did we ever get a flood of information?

[Orophin]

Shin Megami Tensei and Dragon Quest are two of the biggest RPG franchises in Japan.

They aren't known for their storylines.

I guess I'm just too old school. I grew up with Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest started developing good stories around DQ4, IMO.

I do agree with your statement on FF8 though, I couldn't stand that game.

[Ruisu]

You would chose a dumb ass AI over full control over a character that you could build yourself?

Yes, because while FFXIII was very problematic, it wasn't completely awful, like FFVIII was.

An RPG is indeed defined by story (Role-Playing Game..how do you get into a role of someone with no storyline?), well back when people actually were able to read and comprehend storylines in video games, these days sure an RPG isn't defined by story.

The Wizardry franchise would like a word with you. Also plenty of RPGs think of gameplay first story later. Hell, a bunch of FFs do this.

I guess I'm just too old school. I grew up with Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest started developing good stories around DQ4, IMO.

I do agree with your statement on FF8 though, I couldn't stand that game.

SMT started in like 92, lol. The motherseries started sometime in the 80s.

[Isaveron]

Yes, because while FFXIII was very problematic, it wasn't completely awful, like FFVIII was.

Both are pretty awful games. At the very least VIII had a decent soundtrack.

[Elexia]

Both are pretty awful games. At the very least VIII had a decent soundtrack.

As did XIII and XIII-2. VIII had only a few tracks that was even worth listening to and you rarely hear them.