Western style games made by Japanese Devs

Hey thought it would be an interseting topic to bring up. How do all of you guys feel about it when japanese devs make Western style games???? I personally love games like dark/demons souls, lost planet1/2 and such. And also what are your favorite games like these???

I like both Japanese and Western style games, but my favorite Western-style game made by Japanese developers probably has to be the Resident Evil series. I like both the classic horror games and the new action games because they're both entertaining in their own ways.

for me, it really just comes down to the intent of the developer. i dont really get too excited about games where it seems like the western influences were just added in for the sake of cashing in on the western markets. however, i adore the souls games because i can tell that the developer was really passionate about them by how those western elements were really carried out. its a matter of reacting to a market vs the creators reacting to themselves.

What's a Western style game? I mean would MGS count as Western style? The early Capcom stuff like Resi Evil or Konami's Silent Hill?

i dont really get too excited about games where it seems like the western influences were just added in for the sake of cashing in on the western markets.

LoG-Sacrament

I agree with you there. But even if they are just trying to make money or not, I like to see how a different culture perceives western style games and how they would put their own spin on them. Perhaps that is why I like all of platinum games work, along with the mgs franchise and some stuff from capcom and from software. But I definately want it to be made out of passion and not just some game with a generic bald hardass of a protagonist with a bunch of corny one-liners ha.

I agree with you there. But even if they are just trying to make money or not, I like to see how a different culture perceives western style games and how they would put their own spin on them. Perhaps that is why I like all of platinum games work, along with the mgs franchise and some stuff from capcom and from software. But I definately want it to be made out of passion and not just some game with a generic bald hardass of a protagonist with a bunch of corny one-liners ha.

stevoman75

Go fuk yourself.

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I agree with you there. But even if they are just trying to make money or not, I like to see how a different culture perceives western style games and how they would put their own spin on them. Perhaps that is why I like all of platinum games work, along with the mgs franchise and some stuff from capcom and from software. But I definately want it to be made out of passion and not just some game with a generic bald hardass of a protagonist with a bunch of corny one-liners ha.

Ilovegames1992

Go fuk yourself.

hahahahahahahahaahah this seriously made me laugh to the extent that I got a wierd ass look from my dad ha.

Vanquish

Demon's Souls/Dark Souls

Shadows of the Damned

MGS

Vanquish

Demon's Souls/Dark Souls

Shadows of the Damned

MGS

DarthJohnova

Now that i've got a grasp of what Western style means then you can also add Resi Evil 4, 5 and the new Silent Hills

I guess the old school Resi Evils and Silent Hills et al would be considered Japanese style?

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Vanquish

Demon's Souls/Dark Souls

Shadows of the Damned

MGS

Ilovegames1992

Now that i've got a grasp of what Western style means then you can also add Resi Evil 4, 5 and the new Silent Hills

I guess the old school Resi Evils and Silent Hills et al would be considered Japanese style?

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Vanquish

Demon's Souls/Dark Souls

Shadows of the Damned

MGS

meetroid8

Now that i've got a grasp of what Western style means then you can also add Resi Evil 4, 5 and the new Silent Hills

I guess the old school Resi Evils and Silent Hills et al would be considered Japanese style?

Hm i never really understand the line between Western and Japanese styles bar the obvious anime style games and JRPG's. Japanese developers are more than capable of making good Western style games.

Isn't the upcoming Dragon's Dogma supposed to be like that?CRS98

Is way of samurai wrpg or jrpg?

I don't agree with points that make this a non-western style game either. when it comes to rpgs, there are wrpg and jrpg, this has almost nothing in common with a jrpg and has a lot in common with wrpgs. what jrpg have you played with visceral combat?????? lol It is definately a japanese developers take on a western rpg. no doubt about it, there are some very japanese ideas in it, but that is the point of this post and the reason why these types of games are cool.stevoman75

I understand why some people might maintain the JRPG label for Demon's Souls and Dark Souls but while they are Japanese developed, they certainly are not JRPGs.DJ_Lae