Ironic Pirate said:
Dr.Panties said:
You know what, fuck it. I doubt you're at all prepared to listen to a contrasting opinion, but I will respond to this in detail.
"Is it just widdle tooo hardy-wardy-woo-woo- for you, little fella"
Problem one. You start off by both assuming that I didn't like both games for their difficulty, and by expressing that in the most annoying way possible.
You're trying to insult me, but only cluing me in that I shouldn't bother expecting sanity, reason, or politeness from the rest of your post. I don't like Demon's Souls because it actually isn't that hard, it just makes you remember where all the automatic fail traps are.
I didn't like Vanquish because the combat felt incredibly weak and the story was terrible.
"No auto-aim or pop-up tips telling you when to reload your gun and blow your nose"
Problem two. I don't like auto-aim, and I don't care for pop-up tips. You really seem to be going with this difficulty thing, which makes the post even more unintentionally hilarious.
"Assassin's Creed games where he can just push forward and hold down one button to win. Oh, what a sense of accomplishment"
And here's where your second point emerges. "Oh, you don't like Japanese games? Well, then you must like western games which are awful and stupid and dumb and vapid and homogenized and wow, thesaurus.com is really helpful, isn't it?" I never told you what games I liked. I just told you a few that I don't, and you went totally apeshit, making all kinds of assumptions and ranting and raving like a lunatic. Seriously, I'm picturing you jumping up and down, screaming in impotent rage, which is very unbecoming of a doctor.
You'll notice I didn't make a blanket statement? I said "I tend not to like...." and sited several recent Japanese games I've played, and not enjoyed. Instead of, like a normal person, saying "Hmm, well you might enjoy instead..." or "Huh, I have to disagree..." you went fucking nuts and made all sorts of asinine assumptions, and (in a bit of hilarious hypocrisy) dissed western games a fair amount (and in ways that apply to Japanese games as well).
Even when you tried to be reasonable at the end you come off rude. I acknowledge that I haven't played every japanese games, but the ones I've played I have not enjoyed, for the reasons I stated. Instead of politely disagreeing, or trying to change my mind, you threw a temper tantrum, which doesn't prove anything. Your post doesn't make me think "Hmm, maybe I should..." it makes me think "Jesus christ, who pissed in his cheerios.
You need more irony in your diet, but pray, continue to regale me with justifications for your blatant generalisations. Watch out for those sparkly menus and oh-so-annoying HUDS that are in all Japanese games (oh, I mean, at least the ones you've played, as qualifying statements such as this absolutely make generalisations acceptable. Just ask all of my African American, Asian and homosexual friends.)
Furthermore, please continue to neglect the fact that Japanese games, developers, and consoles comprise (and have comprised) an overwhelmingly large portion of the foundation of modern gaming. Don't bother researching the origins of third-person perspective, attached cover usage, or any other of those multitudinous (I just made that word up, because I'm a thesaurus) groovy mechanics that feature so prominently in both Eastern and Western modern games.
You see, Ironic Pirate (oh, the meta-irony...so delicious), this wasn't a temper tantrum, trolling, or the result of someone pissing in my cheerios. This was an incensed response to an abjectly poor post- your post- that was full to overflowing with misinformed, ignorant statements (and yes, generalisations) masquerading as opinions. The structure of this response was a deliberate parody of any person that has expressed any idea in a similar way, and you went with that all the way, so good for you.
In layman's terms, this was me pissing in your cheerios.
It seems I have not expressed myself clearly enough. I have played, in recent memory, four Japanese games, two of which are in the same series. All of these games featured what I described. My post could be summed up as, "based on my admittedly limited experience, I agree." Now, as someone who thinks so highly of themselves, you could have then said "Oh, you haven't been playing the right games! Here is a list of Japanese games that do not feature those things..." to which I would reply "Oh, thank you, that is most helpful. You have, as a functioning and non-douchey member of society, made me less ignorant about the world, enriching my life in the process!".
Instead, you decided to post... something. It was as annoying to read as it was helpful, as rude as it was condescending.
You seem to picture yourself as battling the forces of ignorance, telling me that "Japanese games, developers, and consoles comprise (and have comprised) an overwhelmingly large portion of the foundation of modern gaming" a claim which I most definitely disputed in my original post, and you certainly haven't been putting words in my mouth this entire time. Oh no, not Dr. Panties, that master of the English language, that slinger of wit, that Debater of unparalled prowess.
You see, I never stated that Japanese games were bad, or anything similar. You seem to just enjoy trying to make me into some kind of strawman to get your pseudo-intellectual multi-cultural jollies off on.
Let me explain something. The topic title was "I'm not a fan of Japanese games", which I clicked on out of a sense of curiosity. After reading part of the OP, I surmised that it was largely about a game I haven't played, so I ignored it. I thought to myself "Hmm, out of all the Japanese games I've played, I haven't really enjoyed them, what a coincidence. And I've never enjoyed JRPGs either, maybe I just don't like most Japense games?" If I made it seem as if I was stating generalizations about all Japanese games, I apologize. I meant it to be that they were common among the ones I've played and read reviews of.
Ignorance is a lack of knowledge or information. I am, admittedly, ignorant in regards to Japanese game design, because most of my exposure to it has been negative. If you would care to help me correct my ignorance, I would much appreciate it. Otherwise, quit being a tool.
