But the remake of FF IV is quite cool, the graphics style remind me Myst! And Golden Sun is an amazing RPG despite some very average points through the fights.
The FF IV remake is the RIGHT way to make a JRPG:
- Exciting story that's never predictable. It's also decently written and not convoluted like some JRPGs.
- Varied character personalities, and not all cookie-cutter.
- Fun combat system and some very tough battles, it's not typical "cakewalk-till-bossfight", there are some tough dungeons.
- Great presentation but the game doesn't rely on it (of course, due to system limits).
- Very fast pace… there's always something happening in the plot to push you forward and the story is interesting enough to keep you playing. In a lot of JRPGs you reach a point where you're just about on autopilot and the "dungeons" are some randomly placed areas with tons of low level enemies where you simply kill time. Not so here.
I think if you've been a PC RPG gamer for a long time, playing a JRPG will feel like a definite step back. And of course if you've been a JRPGer for ages, playing something like Arcanum will possibly bore you to tears… and possibly baffle you, lol.
But I've been playing both since the 80s and each appeals to me in a different way.
And you really can't lump EVERY title together. There are a handful of fantastic RPGs in both camps, a bunch of good ones, a ton of mediocre ones, and many bad ones.