“Why Do JRPGs Have Such Stupid Weapons?”

The sickle with chain and weighted ball is every bit as deadly as the classic gladiator weighted net and trident, but in a smaller package.

A "Gunsword" is insanity, however you package it, and yes in RL. The way a gun is moved compared to a sword, the energies work against each other. A "Musket" is different, for the energies of a spear are not that far off from a gun.

My fav "Silly" weapon is a "Fork" from one of the Final Fantasies... 8 I think... That's when Amano went off the deep end into his "Conceptual" phase or started to...

Of course, a lot of "Thud and Blunder" here. Weapons too big, esp for females, but in it so they look better when on a small CG character. And when you have flying ships and high tech in a medival society you have enough "Suspension of Disbelief" for the average Fursuit Lifestyler so what the hey.

Cloud Strife's sword (the wedge) set the standard.

IMO, it looked like he'd scavanged it from some 20 foot mecha, the holes being what the mechanical construct used to hold onto it. It would be a passable weapon, if there was a small handle on one side so it could be used as armor and shield at the same time, also adding strength for thrusts and stabs. But in RL if cloud was somehow strong enough to wield this without getting a slipped disk and/or just too tired after 30 seconds of fighting, he still wouldn't use it. That level of strength, (cloud's supposed to simply be strong enough to wield that sword) he could use a "Warhammer" far more effectively. Or, if he HAD to use a blade, use the higher tech base he's in and either make a Gladius with compacted steel (as in earth's core level) or have a Titanium greatsword with a Hydragyrum vein or hyper dense (Uranium) sliding core in the middle.

You either love it or you hate it. Personally I like gunblade and other weird weapons, I think its good to have such things in a fantasy world since it makes it more unique.

I can stab you with the pointed end of that Kendama in the eye and leave you bleed to death.

Oh cmon, have u played the maids in melty blood?
Hisui uses table lamps, featherdusters and frying pans to pawn people. Kohaku uses a broom with a sword in it. (That, and molotov cocktails)

What do they expect? They are "fantasy" weapons. What? Is Harry Potter with his magical "stick" able to cast nuke is western idea of "fantasy" choice of weapon?

i think SOME WRPG creators hate JRPG because they're too stupid too think the way to use things to fight bad guys or evil or whatever....(i'm not talking about LBP lol)

and Western fantasy is just a real life story + some fantasy designed building and weapons from middle age.

The best weapon is Doughnut. as used by Homer Simpson in The Simpsons Cluedo.

Yet another dumass who can't distinguish reality from fiction. Maybe he/they should join feminists' anti-eroge leagues? D:

Freedom of expression is what western game developers as well as gamers lack most. And nagging JRPGs originality seems to be their only salvation from own starvation of one's imagination.

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lol crazy japs.

"HEY I got an idea, why don’t we make a big list of all the different weapons found in Western games.
Number 1. Guns.
Number 2. …………….Oh wait. JUST GUNS."

To Japan: I'm sorry we prefer weapons that are actually weapons and not toys for children. If the current allotment of knives, swords and guns aren't lethal enough for you, how about you take a coat and we can take a pistol and we'll see who's dead first.

a ball in a cup ? sound funny ? sure funny for a plastic or rubber ball. How about try to quack your head with a 5 kg steel ball and see how funny is it ?

JRPG's are not dead yet... it's the producers that are dead.... The more realistic a game is the more dumber the premise. I mean why emulate reality when you can just do better in RL? Anime, manga and games are meant to escape reality! The more fantastc the weapon is the better! Hooks? Glaives? The ever handy gun? Old stuff! How about a Gunblade? Better than a gun right?

Why do non JRPGs have such boring weapons?

"Stupid" is an opinion. Most of these are a hell of a lot better than shitty generic sword/gun number 324903402348934.

Well, there IS a difference between a completely retarded weapon to a really unlikely, but still cool weapon.

Say, Gunblade to a beach ball.

It's not fair citing Epic Battle Fantasy's weapon sheet, that flash game's a JRPG parody.

Mint's magic chakrams are a legitimate weapon.

Also, chainsaw gun > everything.

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WRPG just either have gun swords or knives, and occasional ax or two, while JRPG though weird, at least it isn't the same old thing though are disappointing, and just....dumb.

want a nice blend of the two. play "resonance of fate" or "end of eternity" same game just a title change.

Matt Likes Swords is definitely not Japanese o_0

Just face it, RL guns are overrated and uncreative.

Let's think about it this way: If you get killed by a beach ball in battle, it proves that Beach ball > You. How demoralizing is that?

What's wrong with snows fists? People punch people, it's not strange.

so west games just have guns and no creativity eh?. I look at Skorge as the ultimate example of creativity. Ya look at him and you see that hes your standard 8-9 foot tall humanoid monster, that he is of an unknown origin and lives deep below underground, is the leader of a religious cult that worships a giant worm that sinks cities, has the ability to control small creatures that explode on command, rides on the back of a giant flying squid, all while wielding a double clipped machine pistol and a staff with a chainsaw on each end that can cut through a tank but for some reason not a lancer. That sounds crazy as fuck, so unrealistic, but guess who made it?, western developers nigga.

I think the number one stupid choice for weapons in most JRPGs, actually most RPGs in general, is magic. Sure with all the advances in display technology it looks really cool on the screen, but rarely is it even the least bit creative outside of artwork. 90% of the magic seen in RPGs is either damage dealt or health recovered. It's one of the main reason I enjoy playing through SO3 occasionally: fire can actually catch creatures on fire causing burning damage, electric can electrocute making performing actions difficult, ice can freeze and frozen things shatter easily; sure it doesn't cover the full range of what the elements can actually do, but it's a lot more fun that bolt/fire/ice/water/earth/wind doing nothing more than a single hit of damage.

A wise man once told me "You could fuck some shit up with pompoms.."

I've always been slightly bothered by the anime characters that carry swords that appear to be about 15 feet long with blades 3 feet wide. How the hell would you even lift such a thing, much less wield it to any use? It's probably supposed to look cool and imposing, but it really looks kinda stupid - a Weapon of Mass Hilarity.

We all know there is a good side to this... Japanese kids play with cup balls and volleyballs whatsoever while american kids can blow their heads up with guns... Since that is all they get to play with on RPG..