S.torch
Arbiter
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2019
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Sadly, there's a great degree of ignorance in the Codex respecting JRPGs. While some people go as far to take pride in the fact they don't play them, but then you ask what games they have played recently and they don't know how to answer, because it results that a lot of them don't even play games anymore (but like to bitch about what others do play).
Aside from the userbase, the staff is very lacking in that sense too. Most news on the front page in the Codex pertain to RPGs created in the West and only in the West, sometimes there are news of pure corporated trash that certainly don't need the advertising. While most JRPG releases or news get ignored, no matter if is from big or indie studios. The tendency is so bad, that sometimes releases that are actually made by western people are ignored because they have JRPG influences. But then you see that they post selectively about the Soul's Series, I guess because some people just judge by the looking and think is a "westernized" fantasy (when it has a very JRPG design philosophy).
However I understand that this is not completely the Codex's Staff fault, giving that most news are posted by what? 2 people? Maybe is too much asking from them that they cover every sub-genre only by themselves. However, that's doesn't excuse a more than suspicious lack of posting on even the bigger of releases on JRPGs or JRPG-likes.
And is a shame, because there are a lot of good games out there that are not very well-known or some obscure new releases that will benefit from some exposure and will make a very interesting list for playing.
Aside from the userbase, the staff is very lacking in that sense too. Most news on the front page in the Codex pertain to RPGs created in the West and only in the West, sometimes there are news of pure corporated trash that certainly don't need the advertising. While most JRPG releases or news get ignored, no matter if is from big or indie studios. The tendency is so bad, that sometimes releases that are actually made by western people are ignored because they have JRPG influences. But then you see that they post selectively about the Soul's Series, I guess because some people just judge by the looking and think is a "westernized" fantasy (when it has a very JRPG design philosophy).
However I understand that this is not completely the Codex's Staff fault, giving that most news are posted by what? 2 people? Maybe is too much asking from them that they cover every sub-genre only by themselves. However, that's doesn't excuse a more than suspicious lack of posting on even the bigger of releases on JRPGs or JRPG-likes.
And is a shame, because there are a lot of good games out there that are not very well-known or some obscure new releases that will benefit from some exposure and will make a very interesting list for playing.