CVG: While it might be easy to simply reel off a list of why the traditional Japanese ways are on the way out, we thought we'd take take a more productive angle and put together a list of recent J-games that prove the land of the rising sun hasn't burned-out just yet.
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fyi as much as japanese devs say bad things about japan..............
more and more western devs are saying bad things about the west.............hell the european game industry is basically dead...........and korea, china, and japan are on the up tick
Without japanese rpgs, there are no rpgs. Japanese rpgs are the basthion of originality and creativity. Also japanese rpgs far surpass anything the west can do.
Did you even play xenoblade? The story was amazing, and the characters were no more cookie cutter sterotypes than every single western rpg
You are right, jrpgs have a big focus on story, world, character, originality. The story was amazing
"What's more, it creates its own brand of role-playing game, kicking aside the hyperbolic norm of the J-RPG and turning its nose up at western accessibility. If that ain't special, we don't know what is."
Actually there is no norm of japanese rpg thats what makes them so special. They are all basically very different.............
This is why I have an issue with these sites because they pick games they see, and not the real horses in the fight or even know the genres they talk about
oh and the fact that they only picked console games proves, that this site isnt in touch with what people love about japanese games and they arent in touch with the best of japans work this gen.
If I were CVG i would take this article down and seriously consider who they are trying to impress.........
Hell I can do the exact same article about the west and give 5 lame games about why its surviving even after peter M, thq, and a host of others said this is the worst time in western gaming ever
I will list amazing japanese games just this year that I think are stellar
Kid icarus
pokemon x nobunga
shining blade
suikoden psp
beyond the L
resident evil revelations
tales of graces F
final fantasy 13-2
final fantasy rhythm
You see a pattern? handhelds are far more important over there so not even picking 1 handheld game comes off as not knowing japan. by the way without japan the rpg, platforming, fighting, vn genres would cease to exist
how can you talk about all the good of japan without listing 1 handheld game? really?
intentions were good but they came off not knowing japan
lol.
OT: Jap devs are most certainly still relevant. Just look at how well Capcom, SEGA, Konami and Nintendo are doing with their games even after all these years...!! Square & Enix are not as great as they used to be, but they can definitely create some wonderful titles :D
If you're including the UK games industry in that ignorant assumption then wow are you out of touch, the GTA and Arkham series alone (of course there are 1000's of others) are up there with the best of them, if not even bigger than most and are both made in the UK so in turn are made in europe.
Also considering Dark Souls is the only Japanese game I've enjoyed in several years they are certainly irrelevant to me, I'm only speaking for myself mind.
No more heroes
Shadows of the damned
Anarchy reigns is comming (hope it's good)
Metal gear rising
Katamari
Gravity daze (or rush)
The last guardian
Sine mora
Lollipop chainsaw
upcoming game from Kojima
Luigi's mansion 2
Paper mario incoming
and mooooooooooooore :)
Monster Hunter Tri
Demon's Souls (I need to stick to games I actually stand a chance in)
Vanquish
Metal Gear Solid 4
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
MadWorld (Anarchy Reigns's spiritual predecessor)
These are some of the games to date that convinced me that Japanese folks still got it.
Dragon quest
Tales of vesperia
Fragile
Valkyria chronicles (or however that's spelled...-_-;)
Cave story
Prinny can i really be the hero?
Mario galaxy
...there was 1 specific one, but i forgot what it was...@_@;... oh, yeah LITTLE KINGS STORY!!( like GT below, it deserves all caps. ^_^)
Pheonix wright
GHOST TRICK!!1 (that's how awesome it is.)
And all the ring games (UFC, WWE, Fight Night etc)
But it's a huge success nonetheless and one of the games that shaped the entire genre. Most of the people who buy the popular games are casual gamers and button mashers anyway.
Only bigots (and goddamn are there a lot of these in the industry/community) and the blind think Japanese developers somehow devolved in the last decade. There was a shift in the industry, yes--most of the talent shifted focus to cheaper-to-produce handheld and mobile gaming platforms, where less cost meant there was more room to take greater risk.
There's a reason why all of the big Western games are so similar to each other, filled with chest-high walls and whatnot.
to gaming as much as justin barbie is relevant to music. Nintendo has almost no third party support and relies (to almost being ridiculous) on its mascots.
If you say disgaea is a good game, I'll agree with you. But to call it ground breaking? come on. tears.. i mean tails of this and that, amazing games?
I love dark souls. Love cathrine. lost planet, monster hunter, ico. But those games don't appeal to the masses.
over 80% of my games are Japanese....to me Japan is still the best at everything they do!
I'd say MGS is all that you really need as proof that JP games are still relevant.
we all know japan rules all
I'm joking! chill! XD I just had to say it...so trolly.
Honestly I love my JRPG's and i'd hate for a world without them.