Bethesda Not Taking On Dungeons & Dragons At All, Instead Making Generic Fantasy Game - Page 4

RobinStarwing · 02-27-2011, 08:52 PM

As someone who has played and enjoyed both JRPGs and WRPGs, both have their pros and cons.

I enjoy Baldur's Gate II (SoA & ToB), Icewind Dale series, Neverwinter Nights I, and the KOTOR games. I also like Fable and Jade Empire. I find these games fun due to how you can evolve and build the character. The story is more open-ended with moral-based choices much of the time which can effect your ending. I do find them ultimately lacking in plot and story though as well as being a tad predictable in some ways.

On the other hand, my JRPGs run the gambit on my PS2 and DS from the DS port of FF4 and ChronoTrigger to having Rogue Galaxy, Star Oceans: Till The End of Time, Final Fantasy X/X-2/XII, Xenosaga I-III, and Radiata Stories. They are strong on the story and character development and you sometimes don't see something coming at certain points. What they lack is the kind of open-ended character development you have in a WRPG. The only one that breaks this mold to some degree is FFXII with the License Grid. You still don't have control of the story but that is not what one plays a JRPG for.

What I would like is Bioware or Bethesda getting together with Square Enix or someone to make a hybrid of the two that takes the best of both worlds and leaves out as much of the garbage as possible. I want the kind of game that would be like The Lord of the Rings or Wheel of Time for Video Games. Something that is truly a masterpiece of the artform of the RPG. Maybe something based in Anima: Beyond Fantasy or like that?

02-27-2011, 08:52 PM	#31
RobinStarwing C.M.B.A.S.O.B Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Everywhere until you look at me. Posts: 737	As someone who has played and enjoyed both JRPGs and WRPGs, both have their pros and cons. I enjoy Baldur's Gate II (SoA & ToB), Icewind Dale series, Neverwinter Nights I, and the KOTOR games. I also like Fable and Jade Empire. I find these games fun due to how you can evolve and build the character. The story is more open-ended with moral-based choices much of the time which can effect your ending. I do find them ultimately lacking in plot and story though as well as being a tad predictable in some ways. On the other hand, my JRPGs run the gambit on my PS2 and DS from the DS port of FF4 and ChronoTrigger to having Rogue Galaxy, Star Oceans: Till The End of Time, Final Fantasy X/X-2/XII, Xenosaga I-III, and Radiata Stories. They are strong on the story and character development and you sometimes don't see something coming at certain points. What they lack is the kind of open-ended character development you have in a WRPG. The only one that breaks this mold to some degree is FFXII with the License Grid. You still don't have control of the story but that is not what one plays a JRPG for. What I would like is Bioware or Bethesda getting together with Square Enix or someone to make a hybrid of the two that takes the best of both worlds and leaves out as much of the garbage as possible. I want the kind of game that would be like The Lord of the Rings or Wheel of Time for Video Games. Something that is truly a masterpiece of the artform of the RPG. Maybe something based in Anima: Beyond Fantasy or like that? __________________ *NPF's resident Crazy Magnificent Bastard Ass Son Of A Bitch (CMBASOB)* Accept No Substitutes Also known as "The Least Interesting Man in The World" according to multiple surveys Last edited by RobinStarwing; 02-27-2011 at 08:56 PM.