Japanese RPGs or Western RPGs?

A good question, to be sure.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Well, Japanese RPG's do include Final Fantasy. Point for them.

But Western has Dungeons & Dragons. Many points for them.

Japanese have engaging stories.

Western has D&D.

and so on, and so on.....

I can't decide. I like them both. However, I do think that Western RPG's do allow more role-playing. You can make decisions and have those decisions not loop on you until you pick the right answer.

this debate usually comes down to whether people prefer linear storylines or open-ended gameplay, but in my case, I think JRPGs are just flat out better.

Same here. I jyst can't feel the Western RPGs. It's sort of weird, 'cause I realy want to get in the game but I can't. Dunno why that is.

What I like better in jRPGs:
- the storyline,
- the music,
- the monsters which usually look like a hybrid between a washing machine and a hippo.

Several Western RPGs have fairly spectacular stories, especially since many JRPGs are rather formulaic. There are the really good ones on both ends of the spectrum, but if you go through the norm both sides have a more or less even share of the good and the bad.

I like both.