are jrpg's better than wrpg's?

I haven't played much japanese rpg's. my rpg lover freinds recommend me jrpg's over western rpg's saying jrpg's are superior rpg.

Are jrpg's better than wrpg's?

Both of them offer great games.

Although I would put WRPG over JRPG this gen.

Each genre has their hits every now and then. For example this gen offerred Mass Effect 2 and The Witcher 2 on the WRPG end and Persona 4 and Xenoblade on the JRPG end. All great games.

It depends on your tastes, if you prefer a unique and complex battle system or an engaging story you would probably like JRPGs, if you like exploration and customization you would probably like WRPGs. There is a reason they arent just called "RPGs" because they are pretty much a different genre.

Uh, guys, it's indzman. He used to make RPG threads all the time.Planeforger

i love rpg's =P

jrpg mostly have powerful side-bosses than story boss(but its plus for gamers who like challenge that is making them unique + lotsa customization issues)

due to their graphics sometimes (they have no lag issues who using 2D or Animated 3D but still dont know about it for other games)

+ its DLC friendly[just extra clothes/weapons] that really never affect the story(except for FF13-2)

bad side is Grinding(to level 99 or 9999) if you have lot of time to grind oh well....play it

Ah yes one of these "JRPG vs WRPG" threads what could possible go wrong.

Anyways JRPG this gen a pretty crap save for Xenoblade chronicles , last story and a couple others.

I haven't played much japanese rpg's. my rpg lover freinds recommend me jrpg's over western rpg's saying jrpg's are superior rpg.

Are jrpg's better than wrpg's?

indzman

JRPGs are garbage. When western developers perfected the style of WRPGs, they all but forced JRPGs out of the market (except Japan).

Some are good, some are bad. Console JRPGs have sucked this gen but overall I would give them the edge

The long & short answer is... No but I do like me some JRPG's. :P

To follow the ignorance in this thread. Only play WRPG's if you like crappy rehashed old fantasy themes with mindless hack N slash gameplay or boring Sci Fi 3rd person shooters masked as an RPG.

Oh boy, here we go.

That's obviously subjective.

WRPGS are 100x better imo.

JRPGs are better

Can't play alot WRPGs since most of them have terrible gameplay, story, graphics, voice acting and music

If u like pink, girly, barbie games then sure. because thats what most JRPGs are. based on anime and I hate Anime to death.SNIPER4321

Depends on the game, but I play more JRPGs than WRPGs.

[QUOTE="parkurtommo"][QUOTE="SNIPER4321"]If u like pink, girly, barbie games then sure. because thats what most JRPGs are. based on anime and I hate Anime to death.SNIPER4321

This Gen JRPG's have been mostly bad... so RPG's outside of japan have been better...

but before this generation Jrpg was rocking.. now....... well now everything is more about big boobs and character relationship than a good adventure story with world map and exploration like they used to make.

The Witcher and Witcher 2 are really the only WRPGs this generation that compare favorably to the likes of Xenoblade Chronicles, Lost Odyssey, The Last Story, Tales of Graces f, Persona 4, or any of the great Japanese SRPGs (Fire Emblem, Disgaea, FF Tactics, Valkyria, etc). In my eyes games like ME 1-3, Dragon Age 1-2, Amalur, Human Revolution, and Fallout 3+New Vegas are all vastly overrated.famicommander

That's funny.... Xenoblade , lost odyssey , tales of graces and persona 4 are the games that are vastly overrated...... i haven't played any of the wrpg you mentioned except for Deus EX and that game is anything but overrated... you just have strong preference on jrpg's that you would neglect anything else out there. Especially Xenoblade.. though the environment is gorgeous the quest are horrid and tedious ... the enemies lack variety.. the combat is pretty bad.. lets be honest.. is horrible... it needs outstanding improvement... and the story was actually quite good.. until the 7th character got there.. then everything just became about her and her boyfriend instead of the world itself.

[QUOTE="famicommander"]The Witcher and Witcher 2 are really the only WRPGs this generation that compare favorably to the likes of Xenoblade Chronicles, Lost Odyssey, The Last Story, Tales of Graces f, Persona 4, or any of the great Japanese SRPGs (Fire Emblem, Disgaea, FF Tactics, Valkyria, etc). In my eyes games like ME 1-3, Dragon Age 1-2, Amalur, Human Revolution, and Fallout 3+New Vegas are all vastly overrated.Joedgabe

That's funny.... Xenoblade , lost odyssey , tales of graces and persona 4 are the games that are vastly overrated...... i haven't played any of the wrpg you mentioned except for Deus EX and that game is anything but overrated... you just have strong prefference on jrpg's that you would neglect anything else out there.

Maybe not better, but at least there different, you'd never get a game like Ni No Kuni made in the West

As a general rule I prefer WRPGs, but this gen mainstream WRPGs went down the toilet and started sucking more and more. Now their stink is so bad it poisons genres around them.

Nowdays, most mainstream wRPGs arent RPGs anymore, instead they are incredibly poor imitations of either akshun games or mmorpgs. Serious identity issues and the lack of doing anything well kills garbage like Skyrim, ME(diocre) and Dragon Age: Origins.

JRPGs havent dwindled down in quantity quite a bit on consoles, but games like Recettear, The Last Story, Rune Factory and Valkyria Chronicles makes me forgive the lower quantity of JRPGs.

That is not to say there are no good WRPGs though. Eschalon, Drakensang the river of time, King's Bounty, Mask of the Betrayer, New Vegas and the Guild Wars expansions means wRPGs are doing fine as well.

Overall, they excell at different things and there is room for both in the industry.