“SHOULD ‘JRPG’ BE RETIRED AS A TERM, OR DOES IT HAVE MEANING?”

WRITER BIO

Oscar Taylor-Kent doesn’t love all RPGs, but has had a soft spot for those developed in Japan for years. But what should they be called?

There’s definitely a degree of othering to the term JRPG.

So, you might wonder, what’s the problem with saying ‘JRPG’? In a recent interview with SkillUp, Final Fantasy XVI and XIV producer