Poll: What is your stance on JRPGs?

[ZerOmega]

I hate to say it, but a lot of them just 'feel' like FF rip offs. There are exceptions for this, there are some really good ones like Fire Emblem.

I wouldn't define Fire Embel as an JRPG. It's more of an strategy game with RPG elements in it.

 

[historybuff]

Some are good, some are crappy--just like in every gaming genre.

 

[robcd]

I find them fun, but always get tired of the lack of choice after a while. Like someone else said, kind of like a "drama with cartoons."

 

[Arehexes]

I refuse to pick the one with the little <3 thing. But I enjoy JRPGs the SMT is full of win so is Skies on the dreamcast.

 

[mrhockey220]

I personally hate them because of how fantasy-like they are and Im just not into stuff like that.

 

[A random person]

Not a fanatical fan, but I enjoy a good JRPG. Generally I like the ones with more colorful, animesque art styles like the Tales games or a lot of SNES JRPG's, as opposed to more "realistic" (in quotes because I know just how stupid that sounds) ones like Final Fantasy XII (just the example that came to mind. I didn't think that specific game was bad, just disappointing).

And I don't care what you think about JRPG's, Chrono Trigger is awesome.

 

[AlexTheBucket2112]

My first JRPG experience (if it can be considered as such) was a bad one. Last remnant D:

 

[HonorableChairman]

Some are good, some are crappy--just like in every gaming genre.

Good answer.

And I don't see what anime has to do with JRPGs at all, except maybe the aesthetics. For the record, I enjoy anime, but that doesn't mean I automatically like all JRPGs.

 

[Booze Zombie]

They're Role Playing Games... from Japan, with people with odd hair.

 

[Mylon]

JRPGs are all so bland and uninteresting. Waste 10 hours fighting a bunch of meaningless drones that pose no challenge, then fight a boss that's immune to all of your fancy status effects (in other words, represents nothing more than a giant mass of HP). And they all have very similar mechanics too, which also bugs me.

That said, I found the Disgaea set of games to be very refreshing. Cute, not entirely too serious, lots of things to do, and it at least tried to make the games more tactical, though the post-game ended up all about one-shotting stuff.

 

[Cama Zots]

I have watched a few anime, but I don't like them that much to be honest; they just seem like dramas with cartoons, so just like any other shows - except alot of the women have *ahem* enhances proportions, which is very very irritating. At the same time though, they seem okay, just the shows normally aren't anime.

I love JRPGs... but at the same time I love other game genres as well. There are lots of annoying things about most JRPGs just the same as any other type of game, such as:

I hate to say it, but a lot of them just 'feel' like FF rip offs. There are exceptions for this, there are some really good ones like Fire Emblem.

However I will admit that my favourite game is a JRPG, even if people will hate me for it (FFVIII).

There is nothing wrong with ripping something GOOD off. But continued abuse is a problem. After the success of Halo 2, every game aspired to be its spiritual sequel. If this continued, the gaming world would be very bland and The Lone Wanderer from vault 101 would end the game driving on the top of a massive space ship shooting at vertibirds as they ferry troops for him to run over.

 

[Crabturtleking]

I hate to say it, but a lot of them just 'feel' like FF rip offs. There are exceptions for this, there are some really good ones like Fire Emblem.

I wouldn't define Fire Embel as an JRPG. It's more of an strategy game with RPG elements in it.

I'd call it a SJRPG (Strategy Japanese Role-playing Game, for those unawares of my acronym)

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Were is the I hate them option?

 

[Biek]

I think ive grown too old for them. The usually morale heavy storyline4s just sound dumb to me nowadays. The last JRPG I attempted to enjoy was Valkyria Chronicles and I actually ragequit during the opening intro. But thats also because im a European with an interest WWII history and dislike for Japanese pop culture.

 

[A random person]

If this continued, the gaming world would be very bland and The Lone Wanderer from vault 101 would end the game driving on the top of a massive space ship shooting at vertibirds as they ferry troops for him to run over.

A lot of people would consider that an improvement from what they actually did.

 

[The Hairminator]

There is no "curious and a little afraid" stance?

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

I can't stand turn based combat, and the art design in JRPG's just isn't really my thing. So I stick with western RPGs.

 

[neocenturion]

I'm a pretty big fan of JRPG's. I'd like to qualify that statement, however, by saying that just like every other genre of games, there is a awful lot of crap to sort through to find the gems.