stopthatgirl7 to Gaming@beehaw.org • 2 years agoThe Fuss Over The Term 'JRPG' Says A Lot About The State Of The Genrewww.dualshockers.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareamiolinkfedilink14•2 years agoFinal Fantasy doesn’t “look Japanese”, according to this guy. If that’s a joke, I’m not getting it, and if it isn’t… wat?
minus-square@NuPNuA@lemm.eelinkfedilink4•2 years agoFFs 1-5 were fairly generic DnD style worlds. It wasn’t until 6 that the cyberpunk/fantasy mix came in then I’d argue 8 was the first one where some of the designs in the world looked very Japanese.
minus-squareTwilightVulpinelinkfedilink4•2 years agoI can only assume that their point is that Final Fantasy is heavily inspired by western mythology and fantasy.
Final Fantasy doesn’t “look Japanese”, according to this guy. If that’s a joke, I’m not getting it, and if it isn’t… wat?
FFs 1-5 were fairly generic DnD style worlds. It wasn’t until 6 that the cyberpunk/fantasy mix came in then I’d argue 8 was the first one where some of the designs in the world looked very Japanese.
I can only assume that their point is that Final Fantasy is heavily inspired by western mythology and fantasy.