Totally agree, I have always like those type of games. I think it goes hand in hand with what I said about Rare really.Aaroncupboard wrote:In fact, with the exception of the Mario Galaxy games, there were not enough of those cartoony/open world style/platforming adventure games.
There was one. It was Dragon Quest IX.Mouldywarp wrote:This. I've been waiting 2 generations for this.TheDJR wrote:A great JRPG.
daviedigi wrote:also on psn and amazingly as good as i remember.Unlikely wrote:Revenge of Shinobi got released on XBLA at last so generation completed right enough.
Liveinadive wrote:Totally agree, I have always like those type of games. I think it goes hand in hand with what I said about Rare really.Aaroncupboard wrote:In fact, with the exception of the Mario Galaxy games, there were not enough of those cartoony/open world style/platforming adventure games.
Liveinadive wrote:Totally agree, I have always like those type of games. I think it goes hand in hand with what I said about Rare really.Aaroncupboard wrote:In fact, with the exception of the Mario Galaxy games, there were not enough of those cartoony/open world style/platforming adventure games.
Yeah, losing the Japanese as AAA developers has made the tone very one note, at least the big disc releases. Crackdown, Mirror's Edge and Brink come to mind as attempts at breaking the cycle, but their sales have probably cemented it instead.Brooks wrote:Does make me dry-chuckle that even bouncey lunatic platforming wasn't able to dodge the Dark & Edgey stick this round - inFamous, Prototype etc.
Or Rare, but yeah.I_R wrote:unless they're made by Nintendo.
Paul the sparky wrote:There were some stonkers on the PS2 Mouldy. Dragon Quest VIII, FFX and that. There's a list at the start of the RPG thread. Raiziel will probably be along soon with more.
Mouldywarp wrote:Wasn't keen on FFX. I didn't like the characters or voice acting much and I didn't think the story or game-world were very inspiring. That's really what I play RPGs for. It's the only genre of game where I value story above game-play, probably the only genre where I value story at all. I may have a look at Dragon Quest though. Last one I played was on the SNES. Trouble is, RPGs are such a massive time investment that if they're less than amazing I always feel slightly short-changed.Paul the sparky wrote:There were some stonkers on the PS2 Mouldy. Dragon Quest VIII, FFX and that. There's a list at the start of the RPG thread. Raiziel will probably be along soon with more.
Mouldywarp wrote:If JRPG is a distinct genre as opposed to just meaning "RPG from Japan" then I would exclude Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma etc. I would say Xenoblade is the closest I've got to a truly great one since the PS1, close but just not quite there.
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