Staged Combat: JRPG Battle Systems

(2 Credits)

Course description (optional): A system at the heart of the "JRPG" genre, students will critically play and examine a number of incarnations of the combat system contained within an array of titles from the past 40 years. Every 2-3 weeks will focus on a different subset of games: Classics (1980 - 2000), Contemporary (2000 - pres.), Independent, Cult and Experimental.