tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268660459652553228.post3928958286795370946..comments2024-02-26T20:52:27.680-08:00Comments on Thinking Inside the Box: General RPGs From the USThe RPGeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02752937839502693108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268660459652553228.post-32795910328792720482013-02-22T08:02:10.551-08:002013-02-22T08:02:10.551-08:00I honestly find almost ALL western RPGs too bland,...I honestly find almost ALL western RPGs too bland, boring and uninteresting. They never emphasize on actual gameplay... and always need to implement FPS in some way that just really turns a lot of my friends, me included, away. If I want to play an FPS RPG with a story, I have CofD, Battlefield, and the very over rated Halo series, all of which have "RPG" "elements". It might just be me, but I never considered western RPGs as "RPGs".. more like FPS adventure games with heavy emphasis on story (which again was in most cases lame and boring stuff). But maybe its also cuz games like Chrono Trigger, FF7, FF7, FF12 and the Breath Fires will always be the best of the best. I really should play the suikodens tho, here ALOT of good stuff about them, mainly the 1st and 2nd tho.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00950920360969567118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268660459652553228.post-10665965334208221092012-02-27T14:51:33.718-08:002012-02-27T14:51:33.718-08:00Now wait a minute... Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is...Now wait a minute... Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is not an American-made RPG. It is a Japanese-made game geared towards what they thought would appeal to Americans. Trying to be an easy to learn, simplified, new player friendly version of an RPG, I think they were trying to expand the genre in these (US and Europe) markets.<br /><br />How can you go on about console games, but then bring up Fallout? If you're including PC games, then I think American and Japanese games are on fairly equal footing. With great series such as the gold box games, Quest for Glory, Baldur's Gate, Ultima, and Might & Magic, there are plenty of examples for good US RPGs. This seems like a large oversight. I suppose you're only speaking from experience, and haven't played those games. Of course, to find a lot of the gems, you'll need to go through a lot more crap on the PC. <br /><br />Also, there are plenty of other worse games to mention on consoles. Drakkhen and most of the other ports of PC games during the NES era really are some of the worst examples of western RPGs. US developers have largely ignored console releases when it came to RPGs. (At least in the US; strangely Japan received more ports of US RPGs than the US.)Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.com