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walsufnir on 30 December 2012
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Lafiel said:
walsufnir said:
Lafiel said:
DirtyP2002 said:

I hate the artstyle to be honest. It is so Japanese and I am not into Manga / Anime at all.

And the 1 review so far is lower than the metacritic of skyrim. I lol'd.

*shrugs* There is so much fun to be had from Manga / Anime, so that's a bit of a shame. Yet there is so much good entertainment (books/music/TV shows/movies/games), that you can't possibly enjoy every good thing out there, so I do understand why you would limit yourself where possible.


Oh my god, I thought his comment would cause these reactions. Well, at my youth, I also used to watch anime's a lot (Tenchi Muyo, Gits, Akira, OMG and so on...) but nowadays I don't watch it anymore and yes, I can't see the artstyle anymore. Perhaps I overdid it in my youth but really: just accept other opinions. This is not limiting but favoring. Perhaps he consumes media you don't even think of and has fun with it, too, which you perhaps never have.

Furthermore, I think the japanese-stuff was at some time cool in the west but I believe this trend is over. But you can be happy that a JRPG is coming! Have fun.

First off, no need to call me god, Lafiel is fine.

And yes, I do limit myself in other parts to have more time for media I'm more convinced I'll enjoy. I think I did point out that I perfectly understand that. Yet, I can't help to feel it's a shame people won't give something as broad as anime /manga a chance because of "how it looks" when there is such a great variety of styles and experiences to be had there.

Just as an example I personally don't like how Gears of War looks, yet I do play some 3rd person shooters.

Btw, I already own a (japanese) copy of Ninokuni.


So when others are limiting their joy you have to point that out for them - that's nice! :)

And yes, there are definitely many styles and different experiences but I have to agree that somehow they all share a certain japanese/anime-style which can be seen directly. Obviously he doesn't like it and I think that's ok. All this japanese-affine kids out there (not talking to you!) can get annoying at times. At Bonn, for example, there is a convention called "animagic" - I can't see it anymore, really, it is just too much. Perhaps that's a problem only present in Germany... (I hope so).

And obviously you also spend time to learn japanese, else it wouldn't make sense you own the j-version of the game. So I think you have a special view on this topic.