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naznatips on 02 April 2008
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rocketpig said:
naznatips said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
I'm actually fairly impressed with American devs and western devs in general this generation. They've come out very strong and are doing quite well.

If you like FPS games on consoles...


Well, that's not entirely fair... Mass Effect is a very good game (though buggy), Viva Pinata is a great new take on the sim genre, GTA IV looks spectacular, and there are a bevy of PC developers putting out some pretty cool shit (Left4Dead, The Orange Box, Spore, The Witcher, etc.).


I played the Witcher, and believe me it was nothing special. Seemed cool at first, but it was downhill pretty quick from the first hour or so in the game.  

Again though you're right, there are things that Western devs are doing very well.  The sim genre is getting some great attention (though I prefer what Marvelous is doing with Harvest Moon and King's Story).  Western devs are amazing with RTSs and MMOs (although TBS I'd still give to Japan).  As I already said, the shooter genre is doing great, but as long as Valve is around that's to be expected.