Analoghype: For years Japanese RPG's delivered a lot of variety to the market and games like final fantasy, dragon quest and Zelda were pretty much at the fore front of the RPG category. Then came an avalanche of RPG's created by westernized developers, and now today westernized RPG's may just be the most popular form of RPG's, at least in north America and Europe.
Gary Green said: We’re finding ourselves in a similar position with the Pixel Remaster edition of Final Fantasy IV as we were with Final Fantasy III since, once again, we’ve received a slightly upscaled, more vibrant port of the original game when there’s already an expanded 3D remake available. As such, we’re playing a game which, even after its long-awaited release, still lives very much in the shadow of its remake.
If only they didn't screw ps4 owners over with a physical release. I'd have ran through this in a heartbeat.
The first one I played, it was the one that made me fall in love with JRPGs and is still my favorite to this day. A masterpiece
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Here here
Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.
I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5
Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.
If you are looking for an awesome RPG, look no further. Steam is offering a significant discount on its Fallout Franchise Bundle.
"You can get all Fallout games in a bundle at a significant 20% discount on Steam. Individually, all these games add up to $244.91. With the discount, you can get them all for $195.91. That is $49 less than the original price. Quite a significant discount for such a popular franchise."
😊 😂 🤣 😐 - But why?
Just wait for a sale and get most if not all of it for a fraction of that price.
20% off...lol
The games were just on a real sale over the last week or two for the show promotion. Fallout 4 was $10, 3 was $5, NV was cheap as heck too.
So what the heck is this
The original games have been given out for free by Amazon for GOG and Epic, 76 is free now on Amazon if you have prime, Epic has also given out new Vegas for free and 4 has gone down to pretty cheap prices. 194 bucks is a total ripoff when you can get these games individually for less. Don't forget cd keys might sell em for a dollar less at times too. Come on man, us cheapskates won't touch anything near or above 100 lolz
they speak the truth on this one
I personnaly prefer jrpgs way more than wrpgs.From the characters to the environement of the games etc.
When it comes to wrpgs I dont like games like Oblivion , the story is more than inexistant and roaming around doing quests is boring to me.Wrpgs like Bioware's wrpgs (Mass effect , Jade Empire etc) are as good as jrpgs.
The only thing that pisses me off in jrpgs are that sometimes they are too cliché , predictable etc.
JRPGs are ridiculously dated at this point: they never risk breaking away from formula (even Final Fantasy doesn't dare move too far away from its roots), and they've relied on the same archaic gameplay systems they've had since they were on the NES. So of course gamers will prefer WRPGs at this point - they have actually been growing and evolving as time goes on. They have done away with things that were only implemented because of hardware limitations, instead of clinging to them and calling it "tradition" (like random encounters, world maps). Zelda et al also don't fall into the JRPG category as a general rule: they don't share the necessary elements and follow the right conventions, they're adventure games first and foremost.
There is an obvious need for the genre to actually change, but it probably won't happen as long as Japan holds Dragon Quest in such high esteem.
And it's fairly natural for Western gamers to prefer WRPGs - they're made with us in mind, after all.
This article is pretty BULLS***!
Even though WRPGs are supposed to look more realistic, they really don't(especially Oblivion and Fable 2). Exaggerated lighting doesn't help at all either, it just hides other graphical flaws.
Oblivion wasn't much fun, and Fallout 3 will be very similar and ugly looking(not technically).
For a few years now, there's already been JRPGs with REAL-TIME BATTLES, not all have turn-based action. Why was this left out!?
FFXII, Kingdom Hearts I and II, are a few examples.
This is also generalizing all JRPG characters to have "spiky hair" or "girly" looking.
"this does annoy a lot of gamers. With all western RPG’s no mechanics change, what you see is what you get and this is pretty much standard now in all RPG’s as even Japanese developers are catching on."
^^^^ I mentioned there that Japanese developers caught onto the real time mechanics and are using it in their games now.
and no I did not say that ALL Jrpg characters have spiky hair and girlish looks, But i did mention that most of them do.
This article was not written to slam Jrpgs in any way as I love them as much as you do mate.