USRPG vs. JRPG

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Can we call them WRPG, for west, and ERPG, east?

Seriously, US neither invented the RPGs nor do they produce the majority of them, so what the hell?

Now back to the topic. I think that Western RPGs actually put more focus on the character than on the story (exception, Diablo). While in the Japanese games your character is generally "pre-fabricated" and you just push him through the course of the game, the Western games tend to give you the impression that YOU are the character and that it's you who does all those funky things. (i.e. In J-RPGs you get a figure to move about the field.)

Frankly, as stated before, I like them both, as long as people don't class them down with completely pathetic names(). They're totally different and very refreshing when switched between.