12-28-2015, 07:39 PM
You're just listing a bunch of random upcoming RPGs which are going to have varying degrees of quality. My point was simply the Square pours a lot of resources into remakes and repackagings of games instead of pursuing new creative endeavors, which admittedly isn't really the original point of the post. I'm not a big fan of modern RPGs and the number of games you listen don't really interest me. I can tolerate waiting longer for KH 3, I mean we've all gotten pretty used to that at this point, but what I don't agree with is the studio pouring time and resources into other Kingdom Hearts adaptations to give fans their fix, since they've done it so many times at this point that its starting to grate on my soul.
I wasn't discounting handheld RPGS at all, no idea where you got that from, I love me some Fire Emblem and Dragon Quest IX, and even hold the Mystery Dungeon games as some of the most touching narratives I've ever played through. I don't appreciate the notion that because I'm not an enormous fan of certain recent RPG efforts, I'm somehow less qualified to discuss them. I was pointing out that it's been a while since Square has delivered an Action-RPG on par with one of the Kingdom Hearts games, which is why I have concerns that 3 won't be able to live up to the hype.
Monster Hunter is definitely not an RPG or typical ARPG in any traditional sense. You don't gain levels or get into a sprawling story, it's closer to a straightforward action game where you craft gear. If anything, I'd compare it to first person shooters with weapon-level progression. I suppose you could call it an Action RPG, but even then on the list you gave, you're pooling so many varying types of games into the extremely broad RPG category. Honestly at this point I'm sick of the term RPG, since every friggen game with any sort of numbers in it is apparently a Role-Playing game, even if it has jack shit to do with playing a role.
I wasn't discounting handheld RPGS at all, no idea where you got that from, I love me some Fire Emblem and Dragon Quest IX, and even hold the Mystery Dungeon games as some of the most touching narratives I've ever played through. I don't appreciate the notion that because I'm not an enormous fan of certain recent RPG efforts, I'm somehow less qualified to discuss them. I was pointing out that it's been a while since Square has delivered an Action-RPG on par with one of the Kingdom Hearts games, which is why I have concerns that 3 won't be able to live up to the hype.
Monster Hunter is definitely not an RPG or typical ARPG in any traditional sense. You don't gain levels or get into a sprawling story, it's closer to a straightforward action game where you craft gear. If anything, I'd compare it to first person shooters with weapon-level progression. I suppose you could call it an Action RPG, but even then on the list you gave, you're pooling so many varying types of games into the extremely broad RPG category. Honestly at this point I'm sick of the term RPG, since every friggen game with any sort of numbers in it is apparently a Role-Playing game, even if it has jack shit to do with playing a role.