This is one of the stupidest comments I’ve ever heard really Rre video games, no country has produced more innovation in the space than the Japanese.
Comment on Nintendo discontinuing Gold Points on the Switch eShop, ahead of Switch 2 release
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Japanese game companies are allergic to modern, working ideas. I’ve always dislikes how Japanese games look terrible. They don’t even try sometimes and you have ps5 games that look like ps3. They have game series like mega man that they refuse to Move past side scrolling, you play their games and they even leave out basic shit like “pick up item” animations and voice acting. I find Japanese games antiquated and even if they’re fun, they feel like I’m playing a last gen game when I play a Japanese saga or similar dev game
Krudler@lemmy.world 2 days ago
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Only if you ignore all of western game development
Krudler@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bro I started my professional game development career in 1996 and retired in 2015. I played video games in the early 70’s that existed before Pong. My father had one of the 5 supercomputers in the world in the meteorological service of Canada, where I used to hang out with nerds that would let me play with shit, and play the games they made when they weren’t modeling weather. I have studied nothing in my entire life more than the tapestry of what we call game development. So kindly stop.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How is that related to his/her opinion at all? Are they not allowed to dislike something? You don’t have to agree, but wtf.
pycorax@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Have you played any games outside of those genres? There’s plenty of great modern games that are side scrollers. The idea that side scrollers are antiquated is frankly absurd. All that aside, Yakuza, Street Fighter, Tekken and MH Wilds all look pretty good.
Also considering the power of a Switch, it seems like a no brainer that it would look like a PS3? It’s chipset is almost a decade old and operates at a fraction of the power of other platforms.
darkkite@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
i heard complaints about the metaphor game looking like a ps3 game. I had several complaints regarding the game but not the graphics. i didn’t mind if it meant it keeps the budget low and they’re able to maintain a healthy release cadence.
november@lemmy.vg 3 days ago
Is this a joke? Side-scrolling platformers are fun and not every game needs voice-acting.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Not for everyone.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Side scroller games ARE fun, sometimes. Imagine if if no game had ever evolved past it though. Mega man is my favourite game character and I sit there playing games like ratchet & clank and wishing we could get a modern mega man to match it.
november@lemmy.vg 3 days ago
There was a 3D Megaman platformer. It was called Megaman Legends and it got a sequel, but for some reason they never made a third one.
Meanwhile… If you like the gameplay of Ratchet & Clank why not just play that? I like JRPGs but I’m not upset that Psychonauts isn’t a JRPG, for example…
I’m coming at this from the perspective of a Sonic the Hedgehog fan. The Genesis/Mega Drive platformers were peak. The 3D games were… well, some of them were okay, but all the money and effort that was poured into them meant that for a long time, Sega wasn’t making the kind of game I actually found fun. The problem with changing up the entire style of the game you make is that you’ll inevitably leave fans behind.