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AN OFFICE JOB AND COMMUNITY WORK.
My condolences.
AN OFFICE JOB AND COMMUNITY WORK.
Technically that's about game design in which case it would go in the Codex Workshop ("Your one stop source for RPG design, development, and modding discussions.").[The cRPG industry] Mostly dead, except indies. And maybe Japan.
And that is why we HAVE General RPG Discussions. For example: What are BioWare and Bethesda doing wrong in game design? What are they failing to innovate in cRPG Mechanics. Etc etc... the opportunities for these kinds of discussions are great (and happen infrequently). There are many facets of this current RPG failed genre (by AAA Publishers/Developers) that we have yet to discuss....
AN OFFICE JOB AND COMMUNITY WORK.
My condolences.
This would be the best option I think. An RPG discussion forum for RPGs released on home computers (C64, Apple II, Amiga, IBM-PC) and an RPG discussion forum for RPGs released on game consoles.Perhaps the best option is to create a console RPG forum, either as a stand alone or as sub forum of GRPG?
Hey guys. I've just come back from my annual trip to the future and I have some terrible news to report. During the next two years the Codex will morph into something unrecognizable! Gaze into the mirror of the future and heed this warning!
http://www.rpgfan.com/boards/index.php?board=6.0
Hey guys. I've just come back from my annual trip to the future and I have some terrible news to report. During the next two years the Codex will morph into something unrecognizable! Gaze into the mirror of the future and heed this warning!
http://www.rpgfan.com/boards/index.php?board=6.0
Other than BSN and RPS forums, THAT place is Comedy Gold™.
I was sure you were a conservative christian already, so you're making a good start on it.
It's a tough one.
The problem is that RPGs are a dead genre on PC, while glorious Nippon is still producing tons and tons of RPGs, many of which are turn based and party based.
So if we don't arbitrarily exclude console RPGs from General RPG discussion, our posts about games from 1991 will be drowned in a sea of console RPG threads about Kawaii desu Waifus and bento boxes.
Perhaps the best option is to create a console RPG forum, either as a stand alone or as sub forum of GRPG?
Yea, we need to somehow contain the flood of jRPG threads that have been drowning GRPGD ever since the change of policy.Just make a JRPG/weeaboo subforum and be done with it.
It's a tough one.
The problem is that RPGs are a dead genre on PC, while glorious Nippon is still producing tons and tons of RPGs, many of which are turn based and party based.
So if we don't arbitrarily exclude console RPGs from General RPG discussion, our posts about games from 1991 will be drowned in a sea of console RPG threads about Kawaii desu Waifus and bento boxes.
Perhaps the best option is to create a console RPG forum, either as a stand alone or as sub forum of GRPG?
Yeah, well - there are plenty of PC exclusive Japanese RPGs still being made. So no matter what, the end is the same.
I'll be the first to admit that they are mainly horrible shit and should be avoided like plague, but then again I've long ago given up all hope of seeing a decent new western TB RPG in my lifetime. Sometimes one has to swim in a sea of shit to dive pearls, but of course it'd be preferable they'd wash themselves before coming to your living room.
It's a tough one.
The problem is that RPGs are a dead genre on PC, while glorious Nippon is still producing tons and tons of RPGs, many of which are turn based and party based.
So if we don't arbitrarily exclude console RPGs from General RPG discussion, our posts about games from 1991 will be drowned in a sea of console RPG threads about Kawaii desu Waifus and bento boxes.
Perhaps the best option is to create a console RPG forum, either as a stand alone or as sub forum of GRPG?
Yeah, well - there are plenty of PC exclusive Japanese RPGs still being made. So no matter what, the end is the same.
I'll be the first to admit that they are mainly horrible shit and should be avoided like plague, but then again I've long ago given up all hope of seeing a decent new western TB RPG in my lifetime. Sometimes one has to swim in a sea of shit to dive pearls, but of course it'd be preferable they'd wash themselves before coming to your living room.
There were never that many of them, people really never started threat many JRPG threads because there aren't that many JRPGs will really compelling gaming systems, which I think is what the vast majority of Codexers are interested in and why they post here instead of Gamefaqs. I have a really hard time standing 90%+ of them, but give me Etrian Odyssey or Tactics Ogre which have really interesting gameplay and I am in.
To me the ambiguity of shooters with RPG elements (or vice-versa) is what led to infinitely more confusion.
K. So console ports of Wizardries and Ultimas go where? And what about console games released on PC as well (99% of current "PC cRPGS" like MA, DA, ES series).MMXI said:An RPG discussion forum for RPGs released on home computers (C64, Apple II, Amiga, IBM-PC) and an RPG discussion forum for RPGs released on game consoles.
Metro said:Just make a JRPG/weeaboo subforum and be done with it.
Real men accepted arbitrary industry requirements and bad hardware to play exclusive games after the mighty Atari vs. Commodore
Console RPG forum. Obviously. Same place as those console exclusive Shadowrun cRPGs.K. So console ports of Wizardries and Ultimas go where?
Depends on what is being asked. If someone wants to know about the changes in a console version, then that can go in the console RPG one. Alternatively there could just be a blanket rule where all multi-platform RPGs go into the PC RPG forum. The only downside to that is the likes of FF7 and FF8. But then again those games weren't made for the PC, but ported to the PC later. So you could make a rather easy distinction there.And what about console games released on PC as well (99% of current "PC cRPGS" like MA, DA, ES series).
PC RPG forum. It's PC only. A pretty clear cut example actually.K. So Anachronox goes here or to PC forum, since it's jRPG but not weaboo.
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls? Wikipedia says it's a PlayStation 3 exclusive, so it would go in the console RPG forum. Why does it deserve to go in the PC CRPG forum over Etrian Odyssey and The Dark Spire? Because it has the Wizardry name attached to it?And Lost Souls goes where, since it's aRPG made in Japan?
accepted arbitrary industry requirements