On May 22 2010 12:23 Myrmidon wrote:
PS3 RPG exclusives:
Valkyria Chronicles - well-respected TRPG
Demon's Souls - one of those one-character Western-style RPGs, though by a Japanese developer; it reviewed well but trusted sources tell me it's no good
Cross Edge - terribly-reviewed crossover multi-company RPG
Xbox 360 RPG exclusives:
Blue Dragon - fairly bad game by Mistwalker (most people are formerly the FF team at Square Enix)
Lost Odyssey - same as above
The Last Remnant - pretty bad game by Square Enix; also has severe frame rate issues
Infinite Undiscovery - a relatively mediocre action RPG by Tri-Ace with a bad story and decent combat
Mass Effect 1-2 - I won't comment on this
Fable 2 - don't know much about this
Cross-platform RPGs:
Final Fantasy 13 - take it what you will, but it did terribly in Japan
Resonance of Fate - my favorite RPG of this generation; an action RPG by Tri-Ace with Sega publishing rather than Square-Enix
Tales of Vesperia - typical higher-budget mainline "Tales of" series action RPG (many people like it)
Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope - another mediocre action RPG by Tri-Ace with bad story and decent combat
Dragon Age: Origins - don't know much about this
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - I won't comment on this
Enchanted Arms - don't know much about this
Fallout 3 - I won't comment on this
Bioshock - I won't comment on this
I know I'm forgetting some stuff, but in this generation the 360 is the way to go for RPGs in general. Many of the cross-platform games were on the 360 first actually. edit: I think many people are still biased from the PS1 and PS2 era where the Sony system had all the RPGs as well as all these RPGs only released in Japan. This is no longer the case.
Almost all of the popular action adventure games are cross platform, except that God of War is on PS3. The 360 has Dead Rising though, if you count that.
edit again: Even though this game isn't out, it should be mentioned that the next game by the ICO and Shadow of Colossus team will be PS3 exclusive. (Well duh, it's made by Sony themselves.) The Last Guardian is due for sometime later this year or maybe even next year.
Can't comment on the ps3 ones, but most xbox jrpgs are quite good, despite the fact that their reviews sucked. Last Remnant (also available on PC tho) and Blue Dragon were quite fun to play. As was Lost Odyssey, many even consider it the best JRPG this gen. Magna Carta 2 and Tales of Vesperia are other good ones. Nier is also a fun game that's available on 360 and PS3, wasnt reviewed well, but it's alot of fun (imo). Alan Wake is also a nice action adventure kinda game that was just released, one of the best games i've played this gen.
FF13 did very well, it's set to be the most succesful JRPG in the west ever, but don't be fooled... That game rly sucks. I played almost all jrpg's this gen on 360 and ff13 was the worst imo. Looks awesome but the game is just as boring as it can get.
I think in general there are more PS3 fanboys than 360 fanboys, so you'll most likely hear ps3 most. I only got a 360 and have to say im very happy with it plenty of good games and most multi platform games perform better on 360. I think either will be lots of fun though.