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Couple of interesting quotes about Japanese gamers. I don't get it though because aren't there lots of difficult and/or confusing Japanese games?
Couple of interesting quotes about Japanese gamers. I don't get it though because aren't there lots of difficult and/or confusing Japanese games?
"People think [foreign games] are difficult and there's no guidance on how to clear the objectives," one Japanese game designer said. "Now that has changed, and they are much easier to play, but this bias remains among Japanese gamers."
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation localization specialist Naotaka Higashiyama agreed with his colleagues. "I personally like games like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, Gears of War, and Test Drive Unlimited," he said. "But I think Japanese players don't want challenging, stressful, difficult games. Japanese players would rather have role-playing games with a slow tempo, where they are led and shown what to do
