| .jayderyu said: nothing wrong with younger characters. As mentioned Harry Potter, but there is also Luke Sky Walker, Frodo the Ring Bearer also fall into the position as world savior without lot's of wisdom or experience. The focus of these young characters is growth over a period of time. Start with a character like us(normal) then have the audience grow through the experiences. That works. It works really well. Then there is "Western" fiction where character are already prepared to save the world. More along Bond style. What's jarring to American audiences is the savant fighting kid. I found the article weird and confusing if they were giving props or being negative. |
The basic point of the article is that Japanese developers by and large look down upon Western games and design philosphy, but, in the case of these two developers, once they began working with Western developers, they began to understand why they do what they do, and they now see the benefits of these design paradigms.
