Do You Prefer Games With A 'Japanese Touch'?

[QUOTE="black_chamber99"]did you just start gaming this generation? how could you say that?foxhound_fox

Not anymore.

It's like Disney World, it used to be cutting edge. Now it's trapped because of what people expect.

Japanese games are held back by nostalgia. They're trapped in that mold and can't seem to get free.

fadersdream

I am highly Westernized. MGS is pretty much the only Japanese game with Japanese influence in it that I can enjoy. Everything else just doesn't feel right to me. Mario doesn't count since it isn't exactly Japanese.

Mario doesn't count since it isn't exactly Japanese.brickdoctor

[QUOTE="fadersdream"]

Not anymore.

It's like Disney World, it used to be cutting edge. Now it's trapped because of what people expect.

Japanese games are held back by nostalgia. They're trapped in that mold and can't seem to get free.

lordlors

Always interested that Japanese gaming fans get offended when you make any observation on their gaming industry then trot this ridiculous line out.

[QUOTE="brickdoctor"]Mario doesn't count since it isn't exactly Japanese.Cherokee_Jack

I mean it doesn't have Japanese-y stuff that you'd find in something like a JRPG like guys with long and colorful hair, ninjas, the visual style found in a lot of JRPGs or the combat style, etc. It doesn't count in my books since its not like any other Japanese games I've played.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="brickdoctor"]Mario doesn't count since it isn't exactly Japanese.brickdoctor

I mean it doesn't have Japanese-y stuff that you'd find in something like a JRPG like guys with long and colorful hair, ninjas, the visual style found in a lot of JRPGs or the combat style, etc. It doesn't count in my books since its not like any other Japanese games I've played.

[QUOTE="lordlors"][QUOTE="fadersdream"]

Not anymore.

It's like Disney World, it used to be cutting edge. Now it's trapped because of what people expect.

Japanese games are held back by nostalgia. They're trapped in that mold and can't seem to get free.

Chemical_Viking

Always interested that Japanese gaming fans get offended when you make any observation on their gaming industry then trot this ridiculous line out.

[QUOTE="fadersdream"]

Not anymore.

It's like Disney World, it used to be cutting edge. Now it's trapped because of what people expect.

Japanese games are held back by nostalgia. They're trapped in that mold and can't seem to get free.

lordlors

Yes, the only type of games they make in the west are games where you kill people.

[QUOTE="lordlors"][QUOTE="fadersdream"]

Not anymore.

It's like Disney World, it used to be cutting edge. Now it's trapped because of what people expect.

Japanese games are held back by nostalgia. They're trapped in that mold and can't seem to get free.

SW__Troll

Yes, the only type of games they make in the west are games where you kill people.

Most of my favorite games are Japanese. Definitely agree.

[QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

[QUOTE="lordlors"] Funny because their games are more original and unique this gen like Professor Layton and Ghost Trick. Meanwhile on the West, they still keep making games where you kill.lordlors

Always interested that Japanese gaming fans get offended when you make any observation on their gaming industry then trot this ridiculous line out.

Thats all very nice but you're completely ignoring the fact that you made the same tired gibe about western developers only making shooters. You shouldn't have. Couldn't care less about the rest of your post.

Nope, I prefer western games by some margin. Although I did like the crazy cast of guilty gear.

Quite a few bigots in this thread.

Bigboi500

I'm not seeing them.

Depends. A handful of RPGs and Fighting games, sure. Everything else? No.

I'd like to see what Japanese developers could do with shooters though, even though I generally dislike that genre.

[QUOTE="lordlors"][QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

Always interested that Japanese gaming fans get offended when you make any observation on their gaming industry then trot this ridiculous line out.

Chemical_Viking

Thats all very nice but you're completely ignoring the fact that you made the same tired gibe about western developers only making shooters. You shouldn't have. Couldn't care less about the rest of your post.

[QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

[QUOTE="lordlors"] I don't care about the Japanese gaming industry or what's big in Japan, etc. All i care about are the games. I love both Western and Japanese as you can see from my games list and i'm not a Westerner. I even play SC2. The fact is the Japanese still create great games that can match the West. There's a reason why Ghost Trick got so many awards in the West. The difference is that the high quality Japanese games this gen are more obscure and handheld focused while the popular franchises like FF are getting bashed. lordlors

Thats all very nice but you're completely ignoring the fact that you made the same tired gibe about western developers only making shooters. You shouldn't have. Couldn't care less about the rest of your post.

But when they do that, do you think it's okay or not?

[QUOTE="lordlors"][QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

Thats all very nice but you're completely ignoring the fact that you made the same tired gibe about western developers only making shooters. You shouldn't have. Couldn't care less about the rest of your post.

Chemical_Viking

But when they do that, do you think it's okay or not?

[QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

[QUOTE="lordlors"] Just like Westerners making the same tired gibe about all Japanese make are JRPGs with spiky long haired men. The hypocrisy... lordlors

But when they do that, do you think it's okay or not?

Then you can't complain when someone generalises on Japanese games can you?

[QUOTE="lordlors"]

[QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

But when they do that, do you think it's okay or not?

Chemical_Viking

Then you can't complain when someone generalises on Japanese games can you?

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="brickdoctor"]Mario doesn't count since it isn't exactly Japanese.brickdoctor

I mean it doesn't have Japanese-y stuff that you'd find in something like a JRPG like guys with long and colorful hair, ninjas, the visual style found in a lot of JRPGs or the combat style, etc. It doesn't count in my books since its not like any other Japanese games I've played.

Depends. A handful of RPGs and Fighting games, sure. Everything else? No.

I'd like to see what Japanese developers could do with shooters though, even though I generally dislike that genre.

Tikeio

:? You already have...

Gamespot = 9.0

What, is there a probelm because thay haven't flooded their market with them or did you just forget about this? When japanese developers try, they match and or excell at everything western developers are known to do best.

I do not prefer 'Japanese Touch', I shun it by not buying any game made in Japan.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="brickdoctor"]Mario doesn't count since it isn't exactly Japanese.brickdoctor

I mean it doesn't have Japanese-y stuff that you'd find in something like a JRPG like guys with long and colorful hair, ninjas, the visual style found in a lot of JRPGs or the combat style, etc. It doesn't count in my books since its not like any other Japanese games I've played.

[QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

[QUOTE="lordlors"] Well duh.... just as firebat said "fight fire with fire" :twisted:

lordlors

Then you can't complain when someone generalises on Japanese games can you?

I've never suggested Japanese games are limited to one genre so I bloody well can.

[QUOTE="lordlors"][QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

Then you can't complain when someone generalises on Japanese games can you?

Chemical_Viking

I've never suggested Japanese games are limited to one genre so I bloody well can.

[QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

[QUOTE="lordlors"] Then you can't complain when someone generalizes on Western games can you?lordlors

I've never suggested Japanese games are limited to one genre so I bloody well can.

You heavily implied it earlier in this very thread.

Much as I'd like to play merry go round with you I just can't be bothered any more.

[QUOTE="lordlors"][QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

I've never suggested Japanese games are limited to one genre so I bloody well can.

Chemical_Viking

You heavily implied it earlier in this very thread.

Much as I'd like to play merry go round with you I just can't be bothered any more.

I like "imaginative" japanese flair games, like Mario or Xenoblade, but when they start doing those generic japanese things that everyone thinks of (giant weapons, overcomplicated storylines with love story, stupid dialogue, generic fantasy elements, the storyline "unlikely hero discovers hidden power / becomes chosen one and defeats ultimate evil", etc) things just become to stupid for me to care. Most JRPGs I've played are guilty of this, and even FF, one of my favorite game series of all times, has become the poster-boy for the "japanese style games" most people think about. Most Japanese "style" games I don't care for, but those ones that break the mold are almost always fun. Japan comes up with some unusual ideas, and that is what makes those quirkier games all the more interesting to play.

[QUOTE="lordlors"][QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

Then you can't complain when someone generalises on Japanese games can you?

Chemical_Viking

I've never suggested Japanese games are limited to one genre so I bloody well can.

All I'm saying is, remember what you said here when you feel like bashing someone for generalising Japanese games. I think I've seen you freak out on other people for this before.

I loved that vanquish was the japanese take on gears. Faster action, bigger baddies too bad they still can't tell a story for the life of them. The soap opera melodrama is not good. Bread_or_Decide

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

Depends. A handful of RPGs and Fighting games, sure. Everything else? No.

I'd like to see what Japanese developers could do with shooters though, even though I generally dislike that genre.

casharmy

:? You already have...

Gamespot = 9.0

What, is there a probelm because thay haven't flooded their market with them or did you just forget about this? When japanese developers try, they match and or excell at everything western developers are known to do best.

Ridiculous argument, because we have **** like binary domain, lost planet 2 and that one game that shamelessly copied gears of war.

dude the guy with a resident evil avatar doesn't realize capcom is from japan omg ur a dumbass

Japanese games are something I wipe my ass with.

vtoshkatur

hmmm...

gamers today

[QUOTE="casharmy"]

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

Depends. A handful of RPGs and Fighting games, sure. Everything else? No.

I'd like to see what Japanese developers could do with shooters though, even though I generally dislike that genre.

GD1551

:? You already have...

Gamespot = 9.0

What, is there a probelm because thay haven't flooded their market with them or did you just forget about this? When japanese developers try, they match and or excell at everything western developers are known to do best.

Ridiculous argument, because we have **** like binary domain, lost planet 2 and that one game that shamelessly copied gears of war.

Lost Planet. :o

The first one was awesome on the 360. Can't believe I forgot about that one. :P

If you mean a Japanese touch like Deadly premonition (That game had the worst shoooting mechanic I ever saw, horrible graphics, full of glitches...etc) yet I couldnt stop playing it till I beat it.

I think Final Fantasy X on the PS2 was the last Japanese style game I enjoyed. I just don't care for the stories, characters, music, or the overall 'feel' of that style anymore.