Take something like disgaea. I think most people here like the game, but it's basically a comedy, are you really going to be emotionally engaged in it? Because if you're argument is like "Modern RPGs don't emotionally engage me like past generations" then you have to ask why? Is it because the game is not as good or is it because the game is different?
Fair point, Disgaea is a good, funny game. No doubt about that.
I kind of want a good bit more in the way of FFVII, FFT, Xenogears and Vagrant Story out of my current JRPGs, though. Nothing more than their ability to tell a darker, deeper story. That's all. I don't think I'm blindfolding myself to a whole slew of games from the genre that are actually doing this because I've tried several and given them all as fair a shot as I can and it's just not happening by comparison.
It's a bad situation to be in and I genuinely envy those who don't feel similarly, heh.
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