Update:Â Congratulations to EdEN who won with the great comment about learning English with Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior! Wanna win a free RPG? Tell us why you love role-playing video games, and win Glory of Heracles for Nintendo DS. The winner with the best reason will be selected and announced next week by Infendo […]
Update:Â Congratulations to EdEN who won with the great comment about learning English with Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior!
Wanna win a free RPG? Tell us why you love role-playing video games, and win Glory of Heracles for Nintendo DS. The winner with the best reason will be selected and announced next week by Infendo overlord David Cole. Good luck!
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I love RPGs because they are a good way to pass the time in the backseat of a car. I occasionally have to evacuate hurricanes where I live, and usually ride with my family (we tend to carpool in these situations) and nothing helps to defeat boredom when stuck in traffic like an RPG.
I love it because that's the genre that my non-gamer dad first played and actually enjoyed. We battle with our Pokemon haha
I love the old school RPG's because they remind me of my youth playing FF1 and Dragon Warrior. They are great for an old man like myself who can't react quick enough to keep up with the young whippersnappers and their FPS's. RPG's are also great for hoarders like myself. Nothing like acquiring an inventory full of stuff I don't need! Wooden hammer? Awesome. Steel sword? No way am I selling that! I might need it later!
I love RPGs because everything in a good RPG draws you in and it feels almost real. I was sad when on of my high-level characters in Fire Emblem died, and I think that, of all genres, RPGs are the ones that you can get the most emotionally attached to.
I like rpgs because they are usually long games that keep me busy for many hours because I am frakkin' broke and I don't have money for new games so I need to get my money's worth.
I love RPGs because they offer a breath of fresh air between so many games that require quick responses and sharp reflexes.
RPGs offer you the opportunity to be strategic, put care and thought into your every move: Something that a lot of people should reflect in real life. A fast move, a quick word… they are most likely to miss their mark and be misunderstood.
So, besides being fun, below the surface of the RPG lies a wise lesson for real battles, or difficult situations, in real life. That is why I love them.
The major draw to RPGs for me was always the excitement of new places and people. I grew up in a super small town in Montana – less than 150 people. Everyone knew one another, and because the town never really grew, nothing ever changed. It was, for lack of a better word, boring. RPGs, particularly fantasy and mythology ones, provided worlds that were always in motion and a whole cast of characters that were totally unlike the ones around me. The enjoyment of RPGs stuck, as I still love them.
RPGs are awesome cuz you can squeeze so much time out of one game! Also the story draws you in and makes you care about what happens with the characters and that the structure of the game can make it complex with the amount of items and/or moves you can choose to use.
Well, it is thanks to RPGs that I learned english. My first language is spanish and it was because of Final Fantasy and Dragon Warior on the NES, and my love of videogames, that I decided to start using a dictionary to make sense of the stories presented to me and thus learn more and more words and make it easier to enjoy my game genre of choice.
Many years later and I'm a State Supreme Court recognized expert translator/lawyer and my love for RPGs keeps growing every day… which reminds me that FF XIII is right around the corner and I have to set aside some $$$ for all the Wii RPGs to be released during 2010.
P.S.: Let's not forget that RPGs have always (almost in every case) been the best purchase investment on any console since they give you more playtime/fun for your buck. Paying $90 for FFIII and Chrono Trigger back in the day seems crazy today, but add up all that you could do in those games and it comes out to $1 and hour on FFIII and about $2.50 and hour on Chrono Trigger. Not bad at all. And when you add in the story-telling of both games (Celes and her side-story, Magus twisted past), well, RPGs have a larger canvas on which to make a statement…
I love rpg's because I love reading. Just like Baten Kaitos is gamings equivalent of a play and Metal Gear Solid is the equivalent of the Godfather Saga, most rpg's are the equivalent of books.
In games we don't waste time reading about how the characters move or look or the scene appears. We lose out on a good bit of what our imagination would create, but instead we get a stronger focus on the plot and the characters. We can enjoy the sub text of an entire plot point more easily and actually feel the menace of a villain like Kefka.
RPG's don't have to follow the common rules in most other genre's because while they have a formula, they aren't confined to any one type of gameplay unless they choose to be. It's highly ironic that the genre most people see as the most limited has the greatest freedom and is being fed off of to improve other genre's.
If you come into my home you'll see that I own more books than games and that the largest of any game genre I own are rpg's. To put it simply, rpg's are the passively active form of books (when not dealing with action rpg's anyway), another art form that goes for complete immersion by literally telling a story. RPG's let us experience the artist's intent much more directly and experience the story completely.
because i'm a dork and don't care. ever since final fantasy on the nes i've been hooked on the genre and have many great memories saving the world, time/space, or enter planet name here. if i had the dodechahedron i would live in an alternate universe known as titanius anglesmith i would.
RPGs are my favorite genre of video games for many reasons. First and foremost, RPGs tend to have incredibly deep and interesting stories that capture your interest fairly early on. Some give you the impression that you're really helping save the world from certain evil.
Another one of the great aspects of RPGs is the characters, with some games giving you a large selection of varied, yet like-able characters, so you can choose your own team based off your tastes. I usually find myself largely attached to the main character in the game, seeking the same goals as him.
Obviously, another point to note is the gameplay. Surely, some may not enjoy roaming open lands or world maps too much, but the battle sequences make up for it. The battles are strategic and action-packed, requiring some good intellect to beat the more difficult bosses. With plenty of replayability due to the game being different depending on how you decide to play it, you can sink hundreds of hours into these games. (I'm looking at you Final Fantasy)
The last thing very much worth mentioning for RPGs is the soundtrack. The music for these types of games usually fit the setting very well, allowing yourself to immerse yourself even more. The music is usually so epic that it gets you pumped to continue your adventure throughout the game, and with composers like Nobuo Uematsu in the industry, one is likely to fall in love with the soundtracks of these games.
And that…is why I love RPGs.
Why do I love RPGs? Because they are certain. To the casual RPG player, they may just level up characters and beat the game. But there is so much more going on behind the on-screen graphics and sound effects. There is an endless amount of calculations occurring, depending on the level of your character, level of the enemy, type advantages, special effects, environment, and a variety of other factors. A beautiful symphony of calculus and probability to formulate the number that pops up on screen for a second or two. All at the press of the button.
This certainty provides something that no other genre can offer. Platformers depend on reflexes. Shooters rely on quick value judgments. Puzzle games require patience. But RPGs have certainty that allow for the player to focus their thoughts instead of having to worry about any of those variables. That's why I believe that RPGs have the deepest story arcs. RPGs are meant to make you think.
I love RPGs for many reasons. One being the gameplay, I love having to plot out my strategy in turn-based battles, working out what to do next, ultimately trouncing my opponent with a satisfying blast of well-earned attack points.
My biggest reason, though? The stories. I love, for weeks on end, following a story with these characters I feel like I'm one of. There are times when I don't want to finish a game for fear of it being over.
I love RPG's because of many reason's:
First, there's almost alway's a new way to play it and beat it, with stats and armor, weapons, magic, and to a lesser extent, team meber's, if your playing pokemon that is.
Second, the storylines can be really gripping and sometimes pull at your heartstrings, or they can just be funny like Mario and Luigi.
Third, so much content in a small package, most RPGs are long, and make them worth your hard earned cash. And I like that.
Fourth, there's different kinds so there's something for everyone, this makes them much easier to enjoy.
And lastly, the fact that some of them do have multyplayer witch can make them more or less ingrossing and can add an element of fun to them.
All in all, I just have always liked RPGs and the gaming community as a whole would just be a lot different without them. And remember, Say FUZZY PICKLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i like RPGs for the storys that is built in. also it lasts really long so I'll be kept entertained for a long time. My favorite RPG of all time is still the world ends with you followed by Disgaea DS and then Sands of Destruction and then Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos lastly kingdomhearts (I have yet to play the game though) as you can tell the big franchise titles on nintendo is not on my list since pokemon and mario luigi rpgs lack a story so it is not on my list… anyway i play a game for its story so story is all that matters and gameplay and graphics make almost no difference to me. well that's just my opinion on things and why i love RPG and also i hate them for the grinding i have to do each time i get stuck…
My first game was an RPG, though I didn't know it at the time. Then, my second and third games were RPGs, and I still didn't know it. Once I discovered that this is what they were, RPGs became my genre of choice.
My first game was Pokémon Red version. It had a freaking dragon on the cover. Whilst the story in Pokémon is nearly non-existant, I love collecting things, and so I just had to (sorry for this) catch em all.
Final Fantasy 7 or 9 (I played them at near the same time, so I don't know which one it was) was the next game(s). Final Fantasy still has some collecting, like the cards, and all the treasure chests that you can find. But more than that these games had incredible stories that my young mind had a hard time comprehending. I love stories. I love reading them and I love playing them. It made me feel like I had control of the story that was taking place.
I also enjoy gaining power in the games. Giving my characters new equipment and seeing their strength or defence go up in a measurable way. Seeing them learn new skills as they level up. Loosing to a boss the first time and then training and reworking my stratedgy and then defeating that boss.
I just recently beat Dragon Quest 8, and I loved the feeling that I got when I beat the final boss. This horrible giant fat thing wants to destroy my world that I've been working so hard to protect? Not gonna happen! And while it was difficult, and at times I wondered if my strength was adequate, in the end I prevailed. Seeing that thing go cross eyed as I dealt the final blow gave me an incredible sense of accomplishment.
RPGs not only got me into video games, but they keep me in video games. While waiting for new upcoming releases, I can grab any RPG and it will keep me busy until that game comes out because they are so long, and thats how I like it. Every new RPG is like a months worth of gameplay all in one disk/cartridge/Wii channel.
And plus, they're awesome. Who needs more reason than that?
Because a good RPG is about starting at the lowest point, at zero, before confronting the darkest forces and eventually vanguishing them through wits, work, and determination.
I love RPGS, because on the day I was born my family was murdered by an anti-RPG group. Somehow I avoided death's calling and was dumped at an orphanage. I grew up without the ability to speak, although everyone always seems to know what I am thinking. The other kids beat me mercilessly for wishing to avenge my family and this caused me to have hair that naturally spikes in many directions.
These beatings are where I first learned to fight, and where I first figured out that a gun is more powerful then a sword, but a sword gun is the one weapon to rule them all!
When I entered my teenage years I discovered that the oppressive leaders and their anti-RPG technology were destroying my peoples ancient practice of RPG's and magic. Naturally I did what I could to protect a small group of survivors, I was happy with them for the first time in my life.
One day a band of savage RPG haters murdered my adopted family while I was away collecting water. On that day I decided that I could hide no longer and I had to take down the anti-RPG technology lovers once and for all. I worked alone to avoid the heartache of another loved one being taken from me.
As I progressed I met many allies who insisted that I allow them to work with me. I was not interested in their services but I needed help. Once I accepted their assistance I found that we could team up and deliver massive attack power in one turn. Interlocking dual tech's are wonderful.
Well I do not want to ramble forever, the end of my story is that we defeated the lord of the anti-RPG technology faction and now we live in peace with other RPG fans. My Gun sword (Apocalypse) is mounted above my fireplace ready for the next generation of RPG fans to rise up with magic and prevent those who would oppress us from holding us down. Someday the children will rise up and continue the good fight.
Oh and I like the stories.
The simplest answer is that RPG allow me to lose hours of sleep and therefore years of my life, in the pursuit of creating the ultimate character that will allow me to walk through a fictional wander land and laugh as only one attack destroys what used to be the most epic battle of the lands. At which point I turn to my wife in celebration and howl victory. And when she turns around and calls me an idiot, i know it was all worth it.
Congrats EdEN
Thanks Damien. As I told Dave on my reply after he emailed me with the result, this is great news right now since my father has been in the hospital since last saturday and ended up needing surgery on Monday, so me winning the game gave me a smile and for a moment made me feel a little better.