Look I get pretty annoyed with this statment when it pops up and if I were to go to far into it I'd just end up starting a flame war, so I'll be as brief as I can. The term RPG basically comes most popularly from games like D&D and other pen and paper games. When these games were being converted in digital format western and eastern developers kinda split ways (without knowing) of which aspect made an "RPG" an "RPG" and due to lack of space on a disc shit had to be cut, leaving us with Final Fantasy like RPGs.TaintedSaint said:
Just... wow... any reason to bring up that huh? You got it backwards though, nearly every game that exists is an RPG because you play the role of someone, IE Mario, Sonic, ect.TaintedSaint said:
Says the WRPG fanboy. JRPGs are just as legitimate an RPG as Skyrim. They simply interpret the concepts behind an RPG differently. Though I do like how it seems the defining characteristic of RPGs these days is having dialogue options.TaintedSaint said:
On topic. If you're going to get a current gen console for JRPGs and aren't counting hand-helds. Yes, go with the PS3 for the above listed options by S69-5. Their list is pretty all-inclusive. The 360 and Wii have some decent additions to the genre to, but the PS3 certainly touts more games... but keep in mind a lot of them are from fairly small publishers and thus had limited prints so getting the games in new or good condition at this point is going to be pricey or require some searching. Additionally, if you're looking for a lot of games in the line of the pre-PS3 Final Fantasies.. you aren't going to find them. The vast majority of the JRPGs on the console are more in line with the visual novel, focusing on the story or, in the case of NIS games, the comedy of the character interactions.Moonlight Butterfly said:
Sorry but going down a pre scripted linear story is not role playing making choices that affect the story is. People who say all games are role playing games only say that because they know jrpgs are not role playing games and they need that argument to justify calling jrpgs rpgs in the first place.NiPah said:
Every game is pre-scripted.. they have scripts. What you said means even "proper" RPGs aren't RPGs because your options, regardless of how many or few that are presented to you, are not organic since they have a concrete cause-effect every time.... and most JRPGs these days have branching stories or multiple endings based on your actions.. so you're either a troll, a hater, ignorant, or all 3.TaintedSaint said:
I'd argue but as I stated before this is a topic about rather OP should buy a PS3 for the JRPGs.TaintedSaint said:
