Fair enough on both counts. I judge with such a mindset because it's inbred into me at a young age and how I view the rest of the world is affected by it, and I know I am not alone on that front. It was only recently I started to learn and acknowledge other culture and they're differences to our own that tends to influence their own original works. That is why I make threads like these. To promote discussion and see if there are things I'm not considering because of preset notions imprinted in my mind.

JRPGs seems to have a habit of making people act older than they are. That much can be seen in how the 30+ year old Barrett acts like an old, broken down warhorse (from what I can remember) when he should be a man in his prime.