I tend to dislike Anime style games for some reason. I find the artistic aspect of the Japanese fantastic ,its just the weird girlie characters and predictable storyline that turns me off. Because of this I find Western games more interesting.

Anyone else?

Japanese games for just about everything. The western games (RPGs) usually have gameplay and stories that I find utterly dull.

I am soley japanses gamer...dont like much of anything done by western hands outside a few franchises

western developers lack any desire to be creative or innavation just the same ole shit

game design philosophies and priorities suck

how many War FPS,bald guys in suites, apacolyptic new yorks have we seen this gen?

Japanese since well my top 3 genre's are JRPGS, Platformers and Puzzle.

Would Nintendo be considered generally to be Japanese? If yes, I would say more Japanese. Otherwise Western at least for this generation.

Roughly 50/50, but I have a real weak spot for crazy ass action games with B-movie plots, and nobody does it better than the Japanese.

is that a serious question!?!

please say its not.

Japan is games

Western this gen.

Japanese for all the others.

I definitely prefer Japanese styled games.  But I do like some Western ones - just not wRPGs and FPSs.  I like Little Big Planet, Uncharted, Prince of Persia, and Tomb Raider for example.  The FPS genre is just becoming too generic by popular demand where it seems that you play one and play them all.

I agree with Wagram about wRPGs.  I find alot of cliches that people don't seem to point out (defending the empire against an alien race, LOTR / Star Wars / Star Trek themes and character classes, shallow moral choices, etc.)  Even though Japanese games have their cliches, they don't bother me as much for some reason.

On the topic of guys looking like girls in Japanese games, which seems to bug many people - I don't really care since I'm confident in my masculinity.