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[-] autismdragon@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

jrpgs are japanese. crpgs are western.

I mean... annoyingly a Japanese developer can make a W/CRPG and a western developer can make a JRPG because the genres are defined by gameplay styles, core engagements, and tropes not actually the region they come from.

Extra Credits did a whole three part video series about this back in like 2010 thats worth watching. Video game genre names are BAAAAAAAAAAAADDDD.

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

I mean, yeah that's true, just hard to explain the tropes to someone seemingly unfamiliar with either genre.

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