[General Discussion] Getting Involved With The RPG Video Game Genre For The First Time.

When I was a kid, I had a friend who lived down the street that I traded games with a couple times. At one point, I acquired Dragon Warrior from him. Pretty much everything I owned up until that point had been platformers. I quite enjoyed it, though I did find it a bit slow paced. I liked that I could explore a huge world, interact with characters, cast spells, and the like. But I didn't really seek out any other RPGs, because I hadn't thought about it as a genre. Had I seen another Dragon Warrior game, or known there was more than one for the NES, I would've begged for it.

But, as it was, I didn't play another RPG for years. I learned about the genre from gaming magazines, but never felt strong urges to seek it out. Not until Mario RPG came out, with me being a 12-year old Mario fanboy, did I try another RPG. And that got me pretty hooked on them for a while.

Oddly enough, I didn't try any Final Fantasy games until Final Fantasy 8 came out. And I didn't like FF8 that much then, and I certainly don't like it now. But most of all, I'm amazed I even gave any other games in the series a shot, because by all means, I should've been so turned off by that monstrosity that I would never touch another FF game again. But, I've discovered some actual good games in the series, and I'm glad I gave them a shot.

Jam it back in, in the dark.