Currently, I am mainly playing "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn," "Final Fantasy XI Online" (which I have been playing since August, 2006), and "Dragon Quest X." I live in Tokyo and am bilingual (Japanese/English); therefore, I play all three titles in Japanese, and usually look up any terms with which I am unfamiliar using an online dictionary.
My main interest is in role-play: I usually play the role of a certain character from the anime series "Shaman King." Since I do not condone Internet slang, and dislike rude players, I usually play solo, and interact chiefly with NPCs; the reason that I play an MMORPG, instead of a non-MMO RPG, in the first place is that the latter usually do not provide means of emoting toward NPCs (i.e., using such emote commands as/smile,/wave,/bow, etc.); otherwise, I would just play a non-MMO RPG.
Generally speaking, I am primarily interested in RPGs that provide a Japanese-style fantasy role-playing environment that allows exploring the surface of a planet (as opposed to space, an ocean, or only dungeons) as a member of a multi-member party that may include NPCs who will fight together with me to fulfill quests that fit in to an evolving storyline (as opposed to a mere backdrop).
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Currently, I am mainly playing "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn," "Final Fantasy XI Online" (which I have been playing since August, 2006), and "Dragon Quest X." I live in Tokyo and am bilingual (Japanese/English); therefore, I play all three titles in Japanese, and usually look up any terms with which I am unfamiliar using an online dictionary.
/smile, /wave, /bow, etc.); otherwise, I would just play a non-MMO RPG.
My main interest is in role-play: I usually play the role of a certain character from the anime series "Shaman King." Since I do not condone Internet slang, and dislike rude players, I usually play solo, and interact chiefly with NPCs; the reason that I play an MMORPG, instead of a non-MMO RPG, in the first place is that the latter usually do not provide means of emoting toward NPCs (i.e., using such emote commands as
Generally speaking, I am primarily interested in RPGs that provide a Japanese-style fantasy role-playing environment that allows exploring the surface of a planet (as opposed to space, an ocean, or only dungeons) as a member of a multi-member party that may include NPCs who will fight together with me to fulfill quests that fit in to an evolving storyline (as opposed to a mere backdrop).