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I love JRPGs, especially ones made by Gust. They all look the same, have the same sounding music, and aren't radically different from one another in battle system. They also have mediocre plots at best.
I still buy every single one of them.
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This.
More than just buy all of them, every time one of them gets announced, I jump on the preorder bandwagon, ever since I regretted not going for the big box bonus for Mana Khemia 1. Being a big fan of these kinds of games, I've only beaten Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana. I'm currently playing Ar Tonelico: Melodies of Elemia, but as for all of the others, I haven't even touched them yet. Hell, Mana Khemia 2's already preordered for me and I've already started on waiting for Atelier Rorona on the PS3. People often look at me funny when I mention anything in this camp. Atlus games also fall into this camp, most noteably, the Shin Megami Tensei series.
Another genre that I get weird looks from most people on is the Turn Based Strategy RPG, populated by games such as Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem, or any of the NIS entries like Phantom Brave, Makai Kingdom, Disgaea, etc). While this genre's a bit more open than the aforementioned Gust JRPGs, people still look at me funny when I proclaim that Fire Emblem is tons more fun than Fallout 3.
As for the opposite, it seems that the more a game is hyped, the less I end up liking it, partially due to unreasonable hype creating unreasonable expectations. Most popular games, I couldn't care less about. These include noteable mentions of the duo Prototype and Infamous, Bioshock, Far Cry 2 (while we're on it, most other first person shooters), LittleBigPlanet, the entire Grand Theft Auto series and Call of Duty 5, just to name a few. I don't necessarily hate these games, but I just don't see what's so fun about them. I seem to really hate open-world gameplay because most of the reason I'm playing a game is to have an adventure crafted for me, not making me craft my own adventure. I also dislike games that keep trying to be overly realistic (like Skate) because if I'm going to be playing a game, I'm probably trying to get away from reality.
Also:
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Now where is Skills to proclaim his love of Xenosaga
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I'm waiting for this as well.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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