Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post

You missed my point Bolivar old chap. You're original post makes it sound like the fact Bioware and Bethseda did some genre melding was bad but then say VC was great despite also doing it, when you're new post has you actually clarify the real issue is that Sega did a good job of melding whereas the other two failed to implement them together properly, making them instead feel like action game/FPS with RPG elements.

I just caught you in a blanket statement, since you failed in your original post to explain why VC is an example of good melding since it keeps true to the SRPG formula.
It's not that I think they're genre-melding. The only thing that makes Valkyria Chronicles like a Third Person Shooter is that the characters happen to have guns. The other two games have been both criticized and praised for stripping away (or streamlining) RPG elements in order to appeal to a broader audience. My point is just that WRPG's, particularly the most popular and critically acclaimed this generation, have been guilty of dilution. That doesn't mean they're not amazing games, as many people think they are. However, the only praise Valkyria Chronicles has gotten has been on the merits of its strategy, unique battle scenarios, deep (if a bit cliched) plot, and characteristic art style. Not because "it's like Geers of Warr, lulz"

On another note, I played my first couple online quests in White Knight Chronicles last night and my affection for this game is compounding. After noticing the similarities to DQVIII it seems like Level-5 added in the online questing aspects that they would eventually implement into DQIX. It just cements for me that this is their new IP for home consoles that they want to place in the pantheon of the Final Fantasies and Dragon Quests. After checking out both the single player and multiplayer, neither one of us could fathom how it got such mixed reviews.

We came to the conclusion that it's because it doesn't have guns. Thanks for sticking up for those games, Wolf. You're contributing to the destruction of our beloved genre (or just calling me out on my contradictions (which are non-existent)).