New 360 RPG- Trusty Bell

I personally cannot stomach games that have this type of "cutesy" look.
 
it could be the greatest game in the world and I wouldn\'t be able to get past the artistic direction. This particualr RPG represents the style that turns me off of Japanese RPG\'s

I agree 100% with Ddaryl.  I can\'t stand japanese games that are saturated with this cutesy happy sappy "kawaii" style that looks like it was designed for (or by) a 12 year old japanese schoolgirl.  Maybe it\'s a cultural variance between Japan and the United States, but I think it\'s more a generational difference.
 
I grew up with Space Wars, the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Atari vector arcade games, and Karate Champ.  By the time anyone in the US had heard the word "Nintendo," I was in college and didn\'t have time for gaming.  Therefore I never owned an NES or SNES or whatever they are called.  I didn\'t come back to computer games until I graduated and had more free time and money.  Meanwhile I think you younger guys were initiated into gaming in a different way than I was.  To you, perhaps the cutesy japanese RPGs are an important element of your gaming history, so you will always view them favorably.  To me they just look bizarre and nutty.  I view them with the same detachment as an old Donald Duck cartoon.

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I\'ll agree with mm and ddaryl that it seems gay and too cutesy happy look to it. I mean, this would be an awesome game if I was high or tripping on shrooms but it doesn\'t do anything for me. It does look interesting though. I\'m not one for RPGs anyway. They\'re fun to play sometimes but they really have to appeal to me. This just seems a bit too cutesy for me.

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i thought it was funny
/shrug
(the game still looks gay and would me feel uncomfortable to play it)

wtf is Kolona 2?
aren\'t you tired of platformers, btw?

You don\'t remember Kolona 2? Get back to me when you get a clue. It was a highly rated platformer for the PS2. Damn fine game, one of the few good PS2 games.

Tired of platformers - no.
Aren\'t you tired of every other genere?

-yawn-

I think platformers are another artifact of a younger generation that I can\'t relate to.  The last platformer that I played was perhaps Donkey Kong (1981) or Ghosts \'N Goblins (1985).  Platformers are just as frustrating and boring to me today as they where back then.  It doesn\'t help that the vast majority of platformers are also cutesy and sappy.

LIC, apparantly you don\'t remember it that well because it was called Klonoa 2

i\'m tired of all console games.
(katamati and like 90% of the dreamcast library excluded)

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I think platformers are another artifact of a younger generation that I can\'t relate to.  The last platformer that I played was perhaps Donkey Kong (1981) or Ghosts \'N Goblins (1985).  Platformers are just as frustrating and boring to me today as they where back then.  It doesn\'t help that the vast majority of platformers are also cutesy and sappy.

Younger generation?
What are you smoking?
I love the logic that unless it has violence, that it can\'t be fun and it\'s all for the children.

As for the "Kolona 2" - sooooooooo sorry I mis-spelled it. Still doesn\'t change the fact you\'re a troll that can get by with it due to the fact your an Admin.

Younger generation?
What are you smoking?
I love the logic that unless it has violence, that it can\'t be fun and it\'s all for the children.

I think you didn\'t read my post above.  I wasn\'t trying to say that platformers are "only for children" although I do think they are mostly designed for children.
 
What I said was that since you are younger than me, you grew up with Nintendo and cutesy platformers, and I did not.  Therefore you have a history of accepting that as a fun game, and I do not.  We come from different origins.

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I think you didn\'t read my post above.  I wasn\'t trying to say that platformers are "only for children" although I do think they are mostly designed for children.
 
What I said was that since you are younger than me, you grew up with Nintendo and cutesy platformers, and I did not.  Therefore you have a history of accepting that as a fun game, and I do not.  We come from different origins.

Point taken.
At least someone knows how to voice their opinion without comin\' off as a troll.

stop crying, please.
it\'s shameful

it must be tough not being able to accept an opposing opinion.
i prefer the "not caring" and "indifferent" approach to console gaming commentary

replace the guns in GTA3 with water pistols, think it would be as much fun?
take link\'s sword away, and hand the kid a stick.  lots of good times there.
violence in some form = mass gaming appeal.

If you\'ve played one Japanese RPG you\'ve played them all.

American RPGs FTW

I think platformers are another artifact of a younger generation that I can\'t relate to.  The last platformer that I played was perhaps Donkey Kong (1981) or Ghosts \'N Goblins (1985).  Platformers are just as frustrating and boring to me today as they where back then.  It doesn\'t help that the vast majority of platformers are also cutesy and sappy.

ah now you\'re dating yourself

I fell in love with Final Fight first time I played it in a dimly lit, smoky arcade.  Then it was Bad Dudes, and Double Dragon...

I just can\'t relate to these RPGs at all.  Only one I can stand is the Zelda series, but many argue it\'s not a "true" RPG but an action rpg.  Even then it gets annoying with all the jibber jabber of fake characters.  I just wanna make something bleed!!!!!11111111

PS-lol look what I just found: http://www.everyvideogame.com/play-nes-Bad_Dudes_(U).htm

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stop crying, please.
it\'s shameful

it must be tough not being able to accept an opposing opinion.
i prefer the "not caring" and "indifferent" approach to console gaming commentary

replace the guns in GTA3 with water pistols, think it would be as much fun?
take link\'s sword away, and hand the kid a stick.  lots of good times there.
violence in some form = mass gaming appeal.

Take Link\'s sword away and give him a stick and yes, it\'s still a great game. That doesn\'t change a thing.

As for GTA3, it just sucked to begin with.

Quit trolling please.
It\'s shameful.

Point taken.
At least someone knows how to voice their opinion without comin\' off as a troll.

I hope you weren\'t calling me out. I didn\'t want to troll. I was just offering my honest perspective of this style of game.

If I threw this thread off track, my bad... I appologize. I am a bad person

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I hope you weren\'t calling me out. I didn\'t want to troll. I was just offering my honest perspective of this style of game.

If I threw this thread off track, my bad... I appologize. I am a bad person

You\'re evil.
And no, I was talkin\' to MM.

As much as I hate agreeing with mm, I have to in this case. Like the others in this thread I can\'t stand that \'cutesy\' look. I might miss a good game on that account, but so be it.