Masaya Matsuura, the creator of PaRappa the Rapper and Major Minor's Majestic March, is calling for unity between the East and West.
"Developers in the East and West should not be too separate," Matsuura said at the Develop conference. "It should me international, and we need to work with more international artists. I'm very concerned about this point, and perhaps it could be bad for the industry. I hope things change very soon...That's why we need to work with international messages in games, and international themes like love and freedom and and nature and flight."
Matsuura, having settled the differences between game developers on the East and West went on to tackle the rap wars between the East and West coasts of the United States. "Y'all need to squash the beef in hip-hop," Matsuura did not say, "Because it's wickety-wickety wack."
But seriously, is there really as big a gap as Matsuura says? And if there is, is that a bad thing? Although I don't play a whole lot of "super-Japanese" games, I'm always glad they're out there, and that there's a definite difference in style between the video games of the two cultures. It would be a shame to move game development to the "middle" between the two styles and lose some of the most far-out examples of each culture's different style.
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Shockwave562
There's just one problem, I can't stand most Eastern games. I like the West games. No, I don't want a hybrid. Why can't people play what they want to play. They are different cultures and should be different. right?
BryanHelp
I hate PaRappa The Rapper T_T
Fyzban
imo jrpgs are still better than american rpgs.Yes graphicaly jrpgs seem to struggle in this generation but everything else is better , story,gameplay, addictive lvlup element etc. On xbox 360 the best rpg I played so far is Lost Odyssey , a classic turn based rpg.Fable 2 wasnt good, I didnt like that much mass effect. Oblivion was awesome tho. So it depend of you but this is my opinion.
G4Sterling
I believe the gap's big.
Look at the evolution of the console role-playing game. Who were the top three players in that realm five years ago, and a decade ago compared to now?
Bashura
There is a definite gap between eastern and western game developers. How big it is really depends on your perspective. Still, some unity could do the gaming industry a world of good. Both sides have their own "style" to their games, but imagine if you brought together the better ideas of both east and west. It could potentially bring the dawn of a new era for games. Also I hate missing out on games I want to play that are Japan only. Monster Hunter Frontier is so much fun to play, but if only I could READ what I'm doing........
Lucifer6972
Yeah, I'm with you as well Sjohnson. But I don't know, doesn't it feel like this has picked up steam for like the last couple of years?? Is just recently where they are calling each other out, I even remember Adam's Soapbox, so yeah, is fair to say.
And they are different culture styles and I'm with you as well, don't play that much or know that many Japanese games, some of my friends do. But I guess it depends on your viewpoint, you know? You might like Final Fantasy because of the story and other factors, but you might Halo cause of the engine but different factors. I think it depends, I think it does.
But I do give props, I do. They make some very good games, the whole bang! And since here we are used to what we know, isn't "change" gonna take time?? Oh yeah, it will but I do like some competition, and I I've said it before, gotta give props to Japan, I do...so bring the Black Wii!!!
Thank you! LOL!!!! :)
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