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I unironically bullied dnd players many years ago at school 
. I just bought the game (used to want to bang a red cosplayer chick) and its not something like cyberpunk where you're a guy with a gun 
or witcher3 where you're a guy with a sword 
but a wierd hold hands and take turns autismo game 
. I FINALLY understand why reddit likes it so much 
The only good turn based games are a board game like chess or monopoly despite some people being autismo about that too.
"but but but i want to be the wierd nonhuman blah blah blah" fricking wierdos 
This is why I stick to games like COD battle royale or semi milsims where its chill. All the guys in there you could grab a beer with.
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ok this is bait
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I still think people who use abbreviations other than RPG cross line into autism. And rpg should be used no more in this setting than jamsheed's.
using CRPG instead of RPG = AUTISM. Had to google what crpg meant.
there's no normal people ping group so I'll just use !pings instead. Agree???
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Kinda agree, and I used to think like that until I ran into r-slur boards of 4chan:
ARPG: action RPG, like Fallout 3.
CRPG: classic stuff like Baldur's gate, usually western and turn-based
JEPG: Japanese RPG, like final fantasy series (all of them), kinda...
It gets really silly and neurodivergent when you notice how much overlap there can be, which is why there's so much sneeding on /v/ and /crpg/ on 4chan.
!g*mers, Battlefield: Modern Warfare 2 is actually a ARPG because you gain experience which levels you up to better weapons.
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Jrpgs all suck. The format is inherently bad
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Games like Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG will always be legions above Tolkien wannabe WRPG crap. Everything is far superior, from the gameplay to the storytelling (which is often downright nonexistent in WRPGs) to the art design. Not to mention, JRPG games are actually different from each other, whereas nearly all WRPGs are the exact same ersatz The Lord of the Rings/Dungeons and Dragons clone, completely devoid of any creativity or originality.
!G*mers and !weebs, back me up on this please.
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You know, I recall hearing about Chrono Triggger and reading about it, but I never got around to it when I was young. I played Legends of GAIA which was great and seemed similar enough to Chrono Trigger which is why I didn't play it. It was a good storyC but it's been decades since I played it (and only once).
There was that rpg where your blue-haired character could transform into a dragon. Don't recall the name of it. Wild Arms was r-slurred. I saw a friends play Super Mario RPG and wasn't impressed because it was too childish looking.
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Chrono Trigger is second only to Yume Nikki
as my favorite game of all time. Everything about it is absolutely a masterclass in game design. The level design, art design, battle system, storytelling, soundtrack, and use of 16-bit technology are all pitch-perfect to a tee. It's a game that completely sucks you in and never lets go, and it has lost zero of its power in the 29 years since it was released (the game was originally released the same year that I was born, actually). 
Super Mario RPG is one of the greatest games of all time as well, for the same reasons.
The game you're thinking of with the blue-haired character transforming into a dragon, I'm pretty sure, is either Blue Dragon or one of the Dragon Quest games.
Every time I've tried to play a WRPG like the ones from Bethesda, I've been bored to tears. They just don't have the same magic that a great JRPG does.
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Nope! It was this:
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You had me going there
Trans lives matter
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The art, storytelling, characters, etc etc might be the best ever but none of that makes the abysmal gameplay any better. Boil it down and the gameplay of pokemon Red on the Gameboy is the same as final fantasy 745
(FF14 doesn't count, it's J in country only)
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Pokemon Red has not really held up very well - especially when compared to the JRPGs that I cited. However, it is still far better than mind-numbingly boring WRPGs that revolve around endless dungeon-crawling in the same drab, grey dungeons and battling the same unimaginative orcs and other Tolkien creatures over and over again. At least Pokemon Red gives you some degree of variety in the battles and environments, and at least the characters are original and not just bastardized versions of characters from old fantasy novels and tabletop RPGs.
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ChatGPT wrote this
No human actually holds this opinion
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Hes spitting facts this time avtually
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You're inherently bad.
Yes, I fully agree, but they were fun when I was a wee lad.
In fact, Lufia and Lufia II are still my favorites to this day. That 99-level dungeon where you start with nothing was frickin great. I just wish the normal modes (main "campaign") were harder. I'd go without buying any armor or weapons from the shops and still dominate 
!g*mers, hellooo
Old RPG discussion!
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A Legionary's Life and Neo Scavenger + Ostronauts are fun, semi-modern old school RPGs if you have an itch
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Dragon Quest series is great.
FF6 holds up well.
Zoomers just all have ADHD and various levels of FAS.
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It really depends
If we're talking about JRPGs based on Dragon Quest, that game series tried to streamline the DnD experience so it misses the character roleplaying element RPG's are usually known for
However, some make up for that by overhauling the combat system like Bravely Default and Octopath, or go for a freeform approach like Xenoblade X
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That's a hip-shaking furry. Not a twerking
furry.
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Ok heres butt swirl
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JRPGs are closer to visual novels with failable combat minigames than actual tabletop RPGs. Their combat system is propped up by elemental damage types and status effects, which are optional features in a tactical turn based combat system, but are the only things keeping a menu-based combat system from being the equivalent of a bad crafting minigame with nearly predetermined outcomes. I also have a grudge against Dragon Quest in particular for making a significant portion of g*mers think that a slime is the fantasy equivalent of a goomba rather than a monster with unique abilities. The ability to precisely define the location of characters and monsters is the reason Dungeons and Dragons existed in the first place (it started out as a wargame), and there's no excuse for using theater of the mind in a modern video game.
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I was once like you, but I found a JRPG I actually like. Check it out....... you know, if you want? Haha, just kidding........ unless?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637730/Crystal_Project/
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Thanks for the recommendation neighbor but the screenshots of the combat seem to be the exact same as every other jrpg that's been released in the past 30 years
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Ff14 is good
although its closer to a visual novel than a jrpg.
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Yeah IMO the only thing that makes FF14 a jrpg is its country of origin. The gameplay is completely different from the normal jrpg format.
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The format doesn't exist you secondary
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Frogger is a CRPG because you play the role of the frog and the arcade cabinet is computing
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rDrama is an RPG because I roleplay as a !dramatards!
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Yep... try explaining a "Metroidvania" or "Soulslike" to a normie
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Honestly, for the normie g*mer, those are much easier to understand. If they're old enough, they'd intuit what Metroidvania is. And soulslike is pretty clear because all of them have played dark souls.
RPG subcategories require a special kind of autardism.
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never played dark souls
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ARPG might be up there with MMORPG for the most vague non-helpful tag. Like Dark Souls invented a whole new (and also stupid and vague) genre because of how bad of a descriptor it is
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RPG doesn't really
mean shit considering it spans pretty 
much anything 
from Mass Effect to Final 
Fantasy 
to Dark Souls 
to Diablo and none of those games 
have frick all in common aside from the fact that your character 
levels up and you can swap out your equipment 
with shit you pick up along the way. You can call it autism 
if you want but the genre is about as broad as rock music.
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Okay
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It's not, OP is an unironic "I don't care about the lore, I just play along and pretend I like the game for the chicks" normie midwit straggot
https://rdrama.net/h/vidya/post/277371/how-hard-is-it-to-bang
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