Japanese games has just some kind of iconic aura that a lot of western lack, i love western games of course, some of them are some of the best game of all time, GOW franchise from the first one on PS2, RDR, Classic Tomb Raider games by CORE, loved the first 2 Gear Of War as well, love also some Mortal Kombat games of course, Skyrim was great and few more (even tho you had to wait a year so they fix most bugs, yes most cause there are some that has never been fix) but Japanese games if i start to list of the games it just won't end, i mean MGS, Tekken, DMC, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Ico, SOTC, Souls franchise, Zelda games, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame Bayonetta (specially 1), Nier, Persona, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy ect ect ect.
Something also you notice is Japanese games there are a lot of variety on their games whatever the subject, the character design are usually more innovative and the gameplay is also not samey in most games, in western games in general is that they look a lot alike, at to this the level of polish that is always way above that what you find in western games in general (never been a Cyberpunk or Fallout 76 case in a japanese RPG, heck Skyrim had a hardcore buttugly bug that still was never fixed even when they release the GOTY edition), most of the time it's shooter game either FPS or TPS, add to this the whole drama over some woke shit, i mean western games weren't my favorite (as i said except some exceptions), but nowaydays it's even less my favorite, honestly i just hope that Japanese gaming devs will stay away from this toxic way of making games. And just keep making games the way they always did.