Better Games Today?

[Bolivar]

Bolivar, even if I totally disagreed with your post (which I don't, I agree wholeheartedly), I would never, ever admit it, because you showed love for Shining Force II, a game which never gets enough love.

Thanks, man. I always appreciate your Shining Force support, although I gotta admit, it was a game I fell in love with as a young kid, so on one hand it could fall in that category I mentioned of games made/bought by young children. But I replayed I and II 2 summers ago and last summer, respectively, and I had to give it up how perfect and polished each aspect was from the artwork to the music, the approachable yet somewhat deep strategy, and good old fashioned JRPG story.

My other passion is JRPGs, and I strongly dislike the way the genre has moved in the last decade. (Not to get into that here.) Combine that with the growth of the market share of WRPGs (which I don't like), and you can see why I look enviously back to the days of yore.

This is another point I agree with 100%. However, I'm really glad that games like Valkyria Chronicles and Demon's Souls have come out, which strike at a lot of the things I used to like so much, and hopefully White Knight Chronicles gets added to that short list (I think it will). Maybe the direction of JRPG's lately would be another good thread.