Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
Yeah, SH was made by the Japanese and had an awesome story, too bad it wasn't a J[b]RPG. And thank the Lawd, I wouldn't want androgynous teens with hairdos that can impale you running around in my Silent Hill.[/B]
Silent Hill and MGS are not JRPGs.
But the storylines were still made by Japanese though.
And that just proves that Japanese storylines are far superior than Western ones, whichever the video game genre may be.
I don't agree with that at all.
Look no further than Half Life 2 and Bioshock for western games with storylines and character development that is just as good as the best of the Japanese made games. And they do it without having hours worth of in game cinema which is quickly becoming an outdated method of storytelling in gaming.
These games use the inherent interactive nature of video gaming to create worlds and plots in a way that is simply exclusive to the video gaming medium and would not be possible in any other type.
Originally posted by occultdestroyer
Were not talking exclusively about RPGs anyways 😬Silent Hill and MGS are not JRPGs.
But the storylines were still made by Japanese though.And that just proves that Japanese storylines are far superior than Western ones, whichever the video game genre may be.
This goes both ways. There are plenty of Western games that have crappy stories just like there are Japanese games with bad stories. I bet that most of the Japanese garbage stays in Japan, while the good stuff they make eventually makes it to the Western market. This gives the illusion that most of Japanese games are good/have good storylines.
The stories I enjoyed the most almost exclusively came from Western games. Coincidentally, I don't like the Half-Life story one bit.
Btw, what's up with all these new people that keep popping up only to promptly get banned? Socks?
Originally posted by jalek moyeI thought the story was great, my only criticism is that the story was a little draggy, the good parts come later in the game.
mass effects story was decent, but the character development was great
Ah yes i forgot to mention FFVII and KOTOR as well. Amazing stories IMO.
Originally posted by Wolverine2179
I thought the story was great, my only criticism is that the story was a little draggy, the good parts come later in the game.Ah yes i forgot to mention FFVII and KOTOR as well. Amazing stories IMO.
Originally posted by BackFire
I don't agree with that at all.Look no further than Half Life 2 and Bioshock for western games with storylines and character development that is just as good as the best of the Japanese made games. And they do it without having hours worth of in game cinema which is quickly becoming an outdated method of storytelling in gaming.
These games use the inherent interactive nature of video gaming to create worlds and plots in a way that is simply exclusive to the video gaming medium and would not be possible in any other type.
Bioshock did it without giving you a face, name or voice. Somehow you come out of it feeling like you know HIM most of all.
If only because he never tells ANYTHING, so at least you already know everything about the dude. Even if that everything isn't much.
-AC
Yes. Same thing with the Half Life 2 games. By having a silent protagonist, in a way, you become him. He never speaks or responds to the other characters so after a while I find myself responding in my head, and that kind of acts as the response to these characters and thus it makes it feel like you are interacting with the world and the characters instead of simply watching another character interact. And thus it makes these characters more real and identified and connective.
Originally posted by BackFire
I don't agree with that at all.Look no further than Half Life 2 and Bioshock for western games with storylines and character development that is just as good as the best of the Japanese made games. And they do it without having hours worth of in game cinema which is quickly becoming an outdated method of storytelling in gaming.
These games use the inherent interactive nature of video gaming to create worlds and plots in a way that is simply exclusive to the video gaming medium and would not be possible in any other type.
And RPGs (for the most part) do the same in a far more effective manner. The way in which you can simply enter a town and walk up to any inhabitant of your choosing and proceed to "interact" with them, in turn finding out general information about the setting and mood of the townspeople -- that isn't at all necessarily entirely relevant or fundamentally important to the underlying plot of the game -- creates a far greater level of interactive storyline that's entirely unique to the video game medium than simply seeing absolutely everything from the first person perspective of a mute character. Not only do you have the full motion videos and mandatory text based dialogue sequences to present you with the full scope and underlying path and direction of the storyline, but you have this level of interaction that really gives you insight into the general atmosphere of the setting. The sheer emphasis on the storyline and how dialogue heavy these games actually are also add to an unparalleled level of exploration of the characters and setting in comparison to other genres (this is especially true for Japanese RPGs).
Games such as Bioshock and Half Life 2 really don't present the player with that much of an interactive storyline in comparison.
Originally posted by Hyu
And RPGs (for the most part) do the same in a far more effective manner. The way in which you can simply enter a town and walk up to any inhabitant of your choosing and proceed to "interact" with them, in turn finding out general information about the setting and mood of the townspeople -- that isn't at all necessarily entirely relevant or fundamentally important to the underlying plot of the game -- creates a far greater level of interactive storyline that's entirely unique to the video game medium than simply seeing absolutely everything from the first person perspective of a mute character. Not only do you have the full motion videos and mandatory text based dialogue sequences to present you with the full scope and underlying path and direction of the storyline, but you have this level of interaction that really gives you insight into the general atmosphere of the setting. The sheer emphasis on the storyline and how dialogue heavy these games actually are also add to an unparalleled level of exploration of the characters and setting in comparison to other genres (this is especially true for Japanese RPGs).Games such as Bioshock and Half Life 2 really don't present the player with that much of an interactive storyline in comparison.
But why are you banned? 😂