Are RPG's dying out?
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In what way are RPGs dying out? Last I checked, TES and the Fallout series would quite popular, as well as Aion and WoW.
I so hope that RPGs (including J-) don't die out. I like my video games with a story and RPGs in my opinion are the best way to get it (I have nothing against text-based adventures or point-and-clicks, though. They're good too).
But it looks to me that RPGs are going strong. They won't completely die out unless casual games and the Wii completely take over.
But it looks to me that RPGs are going strong. They won't completely die out unless casual games and the Wii completely take over.
Oh yes, they've been dying out. Just like PC gaming, console gaming, hardcore gaming, the FPS genre, rock music, art, and so on.
Why is it that people seem to always think certain things are dying out, when in reality they're just the same as always? Is it some sort of overwhelming need for drama or something?
Why is it that people seem to always think certain things are dying out, when in reality they're just the same as always? Is it some sort of overwhelming need for drama or something?
Not at all. RPGs are just going strong. The old (J)RPG's are what your thinking of, and their doing fine in Japan.
RPGs will never die out. (neither will Final Fantasy) [well except if life dies out altogether]
even if all technology is gone, along with all the games (ahh blasphemy!!), people will still be able to Role Play, and as long as there is Role Play there will be a way to turn it into a Game... hence RPG.
Even the old school RPGs are still fun to play, and will always have some replayable value. As far as being in a mainstream type of light, its just like anything else. If its not popular now it will be again later (except for disco... lol maybe).
even if all technology is gone, along with all the games (ahh blasphemy!!), people will still be able to Role Play, and as long as there is Role Play there will be a way to turn it into a Game... hence RPG.
Even the old school RPGs are still fun to play, and will always have some replayable value. As far as being in a mainstream type of light, its just like anything else. If its not popular now it will be again later (except for disco... lol maybe).
I think rpg's in general, including console and table top, tend to go through cycles of popularity. fallout 3 had pretty good rpg elements, as have many others, but I dont think the industry is at its high at the moment.
I'm suddenly reminded of a gaming booklet from the early nineties I found when cleaning out my house. It said that adventure games were the way of PC releases, due to new technologies that were able to make graphics consistently better and bring about more interesting formats of gameplay, and RPGs were dying out because there weren't any good ones in the immediate future and the elements that made them appealing were being absorbed by other genres.
I just couldn't get over how just flipping around the genres made both predictions 100% accurate.
I just couldn't get over how just flipping around the genres made both predictions 100% accurate.
I love Oblivion and Fallout 3 but I think the game that brought back the Western RPG to mainstream audience was Fable.Mcface said:
It's funny you should mention this. I am currently paying Eternal Sonata, and not enjoying it very much at all. The graphics look pretty, at least until the animations drag things down by seeing very amateur and poorly executed.
What bothers me too is that it's full of the same old junk JRPGs have been spewing at us for decades, including a lot of characters repeating information as if they're trying to explain the story to slow people, and a lot of characters that fill the usual molds (cutesy one, shy one, tough one out to prove him/herself, reluctant leader, ambiguous guy that tried to be as obviously ambiguous as possible, mature woman with deeper voice, younger male/female with screechy voice... crap... you get the idea). They tried to reinvent turn based combat, but frankly I am not a fan of how they executed things here. It's really chock full of stuff I either dislike or don't remotely care about.
I hope Vesperia is better.
What bothers me too is that it's full of the same old junk JRPGs have been spewing at us for decades, including a lot of characters repeating information as if they're trying to explain the story to slow people, and a lot of characters that fill the usual molds (cutesy one, shy one, tough one out to prove him/herself, reluctant leader, ambiguous guy that tried to be as obviously ambiguous as possible, mature woman with deeper voice, younger male/female with screechy voice... crap... you get the idea). They tried to reinvent turn based combat, but frankly I am not a fan of how they executed things here. It's really chock full of stuff I either dislike or don't remotely care about.
I hope Vesperia is better.
Why did you think I said Fable 2, I said Fable (yes there was a fable before 2), and it was very popular.Mcface said: