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[SlimeGooGoo]

Digital Antiquarian has started a series talking about "J"RPG origins

Part 1:

» Putting the “J” in the RPG, Part 1: Dorakue! The Digital Antiquarian

Part 2:

» Putting the “J” in the RPG, Part 2: PlayStation for the Win The Digital Antiquarian

Part 3:

» Putting the “J” in the RPG, Part 3: Playing Final Fantasy VII (or, Old Man Yells at Cloud) The Digital Antiquarian

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll check it out.

 

[Kataploom]

You want to put a J in the name? Just give the game to a Japanese dev

 

[Deerock71]

Jank. I love it.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Part 2 is out

» Putting the “J” in the RPG, Part 2: PlayStation for the Win The Digital Antiquarian

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Part 2 is out

» Putting the “J” in the RPG, Part 2: PlayStation for the Win The Digital Antiquarian

Entertaining read, but no new information whatsoever. It seems to be written for someone who haven't read a gaming magazine or website for 30 years suddenly deciding to learn about Japanese video games.

It also seemed weird that someone purporting to be knowledgable of Japanese RPGs doesn't know the purpose of dialog ellipsis in Japanese media.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Meh. The game's translation wasn't "putrid". I replayed it fairly recently and, apart from the most egregious lines we've all known for 25 years, it's absolutely serviceable. But it's pretty obvious that someone who writes like that would be unnecessarily harsh on the game's English script.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Shake Your Rump]

I took me quite a while to understand you meant "ellipsis"

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Thanks. The forum software has some sort of autocorrection that doesn't work well on iPads.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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