Japanese RPGs or Western RPGs?

[Roogle]

I want a game with the storytelling of the westerners with the gameplay mechanics of the Japanese.

[nik0tine]

whats the difference?

[Madame Adequate]

whats the difference?

cRPGs (Console, i.e. Japanese) are like Final Fantasy. You follow a strict storyline and don't actually RP much at all, you just progress through the story as it was set out by the developers.

CRPGs (Computer, i.e. Western) are like Baldur's Gate. You have far, far more freedom in what you do, when you do it, blah blah.

[NeoCracker]

whats the difference?

cRPGs (Console, i.e. Japanese) are like Final Fantasy. You follow a strict storyline and don't actually RP much at all, you just progress through the story as it was set out by the developers.

CRPGs (Computer, i.e. Western) are like Baldur's Gate. You have far, far more freedom in what you do, when you do it, blah blah.

You forgot the part where Westerns get Horribly Boring.

[Raebus]

So, Japanese RPG's don't get boring?

[NeoCracker]

Not nearly as often or as fast.

[Discord]

I want a game with the storytelling of the westerners with the gameplay mechanics of the Japanese.

I think you mean it the other way around.

[Madame Adequate]

You forgot the part where Westerns get Horribly Boring.

I need say one thing, just one thing, to detractors of CRPGs. Fallout.

[NeoCracker]

You forgot the part where Westerns get Horribly Boring.

I need say one thing, just one thing, to detractors of CRPGs. Fallout.

One game hardly makes up for the atrocities of KotR and Morrowind.

However I haven't actually played Fallout yet.

[Laddy]

Baldur's Gate II=Final Fantasy VII

[Larahl]

Depends on my mood,
but I still like them both pretty much the same.

[Madame Adequate]

You forgot the part where Westerns get Horribly Boring.

I need say one thing, just one thing, to detractors of CRPGs. Fallout.

One game hardly makes up for the atrocities of KotR and Morrowind.

However I haven't actually played Fallout yet.

Uh, yeah, it's hard to make up for things which never happened.

And you want to know how good Fallout is? It's so good that, if the Nazis had made the game, it would have made up for the Holocaust.

[NeoCracker]

You forgot the part where Westerns get Horribly Boring.

I need say one thing, just one thing, to detractors of CRPGs. Fallout.

One game hardly makes up for the atrocities of KotR and Morrowind.

However I haven't actually played Fallout yet.

Uh, yeah, it's hard to make up for things which never happened.

And you want to know how good Fallout is? It's so good that, if the Nazis had made the game, it would have made up for the Holocaust.

I must try this game sometime. It sounds... Intriguing.

[Madame Adequate]

I must try this game sometime. It sounds... Intriguing.

Put it this way: If you play the game the right way, you can essentially talk the last boss out of it.

[Moon Rabbits]

Impossible decision. I like aspects of Western RPGs, like free-roaming dungeons, non-linear stories, etc. But I also like linear stories and crazy characters, and the battle systems that usually come along with JRPGs.