Feudal Japan RPG?
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I just wish they would create a new and improved Tenchu game for 'next-gen consoles' ( Xbox360 + Ps3 ), I haven't played a decent Tenchu game in years....Jasper Jeffs said:
As for the idea of a open world RPG set in feudal Japan... I would like to play that, I immensely enjoyed the Way of the Samurai games in the past and always wished that they were a wee bit more open.
Likes this idea better then a game set in Feudal Japan.Mad Sun said:
Sorry, Japanese mythology never appealed to me much.
No.
nonononono.
I would not buy it, for the sole reason that it is in feudal japan. Nothing about feudal japan is all that interesting (Besides seppuku, crazy Asians). Their religion was based around observing thing in nature, their political system was basically warlord A vs warlord B for 2 more sq inches of land, and trying to get a china.
On a more comical note, I don't want to watch NPC's mouths move for another ten seconds, after the dialog has ended.
nonononono.
I would not buy it, for the sole reason that it is in feudal japan. Nothing about feudal japan is all that interesting (Besides seppuku, crazy Asians). Their religion was based around observing thing in nature, their political system was basically warlord A vs warlord B for 2 more sq inches of land, and trying to get a china.
On a more comical note, I don't want to watch NPC's mouths move for another ten seconds, after the dialog has ended.
Tenchu isn't really an open world series, nor an RPG. That said, I would totally play an AC game set in feudal Japan, because I love the setting, and the AC series in general.keideki said:
I do want a new Tenchu game, too. Z on the xbox 360 was pretty poor, I want another one like Wrath of Heaven.
If it was brand new IP? Sure I'd give it a shot, but not if it was something like Assassins Creed like people in this thread are talking about
Surely out of the seemingly massive library of jrpg out there there's something that fulfills this need? I mean the j in jrpg does stand for japan.
Or do you mean specifically that you want a western style rpg in a japanes setting because... well, that could actually be interesting I guess. I've been playing Shogun 2 lately and it's been a blast after all! Anyway Neverwinter Nights and Mount & Blade both have mods set in Japanese style settings but I can't think of any designed from the start with that in mind. Jade Empire perhaps, but that's more Chinese oriented than Japanese.
Or do you mean specifically that you want a western style rpg in a japanes setting because... well, that could actually be interesting I guess. I've been playing Shogun 2 lately and it's been a blast after all! Anyway Neverwinter Nights and Mount & Blade both have mods set in Japanese style settings but I can't think of any designed from the start with that in mind. Jade Empire perhaps, but that's more Chinese oriented than Japanese.
Ultima Underworld and Arx Fatalis. Your wish has been granted!Mad Sun said:
The closest thing I can recommend is Muramasa: The Demon Blade, on the Wii. It's more of a hack-and-slash with RPG elements than an actual RPG, but I liked it, not enough people have played it, and it's in Feudal Japan. Look it up if you're interested.
Nooo, my post was deleted.;_; I hate the scroll on this laptop. It did the weirdest thing where it just opened a picture. Back button, post is gone. I'm too tired to type the whole darn thing out again.
How about an old Japan sandbox in general? Though I wouldn't want to have Bethesda in charge of it. They have very limited character interaction, and they would completely fail at making Japanese faces.
I think that warlord based themes are kinda overdone in "old Japan" games. Because everybody loves the samurai so much. What's really interesting though is the drama of people's lives. I'd like to play as an Ainu, or something.
This post is completely unfulfilling in comparison to my original post. I really wish that the Escapist remembered posts. It'd take too much effort to attempt to get across what I actually want to say, now, but now my post is horrible and meaningless.
How about an old Japan sandbox in general? Though I wouldn't want to have Bethesda in charge of it. They have very limited character interaction, and they would completely fail at making Japanese faces.
I think that warlord based themes are kinda overdone in "old Japan" games. Because everybody loves the samurai so much. What's really interesting though is the drama of people's lives. I'd like to play as an Ainu, or something.
This post is completely unfulfilling in comparison to my original post. I really wish that the Escapist remembered posts. It'd take too much effort to attempt to get across what I actually want to say, now, but now my post is horrible and meaningless.
How is that not incredibly interesting?Swifty714 said:
The closest thing to that is the Suikoden series which are indeed not set in actual Japan but take from it and also from warring states China quite a bit.
With Jrpgs it's almost never a real world setting, that's too restrictive. The only ones that do it well like persona or TWEWY also borrow a ton from anime themes and other existing forces beyond merely being about modern life.
My favorite game about feudal Japan is probably Genji, although slightly too short it was amazing. Also Tenchu was great up until the third game, the move on xbox, psp and the wii killed off that once great series. Judging from how popular Assasin's Creed is Tenchu could easily have been huge right now.
With Jrpgs it's almost never a real world setting, that's too restrictive. The only ones that do it well like persona or TWEWY also borrow a ton from anime themes and other existing forces beyond merely being about modern life.
My favorite game about feudal Japan is probably Genji, although slightly too short it was amazing. Also Tenchu was great up until the third game, the move on xbox, psp and the wii killed off that once great series. Judging from how popular Assasin's Creed is Tenchu could easily have been huge right now.
