Naraine04
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| 27 Sep 2015 10:15 PM |
| Please keep it limited to PS3, Wii U, and 3DS. |
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| 27 Sep 2015 10:29 PM |
| what is the difference between RPG and JRPG? |
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Naraine04
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| 27 Sep 2015 10:35 PM |
There are many ways to answer that deceptively complicated question...
First off, there are some people out there who will tell you that videogame rpgs as we know them are not infact RPGS (and they'd be partially correct). They don't allow you to role-play your character much more than any other videogame where you control a character other than yourself. To most people, videogame RPGS are mostly just standard videogames with a focus on story, and have features like leveling and whatnot.
I once found an article that described what an RPG is and how the videogame RPGS are not actually properly named, but have become so commonly named thus, that it's pretty much an accepted second definition.
That needs to be said.
Anyway, what is PROBABLY the "proper" difference between a JRPG and another video game RPG is simply the fact that it is made in Japan. I personally don't like using this as the cut and dry definition between the two though because pretty much ALL videogame RPGS were Japanese for such a long time. Sure there may have been a few out there since the old days that were not like Ultima or whatever. But RPGS really took off and became mainstream to us in North America at around the latter half of SNES-era (and it skyrocketed into one of the most popular Genres during ps1-times). I kid you not, but when I was a kid who owned a NES before the SNES existed, when I said "I like RPGS" nobody knew wtf I was talking about, truly.
Anyway, because that is when RPGs became mainstream here (I rekon they did earlier in Japan but I have no clue), we were unfamiliar with any form of RPG BUT the Japanese ones for the most part, so as far as we knew, there was no point in saying JRPG since that would be like saying Jsumowrestling. However, because the consumer demand for RPGS grew over time, I suppose western developers started to develop more RPGS once again as well, resulting in western RPGS.
Nowdays, you can identify an RPG as a JRPG or WRPG (most people just say RPG though) because they are usually quite different (though they may have the exact same gameplay still). What I mean is the distinction between the two is really more of a stereotype (although an accurate one) than an actual set of variables needed to be fufilled to reach that definition (other than country of origin).
JRPGS are known for requiring more grinding, having more set stories (you know, play as some kid who discovers he's actually a hero who saves the universe from the super big bad or whatever), and typically having a more standard turn-based style combat system.
WPRGS often are more of a "sandbox" style of RPG, without set stories, more open ended, may not have leveling at all (though they still do normally), and generally have combat systems that range from FPS style, to regular JRPG styles, to who knows. |
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Briarroze
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| 27 Sep 2015 10:51 PM |
| @CatBoy1235 JRPG is just the term for a Japanese RPG, as a CRPG is a computer RPG, and a WRPG is a western RPG. Of course, as someone else has said, there's more differences that tend to be associated with each category. JRPGs are generally known for being turn based, usually having anime styled graphics and/or stories, being very pretty, and usually being kind of linear. That's not always the case now, as Japan has tried several times to appeal to the western market more by changing up the JRPG formula by not having turn based battles, or making the games more open world. |
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| 27 Sep 2015 11:53 PM |
Corpse Party is a good JRPG. Although, it has more of a story to it then anything else. Of course Final Fantasy games aswell.
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| 28 Sep 2015 02:04 AM |
"what is the difference between RPG and JRPG?"
JRPGS have a hundred hours of content because you're going to have to grind for a hundred hours
WRPGS have a hundred hours of content because it's an open world sandbox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtDujrhrBmE |
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