American RPG games?

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#1 143C5
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Almost all RPG game are made from Japan, but are there any RPG games are made from America? (But I'm no American, I'm just asking a question)

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#2 eh-ut
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Dragon Age: Origin, Fable, Diablo and many more..
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#3 RK-Mara
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Hardly all RPGs are Japanese, only Japanese RPGs are. There's also this small genre called Western RPGs and developers such as BioWare (Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, Dragon Age) and Bethesda (Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3) are from North America.
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Joke topic?

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#5 Daavpuke
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I think you're confusing more traditional styles and not acknowledging other genres within the RPG section. Yes, most traditional turn based rpgs are Japanese, but there are plenty others in the global genre.
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#6 RK-Mara
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I think you're confusing more traditional styles and not acknowledging other genres within the RPG section. Yes, most traditional turn based rpgs are Japanese, but there are plenty others in the global genre. Daavpuke
Actually, the most traditional RPGs are Western. Just take a look at early Ultima and Wizardry games and you'll see where JRPGs come from.
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#7 Daavpuke
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I agree with your point, but there's a difference between inventing something and making something popular, thus calling the genre your own.
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#8 muthsera666
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The only RPG you need: Morrowind. :P
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#9 deactivated-5bb421ab1b937
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Are all japanese RPGs the same?

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#10 ModeDude
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Are all japanese RPGs the same?

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#11 Got_to_go
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All of the Fallout games are American.
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The Elders Scrolls I-IV, KOTOR 1 + 2, Fable 1 - 3, Mass Effect 1 + 2, Dragon Age: Origins, yeah there are loads.
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I agree with your point, but there's a difference between inventing something and making something popular, thus calling the genre your own.Daavpuke
there's also a difference between consoles and PCs. For years these two platforms have forked and WRPG's have always been really popular on the PC. I see current days as more telling at which version is more popular. JRPG's have never been able to break into PC gaming yet WRPG's are currrently flouishing on both PC and console.
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[QUOTE="Daavpuke"]I agree with your point, but there's a difference between inventing something and making something popular, thus calling the genre your own.smerlus
there's also a difference between consoles and PCs. For years these two platforms have forked and WRPG's have always been really popular on the PC. I see current days as more telling at which version is more popular. JRPG's have never been able to break into PC gaming yet WRPG's are currrently flouishing on both PC and console.

That much is true sir. WRPGs tend to be more accessible as a whole.
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well bioware are canadian not american (no US people..you dont own canada :P). the ultima series blizzard RPGs (wow and the diablo series) anachranox (brilliant game) Deus ex (best game ever made) Vampire the masquerade bloodlines. games from obsidian (KOTOR2 and NWN2 and expansions. alpha protocol is another one coming).
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well bioware are canadian not american (no US people..you dont own canada :P). the ultima series blizzard RPGs (wow and the diablo series) anachranox (brilliant game) Deus ex (best game ever made) Vampire the masquerade bloodlines. games from obsidian (KOTOR2 and NWN2 and expansions. alpha protocol is another one coming).osan0


Well Canada is part of North Amereica.

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#17 Nerkcon
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Dragon Age: Origin, Fable, Diablo and many more..eh-ut
Diablo 1 and 2 were from Blizzard North, who were in Canada. And before the buyout Bioware were also Canadian.
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#18 ND3Elite
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Almost all RPG game are made from Japan, but are there any RPG games are made from America? (But I'm no American, I'm just asking a question)

143C5
True since almost all American RPGs suck when compared to JRPGs.Best one I hear in the US right now is Tales Of Vesperia.In Japan itself its a different story
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#19 190586385885857957282413308806
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That much is true sir. WRPGs tend to be more accessible as a whole.Daavpuke
I just think anything that ends up on consoles is more accessible. I mean even the slight changes in Dragon Age Origins between console and pc are crazy. The starting Difficulty on PC is the same as Hard on console and people on consoles were complaining how difficult that game was in parts...try being able to kill your whole team by yourself like you can on pc.
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#20 muthsera666
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[QUOTE="eh-ut"]Dragon Age: Origin, Fable, Diablo and many more..Nerkcon
Diablo 1 and 2 were from Blizzard North, who were in Canada. And before the buyout Bioware were also Canadian.

Canada is still closer to America than Japan. And the games are thematically closer to those in America than in Japan.
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#21 dakan45
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Dragon Age: Origin, Fable, Diablo and many more..eh-ut
Dragon age is from bioware, bioware is canadian, and fable is lionhead studios which is British.
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#22 Sins-of-Mosin
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Japan is far from the leader it once was in the 1990s. Western rpg's rule now and will for quite some time.
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[QUOTE="smerlus"][QUOTE="Daavpuke"]I agree with your point, but there's a difference between inventing something and making something popular, thus calling the genre your own.Daavpuke
there's also a difference between consoles and PCs. For years these two platforms have forked and WRPG's have always been really popular on the PC. I see current days as more telling at which version is more popular. JRPG's have never been able to break into PC gaming yet WRPG's are currrently flouishing on both PC and console.

That much is true sir. WRPGs tend to be more accessible as a whole.

Not really, in fact traditionally it was probably the other way around. All the classical WRPG's like Fallout 2 simply dropped you into the game and expected you to figure out everything by yourself.

Given the immense wealth of options and choices in older WRPG's I would say they were far more complex then any JRPG.

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#24 cobrax25
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[QUOTE="143C5"]

Almost all RPG game are made from Japan, but are there any RPG games are made from America? (But I'm no American, I'm just asking a question)

ND3Elite

True since almost all American RPGs suck when compared to JRPGs.Best one I hear in the US right now is Tales Of Vesperia.In Japan itself its a different story

I honestly want to see what someone who has only played JRPG's would think of a RPG like Fallout 2 or Planetscape. My guess you would have your mind blown at the sheer freedom those games offer, even at over a decade old, I still think those games are more advanced then any JRPG I have played by far.

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#25 Ensamheten
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There are not many American(USA) RPGs. There is a difference between code which is sold as an RPG and a true RPG.

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#26 albatrossdrums
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You need to learn more about Bioware. They should be your new best friend in gaming. : )
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#27 muthsera666
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I guess one question that has been rasied in this topic is in regards to the point of the topic. American RPGs versus Japanese RPGs, or WRPGs versus JRPGs?
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#28 143C5
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Joke topic?

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#29 Black_Knight_00
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Dragon Age, KOTOR, Mass Effectpeople
No guys, Bioware is canadian.

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#30 VigilanteArtist
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[quote="people"]Dragon Age, KOTOR, Mass EffectBlack_Knight_00

No guys, Bioware is canadian.

True, but they do have an American studio now. Not that it really matters as far as the OP goes because SWTOR hasn't been released yet.