In the last few years, I've noticed many Western gamers, and I imagine Japanese as well, specially having lost interest in JRPGs because they feel they are outdated. So the DQs and Final Fantasies sell millions of copies to the established fans of old, but there are few new comers to spot among them. Focusing on the Japanese JRPG fans I think there is evidence of the fan base there being mostly senior fans who through interest purchase new installments in their favorite ancient franchise. I've observed their sizable fan base respond to evolutionary change with either apathy, as is often the case with JRPG fans, or with violent phobia, as is often the case with FPS fans. Unlike the FPS, though, where the only gameplay element that separates one game from the other are nothing but superficial, most JRPGs allow themselves to be quite creative in filling out the blanks around the rigid RPG skeleton that was established by the old kings of the genre.Įssentially the JRPG and the FPS are victims of their own popularity. Similarly any old school, as some would lovingly call it, JRPG will resemble the original DQ to an almost shocking degree. It seems since most developers in the west, due to their popularity, are preoccupied with making first person shooters or games of the shooter persuasion in general, those types of games have come to accept a technical graphical/presentational evolution in place of any gameplay specific evolution. ![]() The gameplay in any modern FPS can be traced almost unchanged back to Catacomb 3D. Shooters, specifically the FPS, today are the antithesis of evolution in the industry. In that regard I like to say that JRPGs are to Japan what shooters are to the west. I get the impression that the reason for this lethargy in the genre is mostly due to the almost unreal popularity and support it has been the recipient of in its home territory, Japan. This is not a good thing, because it means that the genre has not moved forward and if it continues not doing so it will wither and be overtaken by other genres, or god forbid, Western style RPGs, which are full of problems of their own. ![]() ![]() As such many JRPGs and the DQ series in particular, are almost indistinguishable from RPGs that came out decades ago. Ironically the most popular series in the genre, Dragon Quest, serves as the very embodiment of all the needless appendages still shamelessly hanging on the genre formula since it was set in stone back in the 80's. Excerpt: Battle Abilities are a major part of the.The JRPG genre has long been weighed down by archaic game design choices, all of which are brought on by nothing but nostalgia of its fan base and time worn traditions of the genre. Chapters: Vagrant Story Characters, Vagrant Story Enemies, Vagrant Story Images, Vagrant Story Locations, Vagrant Story Spells, Vagrant Story stubs, Vagrant Story Walkthrough, Battle Abilities, Blood-Sin, Break Arts, Gran Grimoire, Grimoire, Heart-Seer, Holy Win, Ivalice, List of Vagrant Story Enemies, List of Vagrant Story Items, List of Vagrant Story Spells, Mullenkamp, Order of the Crimson Blades, Paling, Parliament, Risk, Riskbreaker, The Dark, Trap, Vagrant Story Original Soundtrack, Valendia Knights of the Peace, Aldous Byron Bardorba, Arazlam Durai, Ashley Riot, Batistum, Callo Merlose, Duane, Grissom, Heldricht, Jan Rosencrantz, John Hardin, Joshua Corrinne Bardorba, LeSait, List of Vagrant Story Characters, Neesa, Romeo Guildenstern, Samantha, Sydney Losstarot, Tia and Marco, Tieger, Air Elemental, Arch Dragon, Asura, Basilisk, Catacombs, Crimson Blade, Damascus Crab, Damascus Golem, Dao, Dark Dragon, Dark Eye, Dark Skeleton, Death, Djinn, Dragon, Duane, Dullahan, Dummy, Earth Dragon, Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental, Flame Dragon, Gargoyle, Ghost, Ghoul, Goblin, Goblin Leader, Golem, Guildenstern, Harpy, Ichthious, Ifrit, Iron Crab, Kali, Last Crusader, List of Vagrant Story Enemies, Lizardman, Marid, Mimic, Minotaur, Minotaur Lord, Mummy, Nightmare, Nightstalker, Ogre, Ogre Lord, Ogre Zombie, Orc, Orc Leader, Poison Slime, Quicksilver, Ravana, Shrieker, Skeleton, Sky Dragon, Slime, Snow Dragon, Sydney, Water Elemental, Wraith, Wyvern, Wyvern Knight, Wyvern Queen, Zombie Fighter, Abandoned Mines, City Walls, Escapeway, Grand Cathedral, Iron Maiden, Lea Monde, Limestone Quarry, Sanctum, Snowfly Forest, Temple of Kiltia, The Graylands, The Keep, Town Center, Undercity, Valendia, Wine Cellar, Degenerate, Eureka, Herakles, Invigorate, Magic Ward, Unlock, Banish, Bite, Bonecrusher, Curse, Flamethrower, Item, Meteor, Ogre. This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
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