First thing that came to mind was Divinity II, although the expansion release improved this aspect greatly.
Yes. Euro-dragon jank is some of the best jank.
Also Risen.
First thing that came to mind was Divinity II, although the expansion release improved this aspect greatly.
euro-jank = ambitious, inspired, substantial, extremely technical game uncompromisingly designed for a specific audience who can appreciate the core experience without being pandered to with shallow embellishments or dumbed down mechanical design
ameri-jank = shitty game
seriously though, besides being an incredibly lazy and thoughtless criticism, 'jank' is a horrible, ugly word and should never be used by anyone. it's worse than 'shmup.'
It's a sign that a game is worth paying attention to.
Often it's like a negative way of saying "not dumbed down".
Witcher? You guys are high
Eastern European Jankware typically does awesome stuff with in some areas but is not high polished. Anytime I have heard the phrase it is far from being a shitty game. More like a term of endearment for something that has some rough edges.With DayZ Arma2 mod gathering popularity I noticed several people voicing their opinions that it has "typical euro-jank gameplay full of bugs", "the UI is of euro-jank variety" etc. Last game I remember having similiar opinions was the Gothic/ Arcania series and before that Sacred.
What is Euro jank?
Is every game from Eastern Europe put in this category? Are those bugs not found in American titles? PC-like UI and PC-like gameplay?
I find it fascinating that a shitty game from America or Japan is called a "shitty game" while a shitty European game is called "Euro jank".
.Yeah, Serious Sam can't be included because one of the key qualifiers for eurojank is having ambition.
Ambition can at least be a factor in the amount of bugs and overall lack of polish, though. There's often a sense of "yeah, they bit off more than they could chew" with euro jank. Just look at Boiling Point or Precursors.Euro-jank has almost nothing to do with the "ambition" or "gameplay" of a game and more the budget, bugs, horrific (but endearing) voice acting, overall lack of polish, etc.
Stalker is like the definition of Euro jank.
Play Death to Spies and you will know. Oh, you will know.
I guess the American counterpart would be Ameri-trash?
I would like to add that Second Life was developed in San Francisco, California, USA.
So what does that tell you?
Where did this word come from all of a sudden? Never ever heard of it
I don't think you can say that. Sure it's possible to do Second Life better in every aspect. It's a matter of design choices, programmer know-how and so forth. Lots of things obviously went wrong with Second Life at pretty elementary stages of it.Not much since Second Life is pretty much just an open canvas. It would be impossible to create a game with that level of freedom without it being a janky mess.
The jank label doesn't irritate me at all, the Euro label irritates me. It is a brush much too wide for my taste.I don't know why you're getting so defensive, as other people have said jank can be welcome or warranted as long as it's not accompanied by a ridiculous amount of bugs.
I don't think you can say that. Sure it's possible to do Second Life better in every aspect. It's a matter of design choices, programmer know-how and so forth. Lots of things obviously went wrong with Second Life at pretty elementary stages of it.
The jank label doesn't irritate me at all, the Euro label irritates me. It is a brush much too wide for my taste.
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Just saying "Euro jank" doesn't help anyone.
Cryostasis. Dev based in Ukraine. Impossible to get above ~20fps with an AMD card. Nice optimization bros.
Good game though.
Which side do British games fall on? Or are they in the middle?
Depends if they're janky or not doesn't it?
Metro 2033 and Witcher are not jank in the least
Something like Cryostasis is the definition of it though. Brilliantly ambitious, probably far too smart for your average gamer, and dense and complicated if you dont your mind.
Good game? It's got like the most amazing story put in a videogame
I think the game was specifically designed for literature professors with gaming rigs
AMERICAN GAMES
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EASTERN EUROPEAN GAMES
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Does that answer your question?
Being buggy and unintuitive are what is typically associated with euro-jank. I think it extends to other aspects of European culture as well, as you can see in some music and television that might have lower production values than Americans are accustomed to.
Just kind of a blanket term for something that is unpolished.
Well, I wasn't referring to the user-generated jank, and what comes of it. That's a whole different level of jank!Yeah but you're talking about a game that lets all players create things. It's extremely high level of jank is a byproduct of letting people who aren't game designers create in-game content. Anyone can create items and do elementary scripting in Second Life. It all comes together to make an ugly, inconsistent mess of a world. It's also Second Life's largest drawcard. I just don't see how you make a game with the freedom Second Life provides without the jank.
I've been using the term for years for games that "aren't quite right", but apparently it was originally the term used for a non-responsive UI in a computer program. These days it tends to refer more to wonky animations, dodgy menu systems, complicated game systems and visual glitching. Janky games are definitely not exclusive to Europe but given the smaller studios pumping out incredibly ambitious games (in scope) it tends to happen more often over there.
What. Everything made in the US is golden? BBC does one of the best stuff out there and music has big budgets, too. You try to generalize europe over "some" countries and their culture.
Being buggy and unintuitive are what is typically associated with euro-jank. I think it extends to other aspects of European culture as well, as you can see in some music and television that might have lower production values than Americans are accustomed to.
Just kind of a blanket term for something that is unpolished.
What is this European culture you are talking about? I am curious.
What is this European culture you are talking about? I am curious.
That's fair enough. Jank is jank as far as I'm concerned and from games I've recently tried I'd say Sniper Elite V2 is as janky as any European game I've played in the last couple of years.
Sniper Elite V2 is an Euro game![]()
I thought Rebellion was based in the UK?
I guess Lem, Goethe, Lennon, Eco, Tarkowski, Wagner, Blomkvist, Gropius, Picasso, Vermeer, Ravel and Shakespeare lit the way for Euro jank. Or something.
Haha. What does that even mean?
UK is in Europe.
In body, but not in mind.