"Stop trying to degrade other franchises to make yours look better, because nine times out of ten it has the exact opposite effect."
This. Bioware are acting like they're RPG gods, they aren't.
I mean their latest game IS a shooter. Seriously, a shooter. Not an RPG.
Oh well, I'm more of a SMT fanboy when it comes to JRPGs.
So fuck FF either way.
Also,
"I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again – I feel that generic...
Mass Effect was more of a RPG with shooter elements.
Mass Effect 2 is a shooter with RPG elements.
Edit:
@Maxx
They completly stripped Mass Effect 2 of inventory management, etc. Something you find on a normal RPG.
Mass Effect 2 was a Shooter with a dating sim in it, nothing more
I must disagree saying Bioware made a deep conversation system for RPGs.
I mean, it's normally "good or bad". The outcomes are just A or B, there's no blurried line, nothing. It's not deep.
Then again, I like alot of Bioware games, but I'm more of an Obsidian/Black Isle fan, and I also like JRPGs.
Bioware are just acting like they're RPG gods. Seriously.
Touhou is easier than Ikaruga.
Touhou itself isn't too hard.
The characters were supposed to feel distant.
A single "real" RPG?
Play Nocturne or Strange Journey, those are "real" RPGs.
Fallout 3 was nothing compared to Fallout 1 and 2.
And if you want something different, it IS out there. And about "JRPGs are not what they used to be" come on, please. There are alot of lesser-known titles that are great.
Ikaruga wasn't that hard IMO, it just required you to focus.
Agreed man, DS was all about the difficulty.
Oh yaay, here comes the WRPG vs JRPG argument.
I enjoy boths, and lemme tell ya Bioware, the only games I've liked from you are Baldur's Gate 2 and the first Mass Effect. I'm more of an Obsidian/Black Isle fanboy, but that doesn't means I can't enjoy my JRPGs.
Heck I hate FF but they're not a staple for JRPGs. Just because they're the most known series here in the west doesn't means there ain't great JRPGs out there.
Bioware, play Mo...
Easier co-op, arenas for PvP and co-op only levels could be cool.
Just don't make the game easier.
Please, don't. Heck even make the game harder if you want.
Also I must disagree with the music, no music in the game helped build a tension in the atmosphere. Like you only hear your enemies roaring, wanting to kill you...yeah, it's like that.
Cutscenes would be cool, but Demon's Souls was a mindfuck in story.
I must agree, while Fallout 3 was okay, it didn't had the dark humour, sarcasm and Wtf? moments fallout 1 and 2 had. It's a good game on it's own, but it's oblivion with guns and V.A.T.S., hopefully obsidian (A.K.A. most of black isle) will bring the greatness of fallout to fallout: new vegas.
I lol'd when Nier turned into a Text Adventure.
I wouldn't, actually. Even when I love text adventures, they belong to the PC master race.
RoF isn't as niche considering most JRPGs are "niche".
I couldn't bear trying to beat the game. It just didn't appealed to me.
All it did was a long linear pathway and then a open field with boring quests (go kill X thing...seriously? it ain't a korean MMO) and press auto battle to win then change paradigms then auto battle then shit then auto battle..
Nier was pretty flawed, but the fact it made a better, less boring and more touching story, alongside with the different videogames refferences and the fact it wasn't afraid of doing stuff other games wouldn't made it unique. RoF isn't as niche or hard as many people make it out to be.
FF13 made me bored, it wasn't FUN, nor interesting.
Game of the year
All years.
You know what pisses me off?
Games like Nier and RoF get between 5 or 7 and this, THIS gets 8 or 9.
I mean seriously.
Demon's Souls 2, maybe a TRUE Valkyria Chronicles sequel, another game like Folklore with smoother gameplay, a HD SMT Game and Valkyrie Profile if it's gonna be Sony exclusive.
Also new The Last Guardian footage, etc.
It's all I want.
Will we see Giant Enemy Crabs based on true japanese history again?
Sweet, it looks great.
Here's hoping it'll be like than Fallout 1 and 2.