Your pick - Japanese RPGs (JRPGs) or Western RPGs (WRPGs)

[sharkey360]

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A tale of two RPGs - Mass Effect 2 and Final Fantasy XIII.

Mass Effect 2 lived up to its hype by delivering great enjoyment to gamers, while FFXIII did not.

When it comes to enjoying JRPGs, I found Lost Odyssey a better game than FFXIII. Considering the fact that LO is more stressful to play due to random encounters, grinding, etc, that game is simply better than FFXIII for me.

[sharkey360]

Square Enix’s Dave Hoffman has been dropping a lot of hints lately about Project X. The unaccounted title was previously revealed to be a RPG and is said to be shocking. Dave Hoffman gave another small hint today on his Twitter. When someone asked if the RPG is being developed in Japan or in the west, he responded with the following:

Well my job is to drive relationships with N American companies and create games that have a global appeal. Hm, did I answer you?

So it looks like Project X is being made in North America and not by the famous Square Enix studios in Japan.

This also gives further credence that the upcoming RPG might be Fortress, a western-developed sequel to Final Fantasy XII that was originally developed by Grin but has since switch hands to another western studio.

Dave Hoffman hopes to reveal Project X before E3, which starts on June 15th.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6...sterndeveloped

[sajimar12]

Ahak, lisora diay ani...

First of all, let me say that FF7 remains not just the best RPG of all time, but the BEST GAME OF ALL TIME. in my heart.

But then again, what made me love FF7 is the fact that it had such a wonderful story and a world that totally immerses you. While it may not be original, the portrayal of a post-apocalyptic was so enchanting that I instantly became a fan of the genre. The game blew me away so much that I wasn't bothered by the fact that I couldn't customize my character.

Which, for me, is the biggest turn off when it comes to most other RPG's (western and japanese alike). In JRPGs, almost every hero is a clone from any FF title. Most of the time it's a spiky-haired pretty boy wielding a sword the size of a lamp post.

Now WRPG's, on the other hand, put the ROLE-PLAYING back in ROLE PLAYING GAME. There are some that only allow you to use pre-generated avatars (such as in my favorite dungeon crawler, DIABLO) but for the most part, you can customize everything about your character down to the last detail.

I remember playing Neverwinter Nights for the first time, spending hours on the character creation screen. You can fuss over the tiniest details such as subrace, deity, age, history, weapon specialization, etc.

It was a geek's dream come true.

But apart from the character customization, you can customize the game experience itself. WRPGs like Neverwinter Nights, Fallout 3, Oblivion and so on have hundreds if not thousands of mods each that you can fine tune almost every aspect of the game.

My only complaint with WRPGs is with the exception of the recent Dragon Age: Origins, almost everyone looks ugly. It's the complete opposite of JRPGs where even the "old" vendor NPC looks like a runway model.

But then again, there are plenty of appearance mods (mostly by Japanese gamers - SURPRISE!) that can remedy this. Gurren Lagann mod for Fallout 3, anyone?

But every once in a while, the Japanese release a game that is so perfect, you find no need for customization. So while I voted for WRPGs for the number of great games out there, the Final Fantasy franchise still wins. In my heart.

naa daw ff7 gawas sa ps3??is this real?..if tinuud hastang k lami duwa