Devil Saga 2. SO3 does a good job as well. ToS has some plot twist that would not impress but ToA and ToV storyline was amazing with ToV having quiet a few mature plot twist and events but thats just my opinion though. Xenogears does it the best out of any rpg that i have played.



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Dgc1808 on 21 March 2009

Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes.



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Hephaestos on 21 March 2009

I do like twists in the story.

 

But what I like the most is fantasy... and something not too absurd... Oh I do like some comedy in the writting.

 

 



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Alby_da_Wolf on 21 March 2009

@OP:
Many WRPG fans like complex and long plots too. The difference is that JRPG fans like their plots filled with peculiar Japanese complex issues that only true Japanese really understand, while gaijins just pretend to.



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g-value on 21 March 2009
Alby_da_Wolf said:
@OP:
Many WRPG fans like complex and long plots too. The difference is that JRPG fans like their plots filled with peculiar Japanese complex issues that only true Japanese really understand, while gaijins just pretend to.

 

What are you talking about? I loved Mass Effect and it didn't have any of that japanese stuff. I think you should play more jrpg like ToV. Check this video out from Tales of Vesperia ( SPOILERS)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhP9Ski2_2o

This is the type of plot i look for.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 21 March 2009

@g-value:
Hehe, I was half trolling, half referring to more typical Japanese plots, twists and issues, things like Ar Tonelico and other, I'm not an expert, but I'm mainly refering to things like the complex Japanese sense of duty and honour, that's quite different from the western one. Things that we gaijins cannot really say to fully understand.



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g-value on 21 March 2009

Complex stories FTW



Riachu on 21 March 2009
g-value said:
Complex stories FTW when told well

In a perfect world, any story that is complex is great.  Unfortunately, that's just not true.

 



 

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g-value on 21 March 2009
Riachu said:
g-value said:
Complex stories FTW when told well

In a perfect world, any story that is complex is great.  Unfortunately, that's just not true.

 

 

 What is wrong with loving complex stories?



griffinA on 21 March 2009

I thought the pacing in Chrono Trigger in particular was very top notch. That game was filled with just enough plot twists to keep you guessing but kept the story very well-structured at the same time. Didn't overload you with characters and backstories (a la Final Fantasy) but also gave you just enough to enjoy.



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