Poll: What type of RPG do you prefer?

[CK76]

I prefer visual style of JRPGs and many battle systems, I will say I love customization of WRPGs. That said, Dragon Age looks amazing.

 

[Slash Dementia]

I have to say, Western RPGs, as I mostly dislike Japanese or Korean art styles. I like Final Fantasy, Lost Odyssey, Legend of Mana, and Golden Sun, though.
I just prefer Western RPGs, like Mass Effect or The Elder Scrolls series.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I love 'em all. As long as they're good.

 

[DuplicateValue]

Seeing as I happen to adore the Elder Scrolls series, I'm gonna say western, but I love games like Final Fantasy too.

 

[Aardvark Soup]

A lot of people here seem to see JRPG's as crappy Final Fantasy-ripoffs, and even though that may be the case with 80% of them (Sturgeon's Law) there are some fantastic titles among them. Some of my favourites:

-Paper Mario series (an affectionate parody of the Mario franchise that has fun action-based battle system, clever dialogue, and some very memorable moments)
-Earthbound (a twisted postmodern Japanese look on American society, very funny and weird, definately an experience you won't forget)
-Mother 3 (hard to explain, but this pretty much convinced me games can be art)
-Tales of Symphonia (this might initially look like a very standard RPG but slowly many of the cliches get deconstructed. It also has a great battle system and likeable characters. It keeps you hooked for many, many hours)
-Chrono Trigger (I doubt there are many people who haven't played or at least heard of this classic)

Oh yeah, and which gamer my age didn't grow up with Pokémon?

 

[Abedeus]

I like them all. If they are good.

I like JRPGs for better stories, bosses, combat (IMO). Also, Pokemon was my entire childhood.

Pokemon has none of those. Combat is as primitive as it can be - choose an attack, item or change character. Story? Go around several towns, defeat 8 people (and dozens between them), get to the top, beat the best guys, sleep on cash. Oh, and gotta catch them all. 450+, counting. Bosses? Yeah....

 

[Makeshift Koala]

Definetly Western, as 3 of my favourite 5 games are western RPG's (Mass effect, Oblivion and fallout 3)
i think its mainly due to the fact that i really dont like turn based combat, and JRPGS are pretty much all turn based.... that last sentence probably isnt true but even if it doesnt repel me with its turn based combat, the art style will cerntainly drive me away...

 

[Enigmers]

I like a little bit of anything as long as it's really good. E.g. Diablo II, Fable, Tales of Vesperia, the Final Fantasy series, all great games. There

 

[lewism247]

I only play western RPG's.They're just more enjoyable for me.JRPG's just get on my nerves.

 

[Enos]

Usually WRPGs, mainly everything BioWare was/is involved in.
I didn't play any JRPGs before since i didn't have a console ( i do know there are some pc-versions, i just never could be bothered to check them out), but i just recently acquired a PS2 and right now i'm enjoying Persona 3 (haven't touched Persona 4 yet), Digital Devil Saga and FFXII.

 

[A Raging Emo]

Western RPGS as I don't like how linear most all JRPGs are.

 

[ryai458]

i love my bioware and bethseda rpgs ya!

 

[Liberuno]

I wish there was a choice for everything except Korean RPGs. I like Western and Japanese but it depends what I am in the mood to play.

 

[Abedeus]

I like them all. If they are good.

I like JRPGs for better stories, bosses, combat (IMO). Also, Pokemon was my entire childhood.

Pokemon has none of those. Combat is as primitive as it can be - choose an attack, item or change character. Story? Go around several towns, defeat 8 people (and dozens between them), get to the top, beat the best guys, sleep on cash. Oh, and gotta catch them all. 450+, counting. Bosses? Yeah....

It doesn't matter, Pokemon still is classified as a JRPG, what with the linear story and turn based combat. And it's made by the Japanese.

Yeah, Pokemon has no good stories and bosses. But you obviously haven't played any since Red and Blue, since the combat sysytem as eveolved into one of the deepest around. It may appear simple, but the sheer amount of statistics/type match ups/strategies/training techniques that one can use for a team is almost infinite.

Just two days ago I finished Silver for the 4th or so time. All my Pokemon were between 50-60. And if you remember correctly, the final boss has 6 Pokemons, all 75 to 81. I defeated him despite being at least 20 or 25 levels lower. How? The weakness/advantage system is so easy to exploit... Also item system.

You want deep jRPG for handheld? Play Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor. There's a really strategic gameplay in that game, not in Pokemon. In Pokemon, all you have to do is remember which elements beat which monsters, then exploit the hell out of it. Especially since fights 1 vs 1 or 2 vs 2 are so easy... In Shin Megami, there are less elements, there are Resistances, Drains, Weaknesses, Immunities. 4 options instead of 2. Also, different enemies might have different skills and different passive abilities. Just because 2 monsters have the same name doesn't mean they can be defeated in the same way.

Also, I played Ruby (or Sapphire, I don't recall correctly), but the effort to remember all 353 or so Pokemon was not worth my time.

 

[Kage Me]

I had a lot of fun with Etrian Odyssey, Final Fantasy IV, The World Ends With You and the Paper Mario series, so I'm going to go with JRPGs.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

Western. They're awesome. I've hated JRPG's since I played my first one, 10 years ago.

 

[Murlin]

Bioware FTW!