is Polygon racist or biased to Japanese Games? Being Japanese a negative thing?

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shikamaru317 said:

Eh, I don't really see calling a game "very Japanese" as racist. Japanese games are distinctive, very different from Western games, so a game that is "very Japanese" has all of the characteristics that differentiate Japanese games from Western games in abundance.

Now as for the GTA V score being alot higher than the Bayonetta 2 and Killer is dead scores, despite all 3 games oversexualizing women, are you sure that the same reviewer did all 3 of those reviews? The critic who did the GTA V review could be different from the critic or critics who did the Bayo 2 and Killer is Dead reviews.

Agreed. I loathe Polygon, but this stretches the word racist to its breaking point unless they are actually arguing that Japanese games are inferior because Japanese people are inferior. Since GTA is a self-styled satire much of its crasser elements are accepted as social commentary by the social justice-minded Polygon types, while similarly sexual Japanese games are viewed as pandering to perverts in earnest. It's probably also worth nothing that GTA's advertising budget is exponentially greater than Bayonetta and Killer is Dead's combined...

Calling Vanquish "clunky", though. LOL. In the hands of a good player (i.e., not me) it is one of the most balletic shooters out there. Gies is not a racist, but he is definitely a fuckin' mook.