JRPGs are what I've been playing since I was a kid and I prefer that play style over the western one. I like playing characters that feel alive to me. I don't mind being the angry little id/ delivery service whose because that is not what I play these games for. I like seeing the characters grow and evolve over time. I like seeing how their particular journey shapes and transforms them from what they were at the start to what they are at the end. I also like seeing how their interactions with the world shapes it for the better of worse.
I tend to dislike Western RPGs in general because I never get the sense that my choices in the game matter to the world. It seems like in most of them, what I do never seems to make any difference to anyone. This is something I noticed a lot more in Fantasy RPGs than in Science Fiction ones. Oblivion, Skyrim, Sacred 1, Sacred 2, and practically all of Bioware's games made me feel worthless, like I was doing next to nothing to change the outcome of the universe. It's all the same, I go into town, do everyone's ***** work then move onto the next town. When I come back to the town, everyone still act likes I've done nothing for them. I feel like a tool playing them and I really hate when games condescend me.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas gave me a different feeling because they make me feel like what I'm doing matters to the world.
I tend to dislike Western RPGs in general because I never get the sense that my choices in the game matter to the world. It seems like in most of them, what I do never seems to make any difference to anyone. This is something I noticed a lot more in Fantasy RPGs than in Science Fiction ones. Oblivion, Skyrim, Sacred 1, Sacred 2, and practically all of Bioware's games made me feel worthless, like I was doing next to nothing to change the outcome of the universe. It's all the same, I go into town, do everyone's ***** work then move onto the next town. When I come back to the town, everyone still act likes I've done nothing for them. I feel like a tool playing them and I really hate when games condescend me.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas gave me a different feeling because they make me feel like what I'm doing matters to the world.