85c071 No.13916342
Serious fucking question. How many JRPG's have a "World Tree"? 75%? I wish someone more autistic than myself would break down the stats.
0d570d No.13916370
RPG fantasy worlds have always been a conglomerate of a bunch of concepts from legends slapped together. Sometimes in really chuuni ways.
What exactly was the point of this thread? It's barely worth making a thread for.
bf513e No.13916377
And a grand total of zero of them are done in the way its inspiration is.
6a00a2 No.13916390
>>13916342
Too many.
Wish more fantasy settings would be fucked up as to "UPDATE MY JOURNAL"
cee626 No.13916422
>>13916370
>hurrrr I noticed an archetype, look how insightful I am
b19dc7 No.13916429
>>13916370
>It's barely worth making a thread for.
I'd say its worth it as it actually discusses video game settings. Unless you want to create another waifu thread or some such bullshit. In which case you can fuck right on off to reddit.
bcea3f No.13916471
The Etrian Odyssey games are the only thing that come to mind. I don't know what games you played, but most of the RPGs' I've played have no World tree.
Front Mission
A handful of SMT games
Lost Odyssey
Trails games
Kamidori
Parasite Eve
Ni No Kuni
I can keep naming off RPG's I've played off of the top of my head, yet I can't think of hardly anything with a world tree. I can think of the Roda tree is Ys, but I don't know if that counts.
I think you're overestimating when you say 75%
beb7b4 No.13916478
World Trees? Try counting how many JRPGs have airships.
e7c7eb No.13916483
Legend of Dragoon had this. Bonus: It also had 108 species of creatures. 108 is a sacred buddhist number
bcea3f No.13916486
>>13916478
Try counting how many RPG's have swords.
e4c78c No.13916510
>>13916342
It comes from Yggdrasill in the Norse mythology. Tons of RPG stuff comes from Norse mythology, not just that.
2bbe1c No.13916532
Well, because every story is based on older stories. If you want to learn something about mythology and its history, you can start with these.
44720d No.13919036
>>13916342
That looks like a horse.
What the fuck?
78ecc7 No.13919044
>>13916478
Airships kick ass, though.
2faef0 No.13922627
>>13916342
Thanks for reminding me Berserk is still in hibernation.
281aaa No.13930648
>>13916342
i dont know, but its one of my favorite tropes
34d1e5 No.13930674
>>13922627
It doesn't really matter anyway
Berserk hasn't been good since the Conviction Arc.
05885c No.13930678
>>13916510
Why does it seem that Japanese have a hard on for Norse mythology as opposed to Greek and Egyptian?
a38563 No.13930704
>ctrl f ff9, zero results..
Its the most mainstream game with a world tree, and the only one I played, unless ff9's life stream counts, and maybe Tales of Symphonia but I can't remember.
34d1e5 No.13930708
>>13930678
Because its really close to D&D Medieval fantasy which is directly inspired by it.
Also Dragons Dogma has a shitton of Greek mythology and asthetics mixed with the standart medieval fantasy shit.
a38563 No.13930709
>>13930704
ff7's life stream*
bf513e No.13930731
>>13930678
Lots of r sounds, wood and boats.
47bb3a No.13930750
>>13916342
Because they're based off of real life.
281aaa No.13930751
>>13930678
they think apocalyptic scenarios are cool, which isnt untrue. ragnarok
24048d No.13930853
Yggdrasil.
Mount Olympus (secretly was a tree, but none of the scholars know that)
Heaven
All of these things that appear in myth and legend around the world are based on trees. You stand on the ground? You ever get taller? No, you don't, because you're a fucking manlet and don't understand the world of trees and probably can't even bench press your body weight.
Fuck you, OP.
ff5f49 No.13931505
>>13930853
>secretly was a tree, but none of the scholars know that
And how do you know that? You some kind of demigod?
fd1b16 No.13931600
>>13916342
What is wrong with world tree myths?
Ethnicities all over the globe have them.
Trees are cool anyway.
6445a4 No.13931899
>>13930750
>flat earth theory
<muh mountain trees
Still awaiting clarifications on their claims.
18d111 No.13932028
>>13916422
World tree is a motif, not an archetype. Archetypes are human exclusive.
bdf2b9 No.13932281
>>13930678
>Why does it seem that Japanese have a hard on for Norse mythology as opposed to Greek and Egyptian?
>Greek
They at least have Glory of Heracles, though hilariously enough for a western-inspired series it never got cleared to be brought over until the fifth (and apparently final) main game, leaving the rest of the series to be fan-translated.
e6df07 No.13932922
I know for sure FFIX has one.
I think Jade Cocoon has one.
72588d No.13932928
Warcraft 3 had a world tree
45f0fe No.13932934
>>13930674
>>13922627
It's coming back december 12, check /a/.
Only for it to die again at some point, so nothing new I guess.
09e61e No.13932935
>>13930704
>and maybe Tales of Symphonia but I can't remember.
Tales of Symphonia for sure has a world tree, as does Tales of Phantasia.
5c49af No.13932944
>>13930750
>things formed by the same laws of physics follow similar patterns
Surely not
d72f2c No.13932979
>>13930674
easy there, reddit.
e6d0fc No.13932987
>>13932944
>basalt lava flows
>trees
>same laws of physics
I mean technically everything is formed by the same laws of physics, but what are you talking about.
eae4f4 No.13933023
>>13916532
Thanks for the book recommendations. I'm reading stuff on this topic right now.
ea0235 No.13933150
>>13932987
Fractals are a function of physical laws. Rivers, for instance, are not capillary systems for lorkhan.
281aaa No.13933333
>>13933150
i want to fuck a river nymph
e6d0fc No.13933342
>>13933333
You nigger wasting those pents.
321114 No.13933347
>>13933333
RIP this thread.
a51aa0 No.13933376
>>13933333
RIGHTEOUS
Faxanadu for NES was the first game I played with a world tree.
dd0174 No.13933377
>>13916342
The world is a tree in an evolutionary sense, so it's not surprising that it appears as often as it does.
e6d0fc No.13933393
>>13933377
What are you talking about?
e1b1b0 No.13933405
>>13933342
Firstly, they're not wasted on qt river nymphs, and secondly, it's quints you utter plebeian.
>>13933333
Nisu desu ne.
2bbe1c No.13933419
>>13933023
As for Golden Bough, I only red the first edition (with consists of two volumes). No library in my country has even half of the third edition (12 volumes). So I am either stuck with digitalized version (witch I hate) or spend 500 USD and buy it abroad.
As for Mask of Gods, you can get your hand on these more easily and the topic is in highly concentrated form.
e1b1b0 No.13933431
2a5b0b No.13933456
>>13916342
I would say its something in japanese culture with nature preserve-ism, lots of them revolve around the concept of world destruction through pollution, and the mana tree being your main nature god
and btw, which one is that?
dd0174 No.13933473
>>13933393
Humans evolved from apes that evolved from monkeys who lived in trees for millions of years.
We observe the world with certain presuppostitions which are built into our biology, hence why we identify trees as, "the world," and home.
2a5b0b No.13933482
and also, none of you youngfags mentioned this
86082b No.13933514
>>13933333
simbly ebin
Also I archived the Finland thread
http://archive.is/6BrGH
2a5b0b No.13934834
>>13916342
>>13933456
someone for fuck sake, at least sauce me OP's game
there are way too many gigantic flying mythical beats in these games for me to know spot on
13fa6f No.13934856
Wow it's almost like they were all inspired by the same thing.
If you consider yourself any sort of RPG aficionado and you haven't studied mythology at least a little bit you are a fucking maximum pleb.
0d89ca No.13935044
>>13916471
all mana games have the mana tree in some form
>>13933482
god damn it