I'll probably be playing Prince of Persia, Resistance 2 or Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. Depends on whether or not my brother or father want to play on the PS3...my dad's an old gamer but he likes Burnout.

How this will work, I have no clue...but it does look interesting.

You did? When?

Well, I guess I screwed up...but it was worth mentioning again.

It's quite an interesting article...nice arguement too.

I found it funny how they claim "more is not always better" when it's not inherent to JRPGs. It was actually the reason I disliked Oblivion. Sure, it had a giant world, but it was about as immersive as a brick wall, in my opinion.

Just because a couple WRPGs turned out better than a couple JRPGs doesn't mean WRPGs are the superior subgenre. Also, they are calling SE's games worse than Western RPGs for reasons not inherent to all JRPGs.

So anyway, the IGN article is very subjective, but has some good points. Square games need improvement in some areas, but that doesn't mean they should take on the characteristics of Western RPGs. Take the good ideas from them, but don't abandon your own.

Also, Ed, claiming linear games are unimpressive is just wrong. It's just a different style of storytelling. It's like comparing cel-shaded graphics to realistic graphics and claiming one is better. A sandbox game that allows choices and such can work well, but a linear game with a perfectly constructed story could top that.

Thanks man, I owe you one.

Sorry for the lack of pictures, but they kept screwing up the article and I couldn't find a solution to the problem. In the end I only used these two, because they didn't mess it up. I'll clean out the gallery of the unused pictures tomorrow.