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  Wtf does that mean? Random battles? Vague, bullshit new-age plots involving some bitch named Gaia? Androg... : lightly inclined
  • There aren't random battles, you see the enemies as you run around. There's a demo on the PSN and the ... : Derringer
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  I argue that the genre hasn't shrunken, it's that it hasn't grown with the increase in gamers : RikiTiki2
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    I dunno, if you go back and look at the number of JRPGs released during the PSX generation and the PS2 ge... : Vincent Grayson
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      It's odd that two of the best RPGs this gen are on the Wii as well. Heck, Xenoblade is one of my all t... : Derringer
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        I keep hearing this but i still havent had the opportunity to check it out :( : Demius
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          Unfortunately it's hard to find, I hear that some Gamestops still have it at regular price. It goes anywh... : Derringer
          • If I ever get my Wii back, which is still in Hawaii, I'll happily pass my copy on to a Shacker. : Vincent Grayson
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        What's the one that isn't Xenoblade? I'm starting to put more time into it, only at level 11 Mechon just : Deathlove
        • The Last Story : gzubluck
        • hurry up!!! it's a good game!!!! : Mr.SEX
• It's faded because you have main characters that are more fem-male and with so much angst it's painful : Volatus32x
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  So it's like The Last Remnant then? : Memphis-Ahn
  • What with that confusing auto-battle and prefab looking areas? Why can't jrpgs just do what worked in ... : avatar_58
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  I like how he called the western RPG's "overly-individualistic". I've always been turned off by titles th... : EnhancedInterrogator
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    I personally disagree. You can never have too many options for character creation/customization, and I'm ... : Dr_Tran
    • A friend and I were discussing the differences between JRPGs and WRPGS not that long ago. He put it kinda... : RevRaven
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    What he means is a straightforward experience vs one that bends to the player. In Mass Effect for example : pixelat3d
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      Honestly Chrono Trigger was one of the first games to really do that. In the very least I think it was a ... : OutlawSundown
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        The Wolfenstein of Western RPG's is Ultima in combination with Western developer's deep desire to simulat... : SpaecKow
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          This goes into a history of the differences between the games: http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/weste... : LoioshDwaggie
          • Just watched part 1, and it seems pretty good. : Arcanum
          • This is interesting, but goddamn do I wish this dude would stop with the weird voice filter. : Vincent Grayson
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          The best Ultima is Ultima VII which can be finished without actually paying ANY attention to stats, equip... : avatar_58
          • From U4 onwards, Ultima has always been more about the story, characters and the world than the game syst... : gzubluck
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            While Torment *can* be finished without min-maxing, you miss out on a lot of stuff if you don't get at le... : Vincent Grayson
            • Yes buy that's hardly a hardcore RPG now is it? One or two stats just for conversation? And yet I enjo... : avatar_58
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    i like how he acknowledged JRPGs seem antiquated : bolneze
    • "JRPGs seem antiquated today, so we're going to refresh the genre by doing all the things that make them ... : Arcanum
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  They seriously couldn't scare me more from this game than writing shit like "good old days of JRPGs" I ha... : abrasion
  • There's a demo on the PSN, check it out. It's fantastic. : Derringer
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    So few "proper decent" Japanese games? What do you mean, if not the classic JRPG formula? : bill crystals
    • I guess I simply mean, games which didn't originate out of US, CA, AUD, UK. There's a particular feel ... : abrasion
• Because they're horrible. : jingletard
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  I would argue that they mostly suck because you spend most of your time in the battle system, and most JR... : taronish
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    I think part of the issue there (and WRPGs have this problem too), is that *no* battle system remains fre... : Vincent Grayson
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      So many CRPGs are basically tainted by an attempt to replicate the tabletop combat simulations. But table... : SpaecKow
      • I don't think the issue is that tabletop combat is horrible or boring so much as that it's infrequent and... : Vincent Grayson
• More like Breath of Fire 3 please. : Mr. Goodwrench
• Because whether its the translations or cultural differences, their games seem to written by sexually con... : Rauol Duke
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  Stories of saving "planet" and 8 year old children saving "planet" and weird hybrid of D&D and Sci-fi was... : rtricoche
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    http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=28680894#item_28680894 : Discrete
    • That could be a pretty interesting game. : Arcanum
    • So True Lies the RPG? I'd buy it. : Rehevkor
    • The best RPGs are the ones that don't follow tired cliché fantasy plots. : avatar_58
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  I want the Ghibli art and story telling, but you can keep your JRPG. : VictoriouSecret
  • I basically said that to Persona 4 Golden (replace Ghibli with Soejima-san), and it said, "Easy mode is f... : the archvile
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  the last RPG i got into was for the DS.. Radiant Historia. Hard to get into (first few hours were really ... : Demius
  • In my pile of shame! At least I have my copy secured. : LeadPearl