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.
It's good to see this legend get a second chance.
Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.
Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.
Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.
Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.
This site copied the list from another site............its kinda pathetic.......
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
Bayonetta
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 :)
The entire fighting genre.
Japan has always been relevant to the gaming industry, and if anything has become MORE relevant. There's a reason why the word "Nintendo" is synonymous with gaming.
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.
I have no sympathy