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JRPGs for people who think they hate JRPGs

GamesRadar - So traditional role-playing games aren’t your thing. Maybe the combat is too slow, the protagonists too whiny, the outfits too ridiculous, or the games too long. Perhaps you’re just not into the fantasy settings, or the princesses and knights and grumpy leading men with hearts of gold. There are many clichés associated with JRPGs, a lot of them with good reason, and you don’t have the time or patience for that nonsense.

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Relientk774004d ago

Also besides their list:

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Skies of Arcadia
Grandia 1, 2
Breath of Fire III, IV
Final Fantasy VII, VIII, X

toguns4004d ago

I personally like Skies. But. Too many female characters, now very dated graphics and the most random battles that have ever been in any game. EVER means that Skies is not for everyone

Wigriff4004d ago

Ah, Grandia 2. I loved that game.

3-4-54003d ago

DQ9 got me back into JRPG's. Been trying to buy up as many solid DS JRPG's as possible since I beat DQ9 back in September.

Kalowest4004d ago

I've played all the games on that list, lol.

Dark114004d ago (Edited 4004d ago )

When we talk about japan , i really hate most of their JRPG's thanks to the childish designs

thank god we got a mature RPG's form capcom and from software
(Dragon dogma and dark souls)

Edit: LOL @ Disagrees.

elhebbo164004d ago

even though they're japanese games they are more towards the WRPG side. imo

Hicken4004d ago

LOL @ you and your "childish" designs.

ANY SMT game is considerably more "mature" than either of those you've mentioned.

TheSaint4003d ago

Childish post, that's why the disagrees.

3-4-54003d ago

mature designs usually don't leave much room for creativity and thus you get 30+ generic looking "realistic " characters who aren't memorable at all.

I'm sure we need more of that..

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vickers5004004d ago

I really liked Dragon Quest 8, and I typically don't enjoy jrpgs very much.

McScroggz4004d ago

It's hard to recommend a JRPG to somebody who isn't familiar with the genre or who hasn't liked what they have played. In that regard, I think the original Kingdom Hearts is very palatable because the characters and settings are very comfortable while the combat is real-time yet reminiscent of old school JRPG's. If somebody playes KH1 and doesn't like it, they just will not like the genre.

For what it's worth I'm playing Persona 4 Golden now and it's f'ing awesome.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.

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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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