Poll of the Day > If there was an ARPG all-stars type game, who would you want in it?

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Yaknow... someone from Diablo, someone from Torchlight, Borderlands, Grim Dawn; Probably Victor Vran...

So like Project X Zone?

I don't think the concept would really work that well. Borderlands aside, ARPG's tend not to be particularly focused on individual character identities, especially where so many just have a customizable avatar (if not in terms of appearance/voice, in terms of how they fight) instead of a defined character with an actual personality.

Western games lmao
The entirity of the Tales series can dunk on all western ARPGs combined.
"Ooooh my lootbox simulator! This bracelet has 0.2 extra damage, this is really gonna make the grade now!"

adjl posted...

ARPG's tend not to be particularly focused on individual character identities, especially where so many just have a customizable avatar (if not in terms of appearance/voice, in terms of how they fight) instead of a defined character with an actual personality.

See: Any Japanese ARPG. Tales, Ys, Kingdom Hearts, etc; all have very established characters and identities. They've even made an entire crossover Tales game as it is.

none of them are loot grinders tho

GanglyKhan posted...

See: Any Japanese ARPG. Tales, Ys, Kingdom Hearts, etc; all have very established characters and identities. They've even made an entire crossover Tales game as it is.

Action JRPG's and ARPG's are very different games. Heck, for that matter, I'd even go so far as to say that action RPG's and ARPG's are different genres, as much as that's really stupid if you put even the slightest amount of consideration into what the acronym actually stands for. When the term "ARPG" is used, it's specifically in reference to Diablo and its ilk, not simply any RPG that isn't turn-based. It's not the most intuitive subgenre name, but it's what we've got to work with.

You gotta have Adol and Dogi

adjl posted...

Action JRPG's and ARPG's are very different games. Heck, for that matter, I'd even go so far as to say that action RPG's and ARPG's are different genres, as much as that's really stupid if you put even the slightest amount of consideration into what the acronym actually stands for. When the term "ARPG" is used, it's specifically in reference to Diablo and its ilk, not simply any RPG that isn't turn-based. It's not the most intuitive subgenre name, but it's what we've got to work with.

ya, it's kinda weird

If you say "Action RPG" I know you mean stuff like Ys and Secret of Mana, but if you say "ARPG" I think Diablo and Torchlight

Lokarin posted...

ya, it's kinda weird

If you say "Action RPG" I know you mean stuff like Ys and Secret of Mana, but if you say "ARPG" I think Diablo and Torchlight

Exactly. Does it make any sense whatsoever? Nope. But it's how the terminology has evolved, so we just kinda have to roll with it and clarify as needed.