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Forums - Gaming - Why has the Turn-Based JRPG Died? -- Are FF12 & KH to blame?

pakidan101 on 30 March 2009

I don't think FF12 nor KH are to blame for the slow demise of turn-based RPGs, but instead are a result of the this demise.

I don't like it, but I don't hate it either.



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Megadude on 30 March 2009

I blame Wii fit. :D lol jk

I blame companies who make jpop music videos call them RPG's and think they don't sell well because of their fighting system and not because they have a trash storyline with forgetable charecters with no depth.



hotrodx on 30 March 2009

I blame Diablo. :P

Seriously, I think it's a natural progression, not different from turn-based strategy games to RTS. Inevitably, there would be something that will resolve "turns" without having to wait for player input.

Personally, I prefer my strategy games and RPGs turn-based, but that's just me. No pretense that they are more "cerebral" than frantic real-time ones.



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NSS7 on 30 March 2009

I think FFXII battle system is better than all other FF.



mike_intellivision on 30 March 2009
JGarret said:
I don´t dislike turn based battles, what I definitely dislike are random encounters, but it seems JRPGs that have no random battles also have no turn based battles, or am I wrong?

P.S....is this your first thread with no exclamation marks? XD

 That is what is so great about Chrono Trigger (SNES).  You could see the battle coming and avoid it, if you wished.  After playing it, I could not bring myself to play Final Fantasy II (US) or III (US) -- because you have to slog through each area, fighing on the whim of the computer.

 

Unfortunately, neither this feature -- nor the turn-based timing monitors  -- seem to have been used in later games.

 

Interestingly, Super Mario RPG and the Paper Mario games are basically turn-based RPGs and with action commnads where you can also avoid random battles.

 

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Mr Khan on 30 March 2009

It's all hype. This genre isn't dying, just like Japanese development isn't dying. The Western-games centric media is pretty fixed on these flaws.



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Pristine20 on 30 March 2009

persona 4 says hi. Turn-based jRPGs are still alive



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Naum on 30 March 2009

I guess beacuse many new gamers want mindless button smashing RPG's

It's no wonder I replay the old SNES/PS1/PS2 RPG's.

 

If this keeps up I will have nothing but Nintendo games to look forward to.



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V-r0cK on 30 March 2009

Turn base is hella fun!



NinjaKido on 30 March 2009

FF12 & KH are the result of consumer taste , blame consumer taste not the result of it.