JRPG's Failures on HD Consoles: Why They Exist and How to Fix Them
"Chances are if you are a fan of the JRPG genre, you noticed their rise in popularity during the 90s on the Super Nintendo and PlayStation to their most recent failings on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360."
Oblivion started the wrpg revolution for this gen, most didnt wanna go back to jrpg after playing it. It's like tasting steak for the 1st time, after mostly eating chicken.
Oblivion though is a fantasy sandbox game and shares very little in common with JRPGs. It's a great solo game but it lacks the story, emotion, imagination and set pieces that are commonly associated with JRPGs.
their was ever just one big selling JRPG game in the west called FF, it was the gateway into JRPGs, but their wasn't a truly great FF game since FF10, that is why their is low fan refresh. the worst is FF13 made many of what is left of the fanbase hang their boots on the genre.
their are others like me who who found other games like Tales and MegaTen to carry the torch.
but all this is for just for HD consoles, on handhelds the Genre is as strong as ever for the low budget, but another problem now is that publishers are not bringing them to the west
The only thing the Elder Scrolls "destroyed" was the idea that a game could actually be sold, day 1, without crippling bugs, lumbering frame rates, features like magically erasing saves and an overall lack of polish. Personally, I think Bethesda games are bland, boring, tripe. I'll take Xenoblade or the Souls games anyday. Btw, if you want to get down to sales: Pokemon > any wrpg. Sure it's not HD, go cry me a river.
Jrpgs just have lots more competition now. hey arent the only place to get a game with an epic story line. They need to understand their consumer and cater to them. I play Jrpgs when I dont want to play something that I have to be hair triggered reactions, I want turn based grand attacks and finding ways to streamline my attack and defense. You can add a little bonus game for a power boost but thats it. If you want to see the best Jrpg on a HD console its Lost Odisey. That game is still the best JRPG ever made.
One thing I really agree with in the article is to start making different narratives, why do Ia;ways have to have a team. Why cant it not be, why couldnt it be a crime game, and please give us some big boy stories and characters. Use the genre to your advantage.
As a side note I think and would love to see real high end Jrpgs make a comeback on tablets like Ipads and Galaxy Tabs. I think they would be a perfect fit.
I agree about the narratives, but I think it goes even deeper than that. I've been a fan of JRPG's since the olden days, and my favorite games of the genre (and coincidentally usually the ones that are the most lauded in general) are the ones that don't let the genre tropes shackle them down.
Even most recently with Xenoblade; it's a JRPG, it feels like a JRPG in many ways, and yet it's critical and popular acclaim seems to stem from the fact that it's not afraid to do things differently.
Edonus: Play Vagrant Story or Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, Tactics Ogre LUCT, ect if you want more adult stories. However, if your idea of "big boys stories" is a space soap opera that plays out like a mini series on the sci fi network, then stick to ME and it's tired tropes.
Personally I don't think all that much is wrong with JRPGs. I agree with what one of the posters above said that the older FF games (7-10) were amazing and introduced many gamers to the genre and simply put, we don't have any JRPGs these days which are of that standard that can bring in a new generation.
Also in England at least, gaming has become so much more mainstream over here in the last five years.. most gamers just don't care for slow paced 40+ hours of story, they want instant gratification stuff like COD and shorter sp experiences like Assassins Creed.
we need more collect and battle type games imo, we need more games like pokemon! Who dont want to TRAVEL all around a fictional world, BATTLING, LEVELING, and COLLECTING little big monsters? who dont want to test their skills in a ONLINE battle?
Jrpgs are alot more scarce vs last gen, as far as failures on the hd consoles sorry i don't remember any, maybe one really bad nis or atlus game lost worlds or something like that.
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their are others like me who who found other games like Tales and MegaTen to carry the torch.
but all this is for just for HD consoles, on handhelds the Genre is as strong as ever for the low budget, but another problem now is that publishers are not bringing them to the west
Personally, I think Bethesda games are bland, boring, tripe. I'll take Xenoblade or the Souls games anyday.
Btw, if you want to get down to sales: Pokemon > any wrpg. Sure it's not HD, go cry me a river.
One thing I really agree with in the article is to start making different narratives, why do Ia;ways have to have a team. Why cant it not be, why couldnt it be a crime game, and please give us some big boy stories and characters. Use the genre to your advantage.
As a side note I think and would love to see real high end Jrpgs make a comeback on tablets like Ipads and Galaxy Tabs. I think they would be a perfect fit.
Even most recently with Xenoblade; it's a JRPG, it feels like a JRPG in many ways, and yet it's critical and popular acclaim seems to stem from the fact that it's not afraid to do things differently.
Also in England at least, gaming has become so much more mainstream over here in the last five years.. most gamers just don't care for slow paced 40+ hours of story, they want instant gratification stuff like COD and shorter sp experiences like Assassins Creed.
imo, we need more games like pokemon! Who dont want to TRAVEL all around a fictional world, BATTLING, LEVELING, and COLLECTING little big monsters? who dont want to test their skills in a ONLINE battle?