>finish JRPG>You dont kill god
>finnish JRPG>perkele
>you become god
>>721091284Technically in Xenoblade 2 you don't kill god. You just kill one of his swords
>>721091489best post
>finish 100h JRPG>no post-game content
>>721091582You kill literally Dark Jesus. In fact it's more like killing God than the last boss of 1.
>finish JRPG>power of friendship never comes up once in the entire game
>play through fantasy JRPG>it never randomly turns into scifi
>>721091284>you can't even beat the final boss you just beat him up enough to make him realize he's acting retarded
>>721092263Why did this trope die? Havent seen it since the 90s.
>>721092263>mfw
>>721092569self important fantasy writers thought they were too good for goofy fun and started thinking they were the next tolkien
>>721092263Kingsfield 2 was weird
>>721092569I feel like it's not dead but I can't actually think of any recent examples
>>721092172Malos isn't like Jesus. If anything the Aegis Blades are more like the Archangels. With Pneuma being Micheal, Ontos being Gabriel, and Malos being Lucifer
>>721092263Ar Tonelico?
>>721091582Good half of god dies in Xenoblade 2 because of your 1 protagonists, so you still killed him.
>play wrpg>kill god
>shoot red barrel>it doesn't explode
>>721092569It happens all the time though, one of the most common JRPG tropes is >the fantasy world was built on the ruins of a sci-fi civilization or>the fantasy world was actually Earth in the far distant future
>>721091284>finish JRPG>actually you don't finish it here's a sneak peak of part 2:electric boogaloo coming soon near you
>play NRPG
>>721095879>it explores
>Finish 40hr jrpg>You only control one character in the entire game
>>721096142Etrian Odyssey fits both