Dangerous__Object t1_jae2weo wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:44 PM

Was it ever used to make fun of the japanese though? I don't know about the US, but at least in my country, since the first time I've heard it, it was associated to the unique visuals, storytelling and gameplay. You had Fallout and Star Ocean, both RPGs but also completely different from each other. One of them would be classified as CRPG and the other, JRPG.

Vepyr646 t1_jaehqil wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:19 PM

This is correct. CRPG was a term first used in the late 70's and early 80's to differentiate between computer role playing games and table top games like DnD. By the time FF1 and Dragon Warrior hit the NES in the US, the term CRPG was no longer used. And the RPG moniker was applied to video games.

The big change came with Bioware. Their early RPGs were vastly different than the (now combined) Square Enix style of RPGs, and the term CRPG came back to the US gamer lexicon. JRPG began being used to describe the more linear style of most big name RPGs from Japanese studios. Whatever slight they felt was perceived, and unfortunate. Because I highly doubt any slight was intended.