TatteredHat
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The strong focus on a single core philosophy.
I hate it. Give me more control please, not less.I personally prefer that.
I've played a grand total of three Japanese games on my PS4.
The Legend of Korea
Godzilla
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
I think the reason I haven't gotten into any others it because the character design turns me off and I don't support the way women are handled in many Japanese games.
I find that Japanese games are a much larger source of great female characters than Western games.There's a lot more variety and they're done a lot better. They just understand that you can have a great character and fanservice at the same time, whereas to most Western gamers it's a binary distinction.
Is this an insult? I've never been able to tell.
Different people have different tastes, and some people's taste is simply to be contrarian. Personal preference is a hell of a thing.
I've personally never been less interested in the broad scope of Japanese developed games than I am right now, with the exception of Nintendo. But then I'm not really about Western AAA either.
But that's a false comparison. The Witcher 3 is an RPG, not a character action game.
Try DotA2, or CS:GO few things more precise than those.
This man. And for me this works in opposite direction. I don't touch Japanese games.Excessive nudity on female characters
Japanese games (used to) tend to be originated by a single artistic vision. Western games always have a committee of opinions behind it, especially investors. Democracy is great and all, but art requires a single strong hand guiding it.
That and aesthetics have never been Americas strongest suit.
I don't think It's different from western and japanese games in that regard.
Same as, for example, claiming western games are too focus tested and japanese games don't. They are, just focus tested on japanese tastes.
I do enjoy it quite a bit but it's only one part of that "certain something" for me. Spreadsheet rpg systems, art direction, turn-based combat, crazy settings/worlds, and 60 fps are other parts of the magic sauce.Excessive nudity on female characters
I've played a grand total of three Japanese games on my PS4.
The Legend of Korra
Godzilla
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
I think the reason I haven't gotten into any others it because the character design turns me off and I don't support the way women are handled in many Japanese games.
You sound like an expert
So what do you call people who prefer western games?Both. Sometimes it's just ironic or a little bit of a ribbing of the other person meant in good fun. I find it endearing when it's used in a self aware way.
but if you are that one guy with animu pillows and decked out car with painted on chibi girls with boobs popping out then you are 100% certified weeb.
So what do you call people who prefer western games?
So what do you call people who prefer western games?
Honestly the music and the story direction (particularly how hand crafted cut scenes feel in JP games. In western ones they are poor usually). The latter reason is also why MGSV & FFXV stories sucked for me as they tried to become 'western'
Western stuff feels too safe and the stories try to be wayyy too safe and 'technically good' to the point where I feel the lack a soul and creativity.
There honestly isn't many worse selections of Japanese games you could have played. Try Persona, Final Fantasy, NieR: Automata, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls III/Bloodborne, or anything that's an actual good game out of Japan and not a Platinum B-Team title and low budget licensed Bamco games lol.I've played a grand total of three Japanese games on my PS4.
The Legend of Korra
Godzilla
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
I think the reason I haven't gotten into any others it because the character design turns me off and I don't support the way women are handled in many Japanese games.
I dont get it.Trump supporters...?
That would be movies.Kojima
I definitely share this preference, but I wonder if people agree with me in thinking that indie games seem to ignore this "rule".
I'm REALLY enjoying For Honor, to my surprise, but if I don't count indie games, I honestly have no idea of what was the last western game I liked. Maybe The Last of Us? It's been a while.
If I do count indies, though, then Hyper Light Drifter was amazing, and I blindly recommend it to people who only enjoy japanese games.
That would be movies.
I disagree. Not much of RE7 feels japanese to me. Definitely one of my favorite games in a long time but I didn't get very many Japan vibes from it.
It helps that a lot of indie developers are making either retro style games that draw inspiration from older Japanese games (Shovel Knight, HLD, etc) or games that, because of the limits on budget, decide to laser focus on one core mechanic (SuperHot, etc). A lot of Western AAA games go for the shotgun approach of trying to do everything at once in their games, and a lot of the times they get a couple mostly right, a couple kinda wrong, and the whole product feels bland as a whole.