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• Shacknews, you misspelled appalling : sanchez
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  So Japan is going to continue to make 90s games on 2010's budgets? ok : Yanks
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    Haha, this. I love how they blame the west for their horrible games. : Visceral Monkey
    • They didn't. : pizzaput
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      Haha, I love how you lack reading comprehension, as expected from someone who has "monkey" in his usernam... : herpaderp
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        Wow, you took that way too seriously friend. : Visceral Monkey
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          Had quite the bad day. My bad. : herpaderp
          • No offense taken, I understand. : Visceral Monkey
  • It seems that they're still good at making small simple games. But the more yen they throw at them the mo... : guigr
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  Dark Souls > Skyrim. Right? : HockeyJohnston
  • Yup. : omnova
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    Heh. Good one! You'll reel someone in with that one for sure. : wytefang
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      Other than Skyrim, it's been a bad few years for western RPGs. I just made my point inelegantly. : HockeyJohnston
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        the witcher >:( : xsoulbrothax
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          Is that western? : pgharavi
          • eastern europe, but falls into the western rpg genre pretty solidly : xsoulbrothax
  • The people who make the game don't consider it a JRPG - there's been a couple interviews where they strai... : xsoulbrothax
  • I agree Dark Souls is way better than Skyrim in my opinion, but i wasn't that big a fan of Skyrim. The... : WootheDave
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  I am quite weirded out by the hair with detailed lighting sitting on top of the flat shaded face. You can... : RaptorII
  • Curse you. Now that's all I can see. : daggot
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  I'd be fine with that. I kind of miss the distinct differences. Too much homogeneity these days. : EvilDolemite
  • This is my take. There are plenty of crap Japanese games just like there are plenty of crap Western game... : omnova
  • I agree with this. As much as I don't give a fuck about JRPGs anymore...that isn't the only genre that c... : Vorlonesque
• I know they've avoiding Westernizing games, but goddamn Tales team/Namco, you could at least fucking *rel... : Vincent Grayson
• Folks in charge of Tales are idiots. They either never release the games or release them near AAA titles... : breadsticks
• This is a good thing. They need to be advancing their games while maintaining their own styles rather th... : cetra00
• All pray same. : hoov1185
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  I thought the demo for Ni No Kuni was pretty terrible. There's no explanation of the combat systems and ... : melkore
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    I couldn't enjoy it at all. Honestly the whole pokemon summoning little critters thing seemed lame and co... : Finchypoo
    • I was kind of hoping it would be like a pokemon for consoles but managing your pet was kind of a hassle s... : melkore
• Japan had many right ideas during the middle of Playstation 2's run. They came up with some of the most ... : asianwaste
• There actually was a "good ol' days" of JPRGs? Man, I never liked those things. Sometimes I wonder how ... : wytefang
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  True story. I have never played a JRPG. : hatelull
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    Ever played really old CRPGs, like Wizardry 1? Then you have! Ho ho! : Fayk
    • My early CRPGs were Bard's Tale, Might and Magic, and the old gold box SSI games. :( : hatelull
  • Try Anachronox! It's the best JRPG made in Texas! It's actually pretty solid, and quite hilarious. htt... : RaptorII
  • Play Chrono Trigger. Most perfect masterpiece of a game yet created. : pizzaput
• I somehow imagine that Square will eventually remake FF7, and it will be awesome and everyone will buy it... : Finchypoo
• Well I guess you can't lose if you don't play. : Lucy Labia
• nothing but good news : technotica
• Japan has some of the most iterative and conventional games in their popular genres (RPGs, horse racing m... : Magus
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  Good, now maybe they can make a Resident Evil which doesn't suck balls. : Gwyndion
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    yesterday i was watching a RE1 walkthrough on youtube and wow, i fogot how awsome the first 2 were : HisKillSkill
    • Yeah, even Code Veronica and 4 were awesome. They seem to be afraid to make it survival horror anymore w... : Gwyndion
• The last JRPG I played all the way through and loved was Grandia 2 on the Dreamcast. I think it's about ... : Gwyndion
• So do the Japanese now like Western style games now? Or is it just that Japanese games have fallen out o... : Thresher
• :"Japanese games are slowly making a resurgence. Games like Dark Souls and Persona 4 have recaptured our ... : rpgfan20k
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  japan has owned the gen. I am sick of generalized garbage articles : rpgfan20k
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    have they? http://www.computerandvideogames.com/374749/top-selling-console-games-of-2012-revealed-for-... : EvilDolemite
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      1) cvg is an anti japan troll site 2) Those numbers were never cooberated. 3) europe is the 4th bi... : rpgfan20k
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        We all know how important cooberation. : sogelegos
        • serious issue dude : rpgfan20k
    • sales have nothing to do with quality either fyi : rpgfan20k
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  Sometimes I am embarrassed by the generalized obvious lack of informed comments on this site. But then ag... : rpgfan20k
  • No, but Dark Souls and Persona 4: [insertwhatever] are the most recent ones. People have short memories a... : RaptorII
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  i think the fact that they so often think of games in terms of japan vs. the west is itself troubling : DeBurgo
  • I am just sick of twisting quotes, the writer generalizing a false point, and calling this journalism : rpgfan20k
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    i agree; however, there are distinct differences in design philosophy that are kind of refreshing. just ... : EvilDolemite
    • westernized japanese games started all the way back in the nes days pretending it just started now is ... : rpgfan20k
• When did Japanese games stop being Japanese? They've always been inscrutable. : comiekazie
• A game series with "Tales of" in the title, avoiding westernization? Yep, sure. : WhatACoolGuy