Horizun said:
s69-5 said:
Blood Brain Barrier said:
Yes, it is.
Don't let anyone tell you different.
JRPG =/= turn based combat
JRPG = Made in Japan
OP: Valkyria Chronicles (if you like SRPGs at all)
You know very well when someone refers to something as a JRPG or a WRPG they're not referring to their origins, but more their cultural and art styles which is very important for someone who's trying to decide whether or not the game might suit their tastes.
Nope. It's just the origin of the dev.
Besides, Dark Souls is the sequel, to the spriritual successor to King's Field - a
Japanese
Role
Playing
Game by From Software (or JRPG as it were). Even if we ascribe to your failed logic, JRPGs have had Action combat since the days of the NES (Crystallis and Zelda 2) and SNES (Secret of Mana). Other more recent examples include Kingdom Hearts, Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma, Y's 7 etc...
The is no set rules to JRPGs or WRPGs other than they have to be created in a specific place.
As I've stated multiple times - the true subgenres (and all you really need):
- CRPG
- ARPG
- SRPG/ TRPG
- MMORPG
- Dungeon Crawler
- Roguelike
All RPGs whether from the West or the East fall into those categories. J and W are superfluous and unecessary.