IceBrand Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Personally I like JPRGS a bit more because nostalgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Mir Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 JRPGs, easily. I can't think of any WRPG that's gotten my attention... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondworld Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I haven't played enough Western RPGs to make a judgement. Well, I guess I can say that older WRPGs don't look very appealing to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami922 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I haven't played very many (if any) WRPGs, so JRPGs for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junk Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 JRGPS although there are some western rpgs i want to try out such as baldur's gate and planescape torment. Fallout 1/2 also look quite interesting as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical CC Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Ugh! I demand a third option, both of them! I found myself enjoy the gameplay of western RPG more but I am attached to the story and characters of JRPG more. I prefer JRPG's art and design but the simple and gritty designs of WRPG are also great. I found that both WPRG and JRPG have good soundtracks and voice acting...but, ugh! A cute loli like Nepnep and a cool old guy like Gerault, which should I choose!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviddo Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I love the story filled nature of JRPGs, and games that try to take after them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I have always loved the dynamic feel of the Diablo series. I think that's about the only Western RPG I played, but the hack-and-slash style of gameplay left a much stronger impression to me than that of Pokemon games or pretty much any Final Fantasy game I have played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Falchion Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Ugh! I demand a third option, both of them! This is how I feel. Sometimes I want the more active combat of WRPGs, other times I want whatever variation on turn-based combat can be found in the multiple JRPGs I have. Sometimes I'd rather enjoy a perfectly sappy story about friendship and the power of love, and sometimes I want something dark and gritty, though I have admittedly seen more JRPGs do different stories than I have WRPGs(mostly thinking of SMT and I guess Fromsoft's RPGs here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junk Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 kind of funny because the games i mentioned are considered to have some of the best gaming stories of all time. Actually why i;m really interested in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twice Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 jrpg of course ^.^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant head Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 lol this is such a biased site to ask the question. I'm basically putting a target on my back to be called a weaboo, but I rarely can get into a western rpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 My faves are jrpgs but I feel like I've experienced more meh or worse jrpgs than wrpgs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Wasn't expecting any different on a FE board, I'm also going to have to say JRPGs. I think the only WRPGs I actually truly enjoyed were Diablo I & II and The Elder Scrolls series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 My favourite WRPG-style game is made by a Japanese developer (Dark Souls). I guess I enjoy JRPG's more, though I haven't played many good WRPGs. Both have different and good aspects to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batter the Beast Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I'm kinda split down the middle. I really love Diablo 2 and Dark Souls but at the same time I really love FF5 and Mother 3. Ehh I've played more JRPGs so slight bias towards that I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted35362 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 its hard to answer this because i have no idea where all my games came from lol i could have played wrpgs all my life and not even know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naglfar94 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I prefer JRPG games I just can`t get into WRPG games most are.. just not too RPG like to me (although I have never personally played any WRPG before except 2?? Fable 3 and Skyrim) Anyway I couldn`t get into them and even ones I didn`t play and have just seen they don`t really appeal to me. Something about the way they are executed you see WRPG generally focus more on open world exploring etc. while that is not a bad thing usually things like character development etc. with JRPG games they generally have good character growth and such and they are more likely to get me sucked in to the game as most are pretty linear so I can get story focus and not be all over the place WRPG`s are more like in my opnion adventure games with stats thrown into the mix than actual RPG games. Ah and did I mention JRPG`s also excel in music but this could be a very biased point of view as like I said I haven`t actually physically played many WRPG games just mostly examined and read about them from other sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonretic Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 As many others said, didn't expect to see WRPG's to win here. I've played a lot of both WRPG's and JRPG's to see and realize that both of those two genres are unique in their own way. I like really like the fact that WRPG's give the player a bit more freedom and the games are more fluid, although I find that JRPG's characters are more to my liking and there is something about JRPG's games that I enjoy but can't really express that feeling. In the end I agree that it should've been a third option to the poll, meaning that I can't decide and I like them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masked And Dangerous Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 This is a board dedicated to a JRPG. I'm not quite sure what you expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeraldfox Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I like both since I usually lump them into one big blanket of RPG. Since I like RPGs regardless of the variation. This makes me a terrible person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Yeah I don't really care if its W or E, I like RPGs from both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augestein Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 WRPG. Generally they have better character customization, and tactics provided in battle. JRPGs generally tend to have very little meat to their gameplay so there's not much customization and character setups to be interesting and the ones that do tend to be broken messes. There are exceptions, but those are few and far inbetween. As for the stories? Generally both of them tend to be average at best, but JRPGs tend to be more cookie cutter than WRPGs, and that includes the whole "Tolkenisms" that seem to be the standard for WRPGs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Leu Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) It's hard to say, both are starting to seriously screw up big time. They are starting to have the same kind of crap. Railroading, bad writing, dialogue for nothing, shitty NPC. Heck, even the plots seems shitty. Eh, voting for WRPG. Those are mostly superior in everyway generally-speaking, better story, customizations, more freedom. Heck, better characters too. Though like I said, they are starting to screw up. Generally speaking, JRPG tend to be the oposite, railroading, one-dimensional characters, no customizations, shitty story, again, generally speaking. (EO-chan don't leave me baby ! :() Dark Souls and co doesn't count as JRPG, since they are heavily WRPG inspired. The good ol kind of WRPG. Edited October 6, 2015 by B.Leu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestra Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 JRPGs because that's basically all that I play these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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