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>>4165381
OP:
All JRPGs are similar, why are people passionate about them?

me:
People are passionate about them because they don't care for the gameplay as much as the "fantasy story" they get out of it.

>>4165315
"Planescape:Torment has shit gameplay and story"

me:
You and mainstream having that opinion explains why people are passionate abour JRPGs and games like Skyrim. Because these games are MUCH more immediate in conveying a "sense of adventure" and "fantasy story" to the player, which is what RPG players want. No one plays RPGs for the gameplay, but everyone wants the gameplay to NOT get in the way of the nice fantasy story they're trying to get out of the game.

Hence JRPGs and pathetic games like Skyrim are superior to something more elaborate like P:T. By no means the story is actually bad, it's just much harder for a token player to enjoy something more elaborate than something simpler and more immediate.