(Japan is winning) Western games or Japanese games, which one do you prefer?

[pokoko]

I'm pretty much split, though I generally like each for different reasons. I often like how varied Japanese games are in terms of characters, for instance, but I think many of them suffer from poor or unnecessarily convoluted storytelling. On the other hand, many western games have bland characters but well-conceived plots.

In terms of game-play, I think western games do great work with FPS and open-world titles but Japanese games tend to offer a lot of different play styles. Japanese developers seem to suffer the most when they try to mimic western games.

I would hate to lose either one.