All Jrpgs look the same? HA!

[tmujir955]

I'm sure this will be a productive thread.

Very productive indeed.

But seriously, as much of a shitstorm as this will be very, very soon, I'm grateful to the OP for being brave and taking a stand against the "lol JRPG's suck" crowd, as foolish as said bravery may be.

Nuff said.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Let me clear this up. At least for me, JRPGS don't all look the same, they all play the same or are minor offshoots of the same system. In short this [http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/Hellrayzor/resonanceoffate.jpg], looks like this [http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/Hellrayzor/disgaea-2-cursed-memories-200608210.jpg] looks like this [http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/Hellrayzor/e3-2008-tales-of-vesperia-screens-2.jpg].

...health bars??

Suddenly, half of gaming seems irreconcilably derivative.

I don't see why an emo person such as yourself plays JRPGS. They are often ultimately rather lighthearted fares.

He might have been sticking with the earlier Persona games.

 

[e2density]

Ahhh...look at their hair. If it looks like a braid of their hair could be used as a skewer, it's the same old JRPG crap.

Wait, so to play JRPG's you need to be depressed AND emo!? FUCK! I think I need t stop playing them.

OT: Want a JRPG that really does have a NEW combat system?

Go buy it for your DS. It'll be the most worthwhile thing you could buy for it.

I sold my DS before I went through puberty.
Sorry, I guess I don't find kiddie games interesting anymore.

 

[tmujir955]

Ahhh...look at their hair. If it looks like a braid of their hair could be used as a skewer, it's the same old JRPG crap.

Wait, so to play JRPG's you need to be depressed AND emo!? FUCK! I think I need t stop playing them.

OT: Want a JRPG that really does have a NEW combat system?

Go buy it for your DS. It'll be the most worthwhile thing you could buy for it.

That looks really, really, really fucking complicated.

 

[The Warden]

I'm sure this will be a productive thread.

Fourthed.
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Guy who looks like a chick saves the world.

I'm not gonna get into it any further, JRPG's aren't my gaming forte, all I know is that I dislike them. Excluding Final Fantasy, I kind like those.

Your statement makes no fucking sense. You make a blanket statement that people who think FF is the only JRPG series say, and then say you like FF.

What JRPGs HAVE you played exactly?

Chronotrigger, Chocobo tales, Pokemon Last Remnant and Final Fantasy X and VII

Also the "Guy who looks like a chick saves the world" is pretty damn accurate.

Tidus.

Guy from the Last remnant from which I totally forgot due to me only playing it for an hour.

Everyone in final fantasy.

Ash Ketchum.

And the guy from Chrono trigger.

That's slightly less girly, but still. The Hair! The Haaaiiiir!

I like how you say "everyone in final fantasy looks like a girl" when these two are in them:

and

and thats just FFVII

Ooh, that girl on the top is hawt, I'd tap tha-Wait a minute.
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OT: I think what they mean is that most of them still pertain to that 'Anime Drawing Style' - Big eyes, long hair, oversized swords...

 

[Sparten0515]

Yeah, not all jrpg's are the same. But then again, i don't really give a dam because i don't play them

 

[madarame42]

i am surprised that this topic hasn't been locked. it's just flaming bait.

 

[Necrofudge]

For your information, my cataracts are very bad!

 

[asinann]

Other than Disgaea not being an RPG at all, the all LOOK different but they almost universally have stories with so many of the same elements that when I play them I can tell you what's going to happen in chapter 10 during chapter 2 and tell you who the end boss will be 20 minutes into the intro.

...IN WHAT WORLD IS DISGAEA NOT AN RPG? Everything has stats and levels out the ass in that game, and in most NIS games. SRPGs are still RPGs.

It's the same style as Final Fantasy TACTICS (that's the key word for you.) Tactics and strategy games are not RPGs of any kind even if they have some elements of the RPG in it. The story in the modern RPG while cliche is at least there, there is character development (in ways other than game mechanic) while games like Disgaea have stories, the stories are weak at best. The story in most tactics and strategy games is a backdrop for the real game, not the primary motivator.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Ive never said all jRPGs look the same. (But I'm a fan so I wouldn't say it anyway)

I might say that they all play the same, they all have the same basic story, or that they all resolve themselves in the same way (but since I'm also a fan of the monomyth theory I won't say that either.)

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Its Resonance of Fate, and its still in production in Japan, hence no english.

I gotta say, liking the movement of long winded text dump arguing to picture arguing.

Please continue.

Well here's hoping to see it stateside. I do find this approach to punctuate the point more, if a little literally. But really, the whole thing needs to be considered more than just graphical aesthetics.

 

[Shru1kan]

Those all look the same to me.

I must... agree?

Yahtzee hits it on the point. They all look like effeminate boys that stuck their head in a can of paint and call it a hairdo.

Plus, the gameplay mechanics are nearly identical from my experience.

 

[geldonyetich]

*squints*

Sorry, what are you going on about?

All these threads look the same after awhile.