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RPG's dying?
Aesthesis:
--- Quote from: AceHigh on December 12, 2009, 03:32:50 PM ---JRPG is like a graphic novel book, they usually have good stories, but you have no freedom of choice whatsoever and end up playing an adventure game that strictly follows the main story and has RPG stat building element....
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I agree with this, but I put it to you that this is exactly what some people such as myself actually want. To me the story is a very involving and powerful element in any game, so much so that I am more than willing to lose some playability to get a good one. Yes JRPG's lock you in to a limited linear path but in return they have the potential for strong, emotive and generally awesome storylines. Where other RPG storys fail because of bad writers struggling to give the player freedom while still telling a story and keeping it all consistent, JRPG's don't.
Carnivus:
--- Quote from: Aesthesis on December 12, 2009, 05:15:52 PM ---
--- Quote from: AceHigh on December 12, 2009, 03:32:50 PM ---JRPG is like a graphic novel book, they usually have good stories, but you have no freedom of choice whatsoever and end up playing an adventure game that strictly follows the main story and has RPG stat building element....
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I agree with this, but I put it to you that this is exactly what some people such as myself actually want. To me the story is a very involving and powerful element in any game, so much so that I am more than willing to lose some playability to get a good one. Yes JRPG's lock you in to a limited linear path but in return they have the potential for strong, emotive and generally awesome storylines. Where other RPG storys fail because of bad writers struggling to give the player freedom while still telling a story and keeping it all consistent, JRPG's don't.
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Yes but did it never happen to you to find yourself screaming at the screen for some odd choice of the lead character.That's why today's RPG's are with choices,so that when you don't like what's happening there,you think how idiot you were and try to repair the situation.You have taken a decision,and now you must live with its consequences.
Jesta23:
--- Quote from: AceHigh on December 12, 2009, 03:32:50 PM ---Any of them, JRPG is like a graphic novel book, they usually have good stories, but you have no freedom of choice whatsoever and end up playing an adventure game that strictly follows the main story and has RPG stat building element.... oh and you have so many annoying long ass cinematics, that sometimes you wonder: "Wow this battle looks good, it would be more fun if they let me do that instead of watching it".
So call it whatever you want: Interactive graphic novel, adventure game with oversized swords, trigger of an epileptic seisure, but don't call it a role playing game, because the only role play you do is to navigate through a maze of fucking confusing skill systems that give the same effect as drinking gazolene and watching at excell spreadsheets at the same time. (Damn that last quote is good, from my favorite game critic, Yahtzee)
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Hah.
All of those negatives you just listed are what I enjoy most about these games.
Give me a linear, interactive graphic novel, with oversized swords, and a complex skill system and I will love that game.
kardz:
It's not really dying, it's just fall and winter quarters are the time for hyped generic games to make their way into the market and gobble up $$.
Casual gamers dig FPS genre and other fast paced action games over long and complex RPG's right now. If you like CRPGs/JRPGs and can't wait then start playing the ones that you might have missed or overlooked in the past.
RPG isn't dying, you're just not looking hard enough.
Carnivus:
--- Quote from: kardz on December 12, 2009, 07:49:49 PM ---It's not really dying, it's just fall and winter quarters are the time for hyped generic games to make their way into the market and gobble up $$.
Casual gamers dig FPS genre and other fast paced action games over long and complex RPG's right now. If you like CRPGs/JRPGs and can't wait then start playing the ones that you might have missed or overlooked in the past.
RPG isn't dying, you're just not looking hard enough.
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Shooters are dead since Crysis.Nothing close to it appeared in nearly 3 years.The only one close to it was Dragon Rising.Dead Space was interesting the first half hour,after that it got boring.I really don't have anything worth mentioning to add.FEAR was good.The first one,because it caused an impact.After that,they added nothing but 2-3 guns and 2-3 enemies.
So a great genre,FPS,are nothing but empty shells for mindless killing and stereotypes.As for RPG's,who briefly make 2-3 games a year on PC,they a lot more appreciated.I mean,the hype around ME2 is gigantic.Not to mention the hundred mods for Oblivion IV.Fallout 3 and Dragon Age didn't do bad at all.The witcher was also very enjoyable.
So,I can say that RPG's are the best games.Period.It has all other genres,but also it has it's own borders.Fallout 3 and ME-shooters,FF-strategy-like and of course,its own bladed fights,The Witcher,Oblivion IV and Dragon Age.
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