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MisterStone

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Dayum, I guess so...
 

bhlaab

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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
 

poocolator

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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

Ahahahahahaha, awesome.
Personally, I don't give a shit what happens anymore because I've now first-handedly witnessed how a game company can butcher a beloved classic and still outsell anything else. *Cough*Bethesduh*Cough*

My standards are so low at this point that I won't be surprised anymore by the shittiness of RPGs.
 

Kaanyrvhok

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"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?


Start by writing the definition of Pretentious 5,000 times.

Then find an artist that can actually design characters that dont have freakishly large eyes and small mouths.

Oh and you dont need strong women you just need real human women. Start out with an ugly fat black chick that likes sex.

How about a male character that isnt a wig away from being a hotty?
 

Texas Red

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I'd like to see faces of those JRPG developers when they complete MotB or PS:T. All their life... they have been wrong!
 

Lesifoere

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Do those games even have Japanese localizations? Because I suspect most of these developers aren't English-literate enough to handle MotB/PS:T. Maybe you could start them off with something easy like Fable, where your character communicates by flexing muscles and farting.

Though I'll admit that I'm interested in what they could do if they're actively trying to appeal to the western-RPG crowd. Not that they aren't already appealing lots to the weeaboo-animu-but-western crowd anyway. Hmm, come to think of it, that crowd probably wouldn't like even Fallout 3, let alone MotB or PS:T.
 

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"Strong female characters" dosen't mean "good female characters". The strong willed, just as good as the boys, female has been done to death even in settings where it makes no sense.
 

Spectacle

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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

Too bad this is too long for a signature.. :D
 

Forest Dweller

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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).

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.
 

Mic Turner

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Couldl someone tell this guy that FO3 doesn't look like an RPG here either?

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

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So... in 2009's holiday season the japanese market will be overflowing with post-apocalypitic hentai games featuring radioactive multi-tentacled-mudcrabs... :shock:
 

SuicideBunny

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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.
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.
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.
too bad the other xenosaga games are fubar interactive movies...
 

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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:

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Drakron

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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
 

SuicideBunny

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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
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Balor

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Well, Avellone can do female characters very well, if you ask me. (Ravel, Deionarra, Kreia...)
Not familliar with JRPGs all too well, though, so cannot say how it compares.
 

MetalCraze

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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.
 

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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.

*groan*

Can't they at least look into some anime that has cool/interesting female characters?

Anyway, Anachronox++.

-Should I stop them?
-Let them kill each other
 

Ion Flux

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FO3 + JRPGs = match made in heaven.

There is a huge overlap in target audiences. They are perfect for each other. May they have a bazillion mutant anime babies that consume the entire human race, because we obviously deserve it.
 

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