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Once Again, Some Japanese Gamers Dislike the Look of Mirror's Edge 2

Kotaku: "Mirror's Edge 2 was just announced. Online across the globe, gamers are excited. While many are looking forward to the sequel in Japan, there is a group of gamers there who are not thrilled with how the protagonist looks."

Sonyslave34348d ago

Japanese people r upset because Faith doesn't look like a stupid anime character with big boobs.

Ty Dice for awesome looking character

mikeslemonade4348d ago

Sucks for them. The software sales are higher here.

SugarSoSweet4348d ago

agreed she also looks Asian something Japanese people don't seem to like doing in their games

jc485734348d ago

maybe a little too asian for the Japanese. The way some portray Asian people is not the same way Japanese would portray as.

thehitman4348d ago

I do find that odd that the Japanese dont make characters that look Japanese, whether its anime or games almost like they dont like their self image.

Eldyraen4348d ago

Sad but that's actually pretty true... not all games by any means but enough for a generalization at least.

kevnb4348d ago (Edited 4348d ago )

right
shes supposed to be Korean right?
http://www.skincareto.com/w...

@jc48573
exactly, Ive seen many Koreans and Japanese folks with small eyes, but never slanted like that. Thats like saying all Americans look like Nicki Minaj.

jc485734348d ago (Edited 4348d ago )

@kevnb

you see, if you compare that with Mirror's Edge, you can kinda see why some Japanese would feel upset. Their eyes are not always small or stretched. When you start seeing many developers doing the same, then it creates this sort of generalization that all asian girls have those kind of eyes. There are variations.

ChrisW4348d ago

Japanese people are surprisingly mostly racist towards other Asians.

Pozzle4348d ago (Edited 4348d ago )

Personally, I think it's great that Faith looks like that. Yes many Asians have large eyes, but they are the ones you see on tv and in video games anyway.
Actors and singers with mono-lids (like Faith) are expected to use eye-glue or have plastic surgery to fix their eyes, because extremely slanted eyes aren't considered attractive even in Asia.

And I've seen people with "slanted" eyes like Faith. Some are even more "slanted"...

http://asianwomenbeauty.tum...
http://monolidlove.tumblr.c...
http://monolidlove.tumblr.c...

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delicia4348d ago

I gotta agre with you, giving Faith a boob job is, as said in the article, "sad".

zeal0us4348d ago

I think it was about the eyes being slanted but honestly they should get over it. Who plays a game just to stare at a character's face anyway?

starchild4348d ago

I love the fact that they seem to be staying true to what made Mirror's Edge unique.

zebramocha4348d ago

She's Japanese?I thought she was Korean.

Donnieboi4348d ago

Yeah I LOVE Japanese games and culture, by why is it that their characters have blonde hair, big boobs, large eyes, tall, etc when the majority of them are not all that big/tall, none of them are naturally blonde (unless they are of caucasian decent) and don't get me started about the boobs.

Why don't they embrace characters that look like themselves? Why do so many of them die their hair blond or red too? Just embrace who you are. They ARE a very beautiful people naturally. But some of them look silly when they dye their hair or make it spikey. Looking like a cosplay reject.

So now we have an asian character who DOESN'T try to "look" Caucasian (or like any other race), and she gets rejected by the Japanese? Wow, theres something disturbing about that.

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Hufandpuf4348d ago (Edited 4348d ago )

And that is why there Japanese games are in decline because they only want to appeal to themselves. Even though their characters look nothing like them.

HammadTheBeast4348d ago

I think there maybe a lot of overgeneralization going on.

Soul Sacrifice didn't look much like the "cliche Japanese look" neither do Persona, DmC, or Monster Hunter.

nigelp5204348d ago

Most japanese characters look white

starchild4348d ago

Or often Eurasian. (mixed Asian and European).

johny54348d ago

sad truth is that's what is seems like they want to be deep down inside "Eurasian" there's a psychological term for a society displaying certain thoughts or agendas thru media?

kevnb4348d ago

not to them, for example does this look Asian to you?
http://businessnetworking.c...

it does to them, we tend to exaggerate Asian features, there eyes aren't really that slanted.
Here is a guy everyone knows thats Chineese
http://static.tvtropes.org/...

http://images4.fanpop.com/i...

Hufandpuf4348d ago

but in general media they portray themselves like this

http://hd.wallpaperswide.co...

When they look like this

http://img.tamtay.vn/files/...

THIS is more accurate that I wish they'd do more

http://ok.ya1.ru/uploads/po...

kevnb4348d ago (Edited 4348d ago )

Whats more North American than Disney?
http://images2.fanpop.com/i...
is that what people look like? (princesess always have slightly slanted eyes apparently)
what about the big giant round eyes with a black dot in the middle?

http://www.simpsonschannel....

http://lingamish.com/wp-con...

Pozzle4348d ago (Edited 4348d ago )

Well, Osamu Tezuka (known as the "father of manga") was largely inspired by the style of Disney cartoons, so that explains why a lot of anime characters look "white". Or at least Western.
Tezuka started the trend, and it sort of continued on from that.

manman64348d ago

I love the new character design of Faith. Can't wait to play this.

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Looking back to the failed parkour of 2016's Mirror's Edge Catalyst

Kaan writes: "Mirror's Edge will likely never get a third try. The second game does not look like a cheap effort. By all accounts it is beautiful, especially with its FPS Boost enhancements. The city glows at nights and shines in the day. Lights will reflect off of Catalyst’s many structures made of glass. It’s spectacular to run through. But such a lavish production often comes with risk aversion and sadly Catalyst crumbles under this pressure. It’s held back by the pressure to conform, rather than trying to be genuinely different."

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lellkay1428d ago

The parkour was great. It was just the story and characters didn't get interesting until the final moments and then it was to late.

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FPS Boost at 120fps: Battlefield 1/4/5 - Titanfall 1/2 - Mirror's Edge Catalyst Tested

Digital Foundry: Microsoft's FPS Boost support expands again, this time with 120Hz upgrades for 12 games and a 60fps boost for one! We decided to check out the improvement to some of our favourite games in the line-up, including the three Battlefield games that are supported, Titanfall and Mirror's Edge Catalyst. Which consoles support which games, what's the performance really like and are there resolution compromises?

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darthv721472d ago

FPS boost is a nice feature. Cant wait for more games to get that.

Eonjay1471d ago

While FPS boost is nice, I feel like it is the bare minimum in upgrades and only helps those with 120 capable TVs. Most of these games are PC titles as well. These games should be patched to run high/ultra PC video setting.

ActualWhiteMan1472d ago

Microsoft is killing it. Meanwhile Sony only lets developers upgrade older games if they make a PS5 version. Which means, less games getting upgrades on Sony’s offering.

jukins1472d ago

Alternatively seems to be a focus on releasing newer games? People barely played the games before 120 fpsnisnt gong to change that. Not to mention the people with the capable tv.

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nickanasty2061471d ago (Edited 1471d ago )

Soon this will not be the case though, and all of these other added perks like 120fps on older games will just be other great additions and features that PS users do not have available to them. I think any additional updates to features for games is something that shouldn't be discredited. Once Microsoft starts rolling out the new games on a regular basis, this argument is not going to age well. For now, you are correct on the new game front, but that is all going to change here soon enough. Sure most argue the "Wait until E3" remark over and over, but that will certainly be a thing of the past with everything Microsoft is working on now. Good things come to those who wait is the way I look at it for now.

Christopher1471d ago

***Once Microsoft starts rolling out the new games on a regular basis, this argument is not going to age well.***

This argument hasn't aged well for a long time now.

foker1471d ago

They are really killing it,.. They haven't released a new first party game in 600 days if not more

SpineSaw1471d ago

Now wait that's not true. 600 days is looong time and they did release a few First Party games that no one played or no one can remember by name but you do make a good point and it don't really matter if its been 6 days or 6yrs for Xbox First Party what they've released has been poor at best.

Army_of_Darkness1471d ago (Edited 1471d ago )

@actualwhiteman

Killing it? Ms? Lmfao! Boosting fps on old last gen games on a new gen console while not releasing a single first party next gen game is killing it to you?! 🤣😂
Meanwhile.... Sony what? Oh has been focusing on releasing actual new first party games. Funny, you forgot to mention that part bud.

Christopher1471d ago

***Meanwhile Sony only lets developers upgrade older games if they make a PS5 version.***

Well, this is just factually incorrect. The Division 2 got an upgrade for PS5 but is running the PS4 version. Other games have had similar.

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MetroidFREAK211472d ago

Man, that makes me want to reinstall the OG Titanfall... seeing people still playing it. Memories

Destiny10801472d ago

battlefield 4, 720p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer drops down to 98fps
battlefield 1, 792p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked
battlefield 5, 1080p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked
mirror's edge catalyst, 936p 120fps, campaign locked
titanfall 2, 810p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked, series s not so good
titanfall 1, 792p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked, no s support for this game

its better then nothing, if they were upped to 4k i would have been impressed, titanfall 1 looks so much better on Pc

darthv721472d ago

It is called "fps boost"... not "res boost"

Destiny10801471d ago (Edited 1471d ago )

titanfall 2, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost"
Battlefield 1, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost"

DJStotty1471d ago

"titanfall 2, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost""

Erm, no

"In general, the One X plays out between 1440p and 1800p with rises to 4k (2160p) in quiet scenes with little activity."

On topic, this is a FPS boost, not a resolution patch so you did not need to add the resolutions for base vanilla xbox. BC normally uses the xbox one version, as opposed to the xbox one X "patched" version to answer your question about resolution.

Either way, all games will use the built in upscaler on either your TV, or the xbox series X to display an upscaled 4K image (not native).

That along with Auto-HDR should result in a good enough reason to replay these games at the new improved framerate.

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Crysis 3, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Dragon Age Inquisition & more are now available on Steam

Electronic Arts has just released twelve games on Valve's distribution service, Steam.

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