MisterStone
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Dayum, I guess so...
Lesifoere said:So Bioware is Japanese now?
Drakron said:Lesifoere said:So Bioware is Japanese now?
Ever since SW:KotOR
bhlaab said:I'm going to laugh my balls off when Final Fantasy 14 is fucken an isometric, tactical masterpiece full of meaningful choice and smartly written dialogue meanwhile Bethesda's working on Planescape Torment 2 which is a driving sim
"Until about a year ago, we'd never even heard the term 'J-RPG' to distinguish our RPGs from Western games," he admits. Now he seems determined to sort out the defining differences between the two schools of RPG design. Does it mean stronger female characters? A first-person perspective? More realism?
larpingdude14 said:This is a game that doesn't even look like what we in Japan consider an 'RPG,'
bhlaab said:I'm going to laugh my balls off when Final Fantasy 14 is fucken an isometric, tactical masterpiece full of meaningful choice and smartly written dialogue meanwhile Bethesda's working on Planescape Torment 2 which is a driving sim
MisterStone said:Stupid teenage wish fulfilment hack writing script presented on a one-way rail through a cheesy 3D engine (previously though super-deformed style anime sprites).
b&Dicksmoker said:To be fair, Xenogears had a good story. And in terms of thematic content, it goes even deeper than Torment.
which are pretty "weak", but still stronger than the average not even quite one-dimensional jrpg female character whose sole role is to show young japanese girls that they too can grow up to be nurses at the side of handsome male doctors, or pop-idols, if they are too stupid for a nurse job.Lesifoere said:MisterStone said:Yes, it's definitely stronger female characters that set Western RPGs apart.
That one got such a laugh out of me. Maybe it's just the guy being quoted out of context or whatever, but he sounds incredibly dumb. Not to mention that a great deal of female characters in western RPGs aren't exactly... hahahahaha. Hahahahaha, oh Bastila/Aribeth/Dawn Star/Liara.
too bad the other xenosaga games are fubar interactive movies...Mic Turner said:Oh, ahd Xenogears is indeed pure gold; the fact that it is such a good game even after the 2nd disc got butchered is a miracle.
FalloutBR said:So... in 2009's holiday season the japanese market will be overflowing with post-apocalypitic hentai games featuring radioactive multi-tentacled-mudcrabs... :shock:
Dicksmoker said:To be fair, Xenogears had a good story. And in terms of thematic content, it goes even deeper than Torment.
YES I JUST SAID THAT MOTHERFUCKERS SO GO AHEAD AND LYNCH ME BUT NOT BEFORE YOU LICK MY BALLS.
xenosaga.Drakron said:Dicksmoker said:To be fair, Xenogears had a good story. And in terms of thematic content, it goes even deeper than Torment.
YES I JUST SAID THAT MOTHERFUCKERS SO GO AHEAD AND LYNCH ME BUT NOT BEFORE YOU LICK MY BALLS.
I can do worst.
Disk 2
Lesifoere said:So Bioware is Japanese now?
skyway said:Remember Aerie? Now imagine that every JRPG chick is exactly like her - and you have the correct picture.
The irony is that I'm not joking.
SuicideBunny said:xenosaga.