What makes a game "japanese"?

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CmdrGoob

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I find there's a distinct Japanese style. It includes elements like elaborate visual design, heavy handed anime influenced storytelling that often gets in the way of gameplay and a different set of character tropes, like emo hero or shy girl.
 

likalaruku

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Josh_v2.0 said:
likalaruku said:
*Are the men as prety as women?
*Do all the women have child-like faces?
*Do all the Asian people look white?
*Is it more cinematic than interactive?

Congratulatoions, you have a Japanese game.
Fixed that for you.
But your fix was wrong. In FF games, everyone looks Japanese reguardless of what race/country they're supposed to be.
 

Legion IV

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Am lovinjg all tyhe serious answers. Come on now guys how old are you 6? honestly. I prefer japenses style games because well its hard to explain the ones i play tend to be more refined fast paced ussualy very intresting storys and epic plotlines. They tend to be the game where the game only truley opens up once you beat the game like 4 times over. Most "Westernized games" I beat it and thats it nothing more they ussualy try to entice you with collectables that do nothing.

Am not trying to flame enjoy what you like. I dont know why japenese games get a bad rep and they actually have there distinct style.

Lol look at devil may cry compared to god of war. Devil may cry is more timing and finese and its all just a dance, intresting and funny characters. God of war (only played 1,2 and the psp one) Seemed more like well uhh people waiting to get beaten down quik time events that defeat bosses easily mashing buttons and when you finnaly get that one powerful move or weapon you abuse it. Also the character is another troubled macho man who must have sex with everyone and kill people in the bloodiest way possible.

Or umm the original 3 resident evils compared to like dead space.... uhg am not even gonna do that one its borderlin and hate rant on dead space.
 

CmdrGoob

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And yeah, I think Japanese gaming is declining. The console market is stagnant or declining in Japan while western markets are growing, leaving Japanese gaming companies struggling with maintaining their internal market and also finding it hard to simultaneously appeal to western markets that are increasingly full of western made games that have easier cultural relevance to western gamers. The gaming market is also growing older, and western companies have adapted better to this by including more mature themes in their games while Japan has not.
 

SpaceMedarotterX

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Being made in japan.

Seriously fuck all your stereotypical bullshit. Did you guys JUST come into gaming? are you entirely raised on cynical critics who go for the most humerous takes on everything? I mean seriously people come the fuck on. I was raised on Mario and Sonic and Zelda and Contra and Street Fighter and Metal Storm and Megaman and-yes- even final fantasy.

Are you all so blinded by "My countrys game peen is bigger than another countrys game peen" that you have reduced yourselves to stereotypical nearsighted view points.

This is to the same people who go "Oh all american games have big musclebound 'Manly' men" Yeah because Jak, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet and Clank, The Prince and countless others are all musclebound generic spacemarines.

There are games with GOOD design and then there are games with bad design and any of you who think this depends on where a game is made rather than creative design on the directors part is a short sighted fool! I'm ashamed to be called a gamer and associated with any of you.
 

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Marmooset said:
I thought I'd express my views in a little song:
You mean they're supposed to be all about masturbation? That's sick.


That being said, I'll have to chime in with "silly, stupid, needlessly fetishistic (for both men and women) and impractical clothes/uniforms".
 

kickyourass

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Sorta like what makes a Japanese person Japanese, they COME FROM JAPAN. What other answer did you expect?
 

likalaruku

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Josh_v2.0 said:
likalaruku said:
Josh_v2.0 said:
likalaruku said:
*Are the men as prety as women?
*Do all the women have child-like faces?
*Do all the Asian people look white?
*Is it more cinematic than interactive?

Congratulatoions, you have a Japanese game.
Fixed that for you.
But your fix was wrong. In FF games, everyone looks Japanese reguardless of what race/country they're supposed to be.
That was more of a joke directed at those who complain about all characters in anime looking white. I think they intentionally design the characters to be...nonracial(?)
Heheh, I love it when in aniome they axxadurate charactures in white people. Like you'll know this one guy is white because he has permanent stubble, a huge butt chin, puffy eyes, & a huge nose.