Why are jrpgs so averse to giving firearms to the main cast? Even if in-universe they would be the most sensible weapon and the enemy uses them but then your party member instead fights with a fucking boomerang.
I feel like JRPGs do it a lot more often compared to western RPGs.Despite the fact that JRPG protagonists are, for a lack of a better word, more "anime", and thus superhuman.Pillars of Eternity is one of the few games where the wizard might pull out a gun between throwing fireballs.
the most iconic jrpg protagonist of all time (squall leonhart) famously uses a gun blade
>>741855883The gun blade is just a sword with a cylinder it cant actually fire bullets
>>741855946yeah it can, i'm pretty sure it functions as both a gun and a blade
>>741855772explain this
>>741855772DIE
>>741855968It doesn't function as a gun, but that anon is also wrong, it does indeed "fire" bullets. These bullets are blanks, no projectile is fired at an enemy. Instead, the explosion of the bullet causes the blade to vibrate.It is indeed pretty stupid.Squall is still based
>>741855968No it cant theres no barrel on the gunblade.The way the gunblade works is that it triggers explosive rounds from the cylinder that send vibrations trough the blade that enhance the cutting power of the blade
>>741855975funny cameo but they look retarded
Entire wild arms series is screaming at you
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>>741855772It's extremely simple:They aren't fun to animate
>>741855772Because guns are for peasants and footsoldiers
>>741859586Or fun to look at. I can remember all of Aika's animations but I can't recall anything but Gilder's S.Moves.Well it doesn't help he isn't a perm party member.
>>741855772Guns are less romantic.
>>741859420>Mace Hand increases Drachma's Attack power by 125, but has a hit percentage of 0>Except Tackle doesn't miss>You can switch weapons in battleA fun early strategy. Shame Drachma keeps fucking off
>>741855772>JUgh. Anyway, it's because a lot of them are medieval high fantasy with some element of machinery only introduced later. In a lot of RPG settings where you have technology widely available from the start, you DO get at least one party member that uses a gun.
>>741861345Sometimes even more than one!
>>741858747Where the fuck is that goddamned spiritual successor?
>>741861476okay I want to die now
>>741855772>>741861419However, even in that case, the fact remains that martial weapons like swords are considered more traditional and heroic. So your protagonist is likely to use something like that, because it's visual shorthand for their bravery and resolve. Not that you can't be brave with a pistol it just doesn't have as strong a reputation in high fantasy stories.
>>741855772Swords are cool
>>741861476Her gun aura is too strong
>>741855772any hacks/patches to switch music among different versions?
>>741855772>he doesn't knowGuns are not just available, or even viable, they're straight up the dominant strategy in SMT 1 and 2. Particularly Nerve Bullets and Magic Shells/Randi Shot.
>guns are relatively new and somewhat rare tech>character that uses them is insanely brokenEngineer's base ability + the equipment breaking skills from knight are complete bullshit, behind only Holy Swordskill and Galaxy Stop
>>741855772>>741861594Japan is scared of guns or some shit.Here is an interview from Valkyria Chronicles Revolution.
>>741855772Do ray guns count?
>>741855772
>>741855772Well it's obviously 'cause it lets you do a lot more aurafarming, for lack of a better word. Guns kill people way faster than almost every other kind of weapon in real life so it's just not that impressive compared to killing someone with a boomerang or sword.
>>741861459It's still being worked on at least. But pennyblood still can't find a publisher https://youtu.be/GnUUPkjELm4?is=mFxBqiZijiqE5q-L
>>741862225Japan cannot rearm fast enough...
Pew pew
>>741862225So this is why VC started going to shit.
>>741855772>the enemy uses them but then your party member instead fights with a fucking boomejmrang.>the enemy uses themDANCE FOR ME
>>741855772>he hasn't played le milenom girl
>>741855772Gilder uses a gun in Skies of Arcadia and joins the party .
>>741862723Revolution was before 4 though and I definitely feel 4 was them saying fuck this degree of pandering to Japan, with some obvious things like removing all the melee classes 2&3 added.
>>741855772>He never Danced like a Damn>INSTANT BALLS
>>741855772everyone has guns/projectiles in game of the decade aka E33
>>741863482Our lord and savior Maximilian shills dreamcast daily but has never played skies of arcadia. Why should we?
>>741865491I think that's exactly what he is talking about though with sensible weapons, Hubert is wielding some double sided sword that transforms into guns and a bow.
>>741865670Unironically JRPGs have to be the most anti streamer genre. If he streamed that he would get negative views.
>>741865975he streams final fantasy 7 remake daily chuddie, maybe stop using anime and hire nomura for writing instead.
>>741865764In Hubert's case, I think it's something about utilizing the element of surprise or some nonsense. Your enemies know what to expect and how to defend against one weapon.But when it's a transformer, you keep them guessing. I feel like he explained in the game at one point.
>>741855772Guns aren't heroic and there's no way to make ranged skills look cool.Every single bow gets the same fire arrows into the air shit. Every single gun gets boring gun-kata shit.
>>741865670I played it on Gamecube. One of the best games of all time.
>>741865975ai hair animation?
>>741866405>there's no way to make ranged skills look coolCome on now, that just ain't true. We're talking about the entertainment industry that brought us DBZ and Gundam, they can make shooting look cool. People just generally respond better to medieval fantasy cliches in these types of games, so swordsmanship gets top billing
>>741866708Played it on Dreamcast. Watched my wife play it on Gamecube years and years ago and while the added content was cool, I couldn't get over how bad the music sounded. Just so bad
>>741866923all gamecube ports sucked ass. I wish they just stuck to xbox fully. Buying three consoles as a sega fan was a repeat of 32x and CD
>>741866760I really don't recall robo having many "shoot guy" attacks. He fills the screen with energy, he does a rocket punch, he tackles etc.Even in gundam they have most major fights I remember come down to a saber duel, and unlike guns ki attacks can look cool and punching is heroic.
>>741866923They should port it to PC.
Never played it DESU but its guns only afaik
>>741867219I played this game twice as a teenager and somehow I still always forget that it's an RPG
>>741865975I once wrote to a game magazine because they claimed looking through the peephole at the start of the game was the only time Aika had her hair down.
>>741865975JRPGs make good numbers on streams when it's speedrun or challenge run autism. Or when the streamer has an absolutely outstanding personality and reactions
>>741855772are you retarded?almost all jrpgs have gun member in the party
>>741855772>Why are jrpgs so averse to giving firearms to the main cast?Because you don't play videogames, imagine saying this shit when even the zoomers' favorite JRPG they never actually played, P5, heavily features guns
>>741855946irvin... did you faggots even play ff8 or really any jrpgs?
>>741855772Because the J part in JRPGs
>>741855975TRPG, not a JRPG
>>741867729>tells me I should play vidya games>example is just city hunter plagiarism
>>741867729>Because you don't play videogamesExactly. OP never heard of any of the Wild Arms games.
