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Assassin's Creed 3 director: Games journalists are too soft on Japanese devs

CVG: Alexander Hutchinson says preferential treatment is 'condescending'; Wants all studios to be held to the same standard

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disturbing_flame4701d ago

Actually i totally disagree with him.
I don't find journalists are soft with jap devs, it's the opposite. More than that he praises Nintendo, a game developper & manufacturer that i love but i think that Nintendo is the only dev with wich journalist are too soft. They created their gameplay and their licences and those licences have never been bashed (when some of them have been recycled to death) whereas other japanese have seen number of their licences recieving very bad scores (and it was partly right).
Now what we have in the industry, is just occidental "Bad Ass" and "Shooters" games. Lot of japanese games have more depth (and story), in their gameplay. And those games have lower scores just because journalists are focused on graphics. I think a lot of gamers are waiting more than shooters or bad ass games. somehow it's sad to talk about racism when actually he focuses on "japanese". Didn't like the tone of the sentences.

Brosy4700d ago

I totally agree with him. Japanese developers dont get called out for their emo homo erotic stories, convoluted stories, or just plain dumb stories. But if a western dev pulls that shit its considered low quality. To this day I dont see what all the fuss is about Kojima. He has penned some of the strangest most ridiculious stories in the industry, but people worship him like he is something other than a weird no talent writer. Is it because the east holds some kind of mystique to some people or something? I just dont get it.

jc485734701d ago

what Japanese games? Look at Capcom.

NukaCola4700d ago

Capcom has effed up this gen and the journalist have dug in. Same goes for Square Enix.

Game journalism in general has been pretty weak this gen and unethical. You really never know what hateful crap they will do next.

MilkMan4700d ago

I agree 1 billion percent. Lots of fan boys and girl out there that feel that no Japanese dev can do not wrong even when their games are as stale as last years McDonald's cheeseburger.
For example someone like Kojima can throw up and sh!t in a bag label it MSG and sell millions.

Fallout New Vegas had glitches and it was crucified. Go figure.

Shadowolf4700d ago (Edited 4700d ago )

MilkMan while I agree with the fact that Japanese gaming as a whole has been a bit stale on many fronts, Kojima Productions continues to be a beacon of hope for the Japanese game developing community.

"Sh!t in a bag and label it MGS" - This is blasphemy! While this is a subjective point, I must express, the MGS series is one of the best series in gaming as it continues to innovate the interactive gaming medium. Hideo Kojima should be completely left out of this conversation.

sriki0074700d ago

i agree with the statement.. But bayonetta was pretty good..

AsheXII4700d ago

Its quite the opposite, there is a heavy discrimination against japanese games, and Gears of wars does have a pretty crappy story filled with cheesy moments and cliche script. It goes both ways.

And coming from the director of Assassins creed he shouldn't be talking about stories.

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Why Assassin's Creed 2 and 3 Had the Best Writing the Series Has Ever Seen

IGN - Assassin's Creed's focus on character-driven storytelling has been buried by its RPG sandbox features, and the series is weaker for it.

RaidenBlack107d ago

A rare W opinion piece from IGN.
IMO, Ubisoft needs to setup two primary AC dev teams. 1 would focus on and release character-driven OG-style AC games for OG fans and the other would continue the current RPG-ified AC style for current fans.
Release by them Bi-annually and alternatively. There'd less fatigue and a boost to quality.

ZeekQuattro107d ago

I definitely appreciate 3 more after playing it again in recent years along with the Liberation game. Back when 3 was new I was still riding high on AC2 and Brotherhood so when I played 3 I felt a bit let down. Even the ship battles grew on me.

-Foxtrot107d ago

AC2 - Yes

AC3 - Urm...I don't know

I feel they kind of dropped the ball with AC3 and with the way the story went it just didn't make sense to me at all. I felt it would have made more sense lore wise if they had it so the Red Coats were mostly Assassins and the Templars were mostly the Colonists who wanted this "new world" as a fresh start for their operations, to build a country up they'd have full control of from the start so they manufacture the war as something else while really it's just a front for the Templars vs Assassins.

It just meant that since the Red coats lose the war it explains how the Templars have gained full control of future America and how the Assassins have slowly died out by then. This entire event would have been the turning point of how things went to s**t for the Assassins and how there's not many of them left in the present.

Haythem was a lot more interesting than Connor and he should have been the main Assassin of AC3.

lucasnooker106d ago (Edited 106d ago )

I thought AC2 was the greatest of the series and it is but replaying it recently, I stared to see more flaws in the game. Basically every single mission is an assassination besides a few tailing missions lol. Still, the implementation of all the new mechanics were great. The smoke bombs, disarming guards, story, hidden tombs, swimming, flying machine, multiple locations, etc. it definitely felt a bit more special to me at the time of release though

isarai106d ago

Dunno about 3, the 1st act was cool, then i couldn't tell you what happens after that. But 2 was so good! The entire acts 1-3 were al memorable, whereas i really couldn't even tell you what happens in any other AC game

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Games with the dumbest NPCs

Non-playable characters in certain games are meme material, thanks to their foolish behavior. These are the big-budget games with the dumbest NPCs.

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closed_account697d ago (Edited 697d ago )

Bethesda makes the most consistently stupid NPCs, like really bad... yet I still can't help but love playing their games. Guilty pleasure, I guess. *sigh* 😩

Flawlessmic696d ago

How did redfall not make the cut.

anast696d ago (Edited 696d ago )

Every Bethesda game and Every Halo game. This list needed to have Cyberpunk somewhere.

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10 Most Peaceful Areas in Games

Here are the most peaceful areas in games that are otherwise quite violent, offering players respite from chaos in the game world.

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Babadook7702d ago

My first thought was the safe rooms in the resident evil series. When you hear that enchanting music you know you’re safe.

Killer2020UK702d ago

I literally just came here to post this. That music in the Resi 1 safe rooms is playing in my head.

Rimeskeem701d ago

I was thinking TLOU work benches. Although I remember one time where it was a false security.

closed_account701d ago

Perfect. 👌👌

I'd add the top of my highrise apartment in GTA Online. That calm, quiet peace, just knowing as soon as I step out that door I will be bombarded by 8 and 12 year olds calling each other n**** and f****, trolled by combat jets and rocket launchers.

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henbayward701d ago

The entire map of SotC is peaceful as hell. Used to just ride around exploring it.

mastershredder701d ago (Edited 701d ago )

Afterlife in Cyberpunk 2077 is a peaceful area? Erm, hands down and very hard to miss, Misty Olszewski's Esoterica is the absolute epitome of peaceful areas in that game.

raiden_188701d ago

The "last of us" deer location i found to be a welcoming respite. It was nice to not have someone trying to eat me.

RPGer701d ago

Kingdom Hearts tend to present half peaceful areas and most of them are amazing.

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