Poll: Do you like RPG's?

[KingGolem]

That is a silly question, akin to asking "Do you like pizza?" There are so many factors to consider! I like good pizza, and I like to play good RPGS, like Fallout 3, and all the Mario RPGS (Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Super Mario RPG, and any others I can't remember). I'm also a fan of Pokemon, Monster Hunter, and Mass Effect 1 & 2 (but not Dragon Age; I hated the combat and the setting).

Then you have pizzas with pineapple and spinach on them. I suppose some folks like them, but me? Blech. I rented White Knight Chronicles a while back, and that pretty much my only experience with a lousy, formulaic JRPG, and that's a shame. From what I've seen, those JRPGs have wonderful art direction (except the characters; anime hair does not transition well to 3D, I think) with creative monsters and environments, and then they have to screw it up with their unlikeable characters and painfully linear progression. But inversely, the West has some great games like Fallout 3 with its great gameplay, great characters, great story, and terrible art direction. That game was browner than an outhouse in the dust bowl. If only they could make an awesome BioWare or Bethesda style Western RPG and combine it with the superlative art design of the East...

So, for my TL;DR answer: Formulaic, linear JRPGs? Bad. Other stuff? Good, for most that I've seen.

 

[Solemn Soup]

That is a silly question, akin to asking "Do you like pizza?" There are so many factors to consider! I like good pizza, and I like to play good RPGS, like Fallout 3, and all the Mario RPGS (Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Super Mario RPG, and any others I can't remember). I'm also a fan of Pokemon, Monster Hunter, and Mass Effect 1 & 2 (but not Dragon Age; I hated the combat and the setting).

Then you have pizzas with pineapple and spinach on them. I suppose some folks like them, but me? Blech. I rented White Knight Chronicles a while back, and that pretty much my only experience with a lousy, formulaic JRPG, and that's a shame. From what I've seen, those JRPGs have wonderful art direction (except the characters; anime hair does not transition well to 3D, I think) with creative monsters and environments, and then they have to screw it up with their unlikeable characters and painfully linear progression. But inversely, the West has some great games like Fallout 3 with its great gameplay, great characters, great story, and terrible art direction. That game was browner than an outhouse in the dust bowl. If only they could make an awesome BioWare or Bethesda style Western RPG and combine it with the superlative art design of the East...

So, for my TL;DR answer: Formulaic, linear JRPGs? Bad. Other stuff? Good, for most that I've seen.

What's your favorite RPG, and whats your least favorite, I can see that you probably would't be an anime fan or a Final Fantasy fan, but maybe Oblivion? KOTOR?
I myself I like anime and JRPG's like Final Fantasy.

 

[garfield2326]

i like RPGs to help me escape rabid CoD players on Xbox live for a couple months. not hearing 10 year old kids screaming at u over the headset is refreshing

 

[KingGolem]

What's your favorite RPG, and whats your least favorite, I can see that you probably would't be an anime fan or a Final Fantasy fan, but maybe Oblivion? KOTOR?
I myself I like anime and JRPG's like Final Fantasy.

I guess my favorite RPG would be either The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind or Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door. I don't know if I could pick between those two, but as for my least favorite I mentioned White Knight Chronicles. I suppose it wouldn't have been as bad if it didn't tempt me with character customization and then give the spotlight to the "real" lead character. Combine this with the rote narrative (evil overlord invades the good kingdom; a peasant boy becomes a hero and falls for the princess, and so on), the characters being a bunch of unlikeable slackers, and the complete lack of any player agency got it returned to Blockbuster the very next day. That's not to say that I don't like anime, but that's a question quite like your first. There's good anime, there's great anime, and there's terrible anime. I suppose that there must be some JRPGs that I could like (after all, the Mario RPGs and Monster Hunter are from Japan), but I'd need some solid convincing first.

Oh, and I liked Oblivion (not as much as Morrowind, though), and I've never played KOTOR. It's a BioWare RPG, so it's basically like Mass Effect or Dragon Age set in the Star Wars universe, right? I ought to pick up a copy one of these days...

 

[Kurt711]

I love both online and single player RPG's. Oblivion and Fallout 3 are excellent single player RPG's. Last Chaos is really fun but can be a little grindy at times.

 

[Ciran]

More of a tabletop RPGer myself, which is honestly much more of an RPG than any videogame claims to be.

 

[Rewold]

My favorite genre no less. I'm more of a JRPG player but Oblivion and Fallout 3 were reeeaally great.

 

[Solemn Soup]

i =D jrpgs
i =( wrpgs

Which JRPG's and why?
Why don't you like WRPG's?

i like jrpgs because i like turn based stuff and the art style. also, i like the story in jrpgs more than the wrpgs. they seem more in depth than the wrpgs.

i like persona, final fantasy, suikoden, disgaea, shadow hearts, tales series, golden sun, and some others.

i haven't played many JRPG's and haven't beaten any, however i plan on playing through the Final Fantasy series.

Me too, I like Anime type art.

 

[Solemn Soup]

What's your favorite RPG, and whats your least favorite, I can see that you probably would't be an anime fan or a Final Fantasy fan, but maybe Oblivion? KOTOR?
I myself I like anime and JRPG's like Final Fantasy.

I guess my favorite RPG would be either The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind or Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door. I don't know if I could pick between those two, but as for my least favorite I mentioned White Knight Chronicles. I suppose it wouldn't have been as bad if it didn't tempt me with character customization and then give the spotlight to the "real" lead character. Combine this with the rote narrative (evil overlord invades the good kingdom; a peasant boy becomes a hero and falls for the princess, and so on), the characters being a bunch of unlikeable slackers, and the complete lack of any player agency got it returned to Blockbuster the very next day. That's not to say that I don't like anime, but that's a question quite like your first. There's good anime, there's great anime, and there's terrible anime. I suppose that there must be some JRPGs that I could like (after all, the Mario RPGs and Monster Hunter are from Japan), but I'd need some solid convincing first.

Oh, and I liked Oblivion (not as much as Morrowind, though), and I've never played KOTOR. It's a BioWare RPG, so it's basically like Mass Effect or Dragon Age set in the Star Wars universe, right? I ought to pick up a copy one of these days...

I haven't played KOTOR either, I've just seen people play it. I haven't played Morrowind either...
Yes there is some Anime I like and some that i don't like, it all depends on the story.

 

[Solemn Soup]

My favorite genre no less. I'm more of a JRPG player but Oblivion and Fallout 3 were reeeaally great.

Which JRPG's?

 

[Solemn Soup]

I love both online and single player RPG's. Oblivion and Fallout 3 are excellent single player RPG's. Last Chaos is really fun but can be a little grindy at times.

Yes they were I've never heard of Lat Chaos before though...

 

[TheZapper]

A good RPG is easily my favourite type of game.

I tend to prefer WRPGs, although I've enjoyed the odd JRPG.

 

[Solemn Soup]

A good RPG is easily my favourite type of game.

I tend to prefer WRPGs, although I've enjoyed the odd JRPG.

Which WRPGS's and which JRPG?

 

[TheZapper]

A good RPG is easily my favourite type of game.

I tend to prefer WRPGs, although I've enjoyed the odd JRPG.

Which WRPGS's and which JRPG?

Too many WRPGs to count, but most recently Mass Effect 1 & 2, Fallout 3, Dragon Age:Origins and Oblivion.

As for JRPGs, it's been a while since I played one, but I enjoyed Lost Odyssey, even if the story got on my nerves a bit.

 

[Solemn Soup]

A good RPG is easily my favourite type of game.

I tend to prefer WRPGs, although I've enjoyed the odd JRPG.

Which WRPGS's and which JRPG?

Too many WRPGs to count, but most recently Mass Effect 1 & 2, Fallout 3, Dragon Age:Origins and Oblivion.

As for JRPGs, it's been a while since I played one, but I enjoyed Lost Odyssey, even if the story got on my nerves a bit.

I havent played any Mass Effect games, but the others were good, never played Lost Odyssey eiteher.

 

[pepspotbib]

I LOVE rpgs. Currently I'm loving Dragon Age. I love a good story, and exploring different worlds!

 

[Rewold]

My favorite genre no less. I'm more of a JRPG player but Oblivion and Fallout 3 were reeeaally great.

Which JRPG's?

Final Fantasies are my favorites. Though I still got a couple of FF games I haven't tried out like VI and V. Hoping for the day FFVI comes to PSN. The first two generations of pokemon games are also good for passing time.

I always give WRPGs a chance of course. Dragon Age though didn't hit me. It just felt so meh.

 

[Solemn Soup]

My favorite genre no less. I'm more of a JRPG player but Oblivion and Fallout 3 were reeeaally great.

Which JRPG's?

Final Fantasies are my favorites. Though I still got a couple of FF games I haven't tried out like VI and V. Hoping for the day FFVI comes to PSN. The first two generations of pokemon games are also good for passing time.

I always give WRPGs a chance of course. Dragon Age though didn't hit me. It just felt so meh.

What's meh about it?
I plan on playing the FF series soon.