RPG's where you are not a 14 year old emo?

[Xeogred]

I'm digging Shulk a lot in Xenoblade. He's quirky, but not whiny.

[BoringSupreez]

There's no emo crap in Earthbound. And you don't even play a teen, the characters are mainly kids.

With all the talk of Earthbound here lately, I'm surprised I'm the first to mention it.

[ethinethin]

I've been playing Radiant Historia (Nintendo DS) this week. The main character is young, but he's a capable soldier and commander rather than a whiny emo. It is reminiscent of the original Final Fantasy Tactics, which had a story that was much more mature than its handheld successors.

[sabrage]

How has Nier not been mentioned yet?! It's the quintessential "play as an ugly old dude" for consoles (and lo, it was highly praised for its story )

[BoneSnapDeez]

Hyperdimension Neptunia. You don't play as 14 year old emo boys, you play as 14 year old girls with big boobs.

Seriously though... Nier, Radiant Historia, Demon's Souls/Dark Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, and any Shin Megami Tensei game are good picks for recent "mature" JRPGs. I'd recommend the Etrian Odyssey games too, if you can look past the cute character design.

Any Western RPG is darker and less "emo" than the majority of JRPGs but you probably already know that...

[J T]

Here's a convenient list of this type of RPG where most are under $10

http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue/rpg

[sabrage]

Here's a convenient list of this type of RPG where most are under $10

http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue/rpg

xD some of this sounds straight out of Hot Topic! Gothic? Arcanum? Darklands? Anachronox? Clearly, 14 year old emos are the intended audience.

[fvgazi]

Here's a convenient list of this type of RPG where most are under $10

http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue/rpg

xD some of this sounds straight out of Hot Topic! Gothic? Arcanum? Darklands? Anachronox? Clearly, 14 year old emos are the intended audience.

They may sound like hot topic games, but most of those are classics; and badass as well!

[AppleQueso]

Here's a convenient list of this type of RPG where most are under $10

http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue/rpg

xD some of this sounds straight out of Hot Topic! Gothic? Arcanum? Darklands? Anachronox? Clearly, 14 year old emos are the intended audience.

forgot your blue text

[J T]

xD some of this sounds straight out of Hot Topic! Gothic? Arcanum? Darklands? Anachronox?

Never thought of it that way. Kind of true. That sounds more like goth/metal/industrial though.

Actually, I think many emo bands actually sound like they could be the name of casual games on bigfishgames.com

Owl City
At The Drive In
The Get Up Kids
Weezer
Sunny Day Real Estate
Panic! at the Disco