Comments on: PSN Community Spotlight: For the Love of JRPGS

By: Tas_man001

Tas_man001 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:17:56 +0000

I feel like JRPGs are a slowly dying breed. Which makes me very sad they don’t get the attention they used to. I’d say the some of the biggest evidence of this is the fact that they went portable for the most part. It’s just easier and cheaper to develop for them, and when you see the fact that JRPG developers have to consider that fact when they make a new game. You know they don’t make as much money as they used to. PSP, and dare I say DS are treasure troves of hidden gems that never got much attention, and I’m constantly surprised every time I see a new JRPG get released on PSP every now and again, instead of developing cutting edge games on PS3 or even the vita .

@ 36 I’m sure both systems could use some more JRPGs, either way I feel like pushing developers to create games for a console market would be a very good thing, but even getting more JRPGs developed for the Vita would still be a step in the right direction, and I’m glad Atlus decided to set that stage with P4G, showing how much interest there still is in the genre could really help it out in the near future.

By: ThanatosDMC

ThanatosDMC — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:05:03 +0000

Hope you guys release Front Mission 4-5 on the PSN… or at least tell SquarEnix to do so.

By: Otaku_Power

Otaku_Power — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:58:02 +0000

Legend of Dragoon 2, that would be a dream come true! Nice article, I love JRPGs too :)!

By: clupula668

clupula668 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:47:34 +0000

I want to be able to sit on my couch and play my JRPG’s on my HDTV. I don’t want to have to force a tiny little screen two inches from my eyes for extended periods of time.

By: clupula668

clupula668 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:45:54 +0000

No, do not put Wild Arms 6 and Legend of Dragoon 2 on Vita, unless they’re going to be on both Vita and PS3.

The PS3 needs more JRPG’s, not the Vita.

By: Elvick_

Elvick_ — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:33:29 +0000

Too bad thwe Vita sucks for them. So few, and even less outside of Japan.

Sony needs to get Media.Vision to make Wild Arms 6 on Vita, and they should make Legend of Dragoon 2 on Vita as well. Keeps costs lower, people now view handhelds as the place to find JRPGs already, Vita needs more of them.

But why try to get those who bought PSP for JRPGs to see the Vita will have them too? Better to let us move to 3DS instead.

Square Enix’s support has been awful for Vita and they made some of thetop tier games on PSP. And looks like nothing Level-5 has done on Vita will come over here.

By: sagohichi

sagohichi — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:48:31 +0000

Get Persona 4 Golden. This is the best JRPG money can buy today.

I finally got Platinum Trophy. I can’t remember when was the last time I was obsessed to one game for such a long period of time. I am glad that I can complete it before the game completely destroys my social life.

By: Ghostwize

Ghostwize — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:16:48 +0000

@32 I never said it was a better game for it. I did enjoy the game thoroughly and thought the story was great though. I just disagreed at 26 saying that the XIII series of games weren’t jrpgs and that they sucked and ruined the FF name. To each their own I guess?

By: Nettacki01

Nettacki01 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:59:48 +0000

@27: An illusion of freedom in an RPG is better than none at all. Being so apparent and open in its linearity did not make XIII a better game. At least XIII-2 tried to provide one.

By: clupula668

clupula668 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:56:58 +0000

I loved FFXIII-2, but then again I loved FFXIII and hated FFXII.

Although I do agree, as someone who even likes the series, that the Mass Effect games are not RPG’s. They are third person shooters with RPG elements thrown in. The first one, which I most recently got a chance to play, was the closest to an RPG, but it was not very good at it. The second and third ones focused more on third person shooting, and I think the series was better off for it.

No one does RPG’s like the Japanese and I really wish we would give more respect to the genre in the states.