Khuutra said:
You missed the point of what he was saying and that he wsn't making an argument. He's saying that RPGs in the West tend to be more groundd, with logic and explanations that keep them more down-to-earth. RPGs from the Japanese tradition tend to be more fantastical. He's right, too. This is true of a lot of storytelling on both sides, and is pretty clearly illustrated in the differences you'll find in Japanese science fiction compaared to European traditions in the same field. |
But I didn't read his point in the first place. I was just replying to the typical 'WRPGs vs JRPGs' concept this thread was obviously made to propagate.
As for your claim that Japanese stories are more fancifal than Western....I would say that's not true at all. Just look at the origin of 'Science Fiction' with HG Wells and Jules Verne. Many Japanese novels and even Anime that have been made in the last 20 years are closer in style to the earlier works of Science Fiction than the 'grim realistic' stuff popular in the west.
Even products like Star Wars and Star Trek are a rare novelty now adays. While in Japan, they are some of their major source of inspiration to this day.
Of course I'm not going to say Japan doesn't have its own post apocalyptic/grim take on Sci Fi as well. In fact, quite a few of them have influenced the west in recent years (Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion). But at the same time, Japan is still producing a lot of Sci Fi works in that older style with flying airships in space and cybernetics that help people in the near future, etc. If you're looking for where HG Wells and Issac Asimov live in the modern day, its in Japan, not the west.
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