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AlfredoTurkey on 05 January 2016
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Aeolus451 said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

 

I honestly think that if these Japanese companies would go back to the 80's and 90's way of releasing games where they get remade for western audiences, that they'd do much better. The average US male can't relate to alot of that stuff and it really hurts sales imo. I mean, just LOOK at that guy on the far left. He is about as masculine as Ellen. The main character in the middle isn't much better either. 

 

This is a japanese game first and foremost.  It's gonna have a japanese feel and look to it. That won't change. In my opinion, it's not that important to relate to the characters so much with their looks but with their personalities. Personally, I'm all for experiencing things from that culture and their perspective. They will only westernize so much to be honest. As far as masulinity goes, I agree the characters should look more masuline but I would be fine with the characters just looking older with less wild haircuts but it wont stop me from playing it. I think that in japan that boyish look is attractive or what's popular versus very masculine looking guys.  

If they just increased the characters' ages by 5 or 10 years in all japanese games, it would help popularize japanese games with the rest of the world. Some of the characters are just too young looking sometimes.

 

I personally don't care either. I get a chuckle out of it (Japanese transgender males etc.) but ultimately, it doesn't bother me. I grew up as a kid of the 80's. Japanese gaming was pretty much gaming personified back then.  

But, it's worth noting that both of us are in the minority when it comes to the mainstream US consumer... as far as males go anyway. I don't think the average COD player would be caught dead playing a game like FF. They'd take a look at those guys or whatever and go "that's fuckin' gay" and move on. That's my argument. That Japanese games are a HARD sell because they don't market their games differently enough in the west.