rocketpig said:
I think it boils down to cultural differences. Westerners love the "choose your adventure" type of gameplay that is being offered across genres while Japanese gamers still like to be spoonfed their stories. You even hear frustration on the part of some Japanese devs that change isn't happening over there. I think in the end, it will just be one more factor that turns Japanese gaming more irrelevent. I started a thread about this a few months back and was lambasted for it by a multitude of people. |
Of course there is a cultural difference. In the west we are in love with this whole moral choice issue, where you can choose between good or evil. This simply isn't the case in Japan where the good side is expected to prevail no matter what. I notice you are not complaining about the influx of teamplay in western games be it online coop or controling NPC chars. This is a very Japanese trait that has been of great benifit for western games. Obviously in an ideal world we could take the best parts of both cultures and combine them to create a better game, but this isn't happening just yet.
As for Mass Effect, f*ck Halo 3, this is the must by game of 07 for the 360. This is probably in my top 3 anticipated games for the rest of this year.
