LIKE THE WIND OF THE SOUL BURNING THE SHRUBBERY OF SPRING, this blog explorers the weirdness and inanity found in Japanese Role Playing Games (JRPG, natch). With any role playing game is that the gameplay is of secondary importance to the plot. Unless your RPG is named 'Mass Effect 3' anyways. You would think than that the plots to JRPGs would be compelling, enjoyable tales. And you would be right... sometimes.
The thing is... the thing is writing is hard. I should know, I've tried writing stuff. I'd write a lot more but its hard! You would be surprised how rare a person who can string together a coherent plot is. (Look at that sentence- its borderline gibberish) So when a dozen guys in the 90's are throwing together a vidja-game well, maybe they can't afford that precious gem, that competent writer. Maybe what these nerdy computer people can afford is... someone with good ideas, yes. Seems to have some compelling characters in mind, yes. Able to write proper sentences, sure. But good... well good writing is subjective right. Right?
So we end up with some absurd, shitty plotlines in JRPGs. Take my hand as we explore, explore the insane world of JRPGs.
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