You definitely earned it. Start feeling good about yourself.

Anyways, staying on topic, I believe it depends on the theme of the RPG that sucks people into liking them. I'm not exactly a huge RPG fan, but I've really enjoyed all the Mario themed RPGs. I do like the fact that I can control my entire party to be as offensively powerful as possible (I really like offense). It can be challenging to work with just one strategy, but it's rewarding if it works to your advantage.

People like RPGs because you have to think about what to do next and how to react. Instead of mashing the A button over and over again, you really have to think about what to do. Sorry for creating a Zombie Thread, I was new.

Uber is that you.

oh god lol

So I didn't really read the first page, but isn't this really more about turn based games in general, as opposed to RPGs?

And if so, then it's really up to preference. Some people enjoy having time to pick their actions, some to order units instead of "being" them, etc. People still played chess even after football was invented.

oh hi thread

also I changed the title to be less stupid

thx bro

for the record I don't agree with anything I said three years ago. It also appears that my anger towards life and ability to be overdramatic are inversely proportional when posting on the internet.

I agree with Tide, mostly about the "Tales of" series.  I adore everything they did with it.  Not to mention the battle system, and let's be honest what more could we want from an RPG than a new and interesting battle system?  BC has already pointed out that he's not that interested into a story and if I read correctly - he really wants a game that will entertain him, and in Mario's case: comedy and sharp writing.  More games need both, I mean yeah the story matters, but what does it matter if the gamer isn't entertained?

You were so more sugoi before sempai~

Remember that pokemon monkey avatar you used to have.

Well, part of why I like turn-based RPGs is because they are awesome for pick-up-and-play. If I want to play a shooter or adventure game, I need to set aside a good hour or so to really immerse myself and have an enjoyable play session (and that's assuming I can save at any time, which isn't always the case). With a turn-based, even if I only make a few moves in one turn or, in the case of Pokemon, have one or two battles, and then have to abruptly save, I still feel like I got something done. And I don't need to have my eyes glued to the screen either; I can look away whenever I need, and when I look back nothing's changed. It's the same advantage of playing a board game, except you don't have to worry your little brother is going to throw a football at the table and knock the pieces over.

They also offer lots of choice, or at least the illusion of choice, which I'm a sucker for. Even if some choices end up being overall better than others, you can usually beat the game on normal without optimizing your units, which is nice. I don't want to admit it but I'll say this: I like turn-based RPGs because the normal mode is usually very forgiving, and I suck at RPGs really.

I liked playing FFX with one hand and leisurely eating with the other, lol.

ok stop posting

Oh damn it was a necro-thread...