“A lot of western RPGs focus on creating a world and award the player a great deal of freedom in it, instead of focusing on a story. I think the interest in Japanese RPGs is divided based on how people feel about that difference in style,” Sakaguchi told Nintendo Gamer, via CVG.
All North American release dates for JRPGs coming out in 2023, including softly confirmed and still to be announced titles.
Good list though. Hopefully they will keep it updated and rolling along. So many jrpgs coming out this year or so.
After 2 long years, we finally have a release window for Final Fantasy XVI. But the names behind the title, are probably largely unknown outside of the Final Fantasy XIV bubble. So allow us to introduce you to the team of Final Fantasy XVI and why you should be excited!
That's like saying Cyberpunk was automatically in good hands because the Witcher 3 was amazing and GOTY
Each new project is a a blank slate, always expect the unexpected, not everything is going to be good because the last thing the team did was.
Things are looking good. But really, we should all wait til we play it ourselves to tell if it's a good game. Ffs (not including the mmos) been needing a big W in a very long time. The remake of ff7 although good, wasn't anything amazing.
Yoshi-p did amazing with 14 but it doesn't mean they can do amazing with a sp mainline ff game.
Z writes: "Shin Megami Tensei V and Persona 5 are both great JRPGs from Atlus, but it's time to find out which is the better game overall."
I feel like this is just trying to stir the pot. They’re both great in their own way with slight familiar mechanics shared between the two.
Depends on what you want. Persona 5 is probably the general choice being more user friendly, but that's okay. Also a more relatable story goes a long way. But that doesn't take away from SMTV because ATLUS delivered top tier for both titles. In the end I still think Persona 4 Golden is my fav. Also the comparison is rough seeing p5 royal is a pretty damn good upgrade let's wait for the second version of SMTV to turn it up. Either way, they're both great additions to the series
I would love to know his opinion in the decline of the series he created.
Toriyama on FF13:
“He[Toriyama] also believes that it becomes very difficult to tell a compelling story when the player is given a huge amount of freedom to explore.”
Even then FF13's story turned out one of the worst in the series. How did that happen?
Funny, considering WRPGs have far better writing than JRPGs.
He is exactly right. Not to mention japanese rpgs use different battle systems, art styles, worlds, and other things that make them a genre I cant live without.
Oh and also this is not an east vs west thing........he didnt make those comments to say 1 was superior.......he just said what he saw in terms of strength
I have never encountered a western rpg that delivers an emotional story quite like jrpgs due
Not to say I won't, I just haven't yet.
This is one reason why I have and love my xbox. Lost odyssey, blue dragon, last remnant and final fantasy 13.