japanese pc games?
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Nah, the cell-phones in Japan are years beyond ours and provide them with every single possible human comfort.Lightbulb said:
The PC (as a gaming platform) isn't as popular in Japan, sure - but that's not to say there's not Japanese games out there...
Japanese doujin / indie game-makers rate as the best Shmups out there.
http://www.tigsource.com/features/doujin-shmups.html
ABA games anyone?
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/index_e.html
The indie scene in japan on the PC seems very strong, and they often recieve attention outside Japan.
Check out:
http://tigsource.com/articles/category/doujin
For a pretty extensive list of Japanese indie PC games out there
Cave story, which I've seen mentioned here before, is a translated Japanese endeavour
As for commercial games from large games developers, apart from the 'dating sims' which don't really have a market in the US or Europe, most of them do tend to be (often shoddy) ports from the console.
Much like many US commercial games for the PC from large games developers nowadays...
Japanese doujin / indie game-makers rate as the best Shmups out there.
http://www.tigsource.com/features/doujin-shmups.html
ABA games anyone?
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/index_e.html
The indie scene in japan on the PC seems very strong, and they often recieve attention outside Japan.
Check out:
http://tigsource.com/articles/category/doujin
For a pretty extensive list of Japanese indie PC games out there
Cave story, which I've seen mentioned here before, is a translated Japanese endeavour
As for commercial games from large games developers, apart from the 'dating sims' which don't really have a market in the US or Europe, most of them do tend to be (often shoddy) ports from the console.
Much like many US commercial games for the PC from large games developers nowadays...
there are plenty of japanese pc games out there, just dont bother hunting them down as most are what is known as "Bat shit crazy"
Truthfully, unless you're really into schoolgirls, tentacles, and combinations of the two you'll find that Japan isn't exactely well known for its retail PC games. Personally I'm still a bit surprised that Resident Evil 4 among other games have made their way onto the PC as ports.
There is a fairly active indie scene there however, likely because the retail support is so small there and those few people who've invested in a decent PC need something to use it on.
There is a fairly active indie scene there however, likely because the retail support is so small there and those few people who've invested in a decent PC need something to use it on.
Craploads of Visual Novels as far as I know. Probably RPG's too. Actually, doesn't the Final Fantasy series count as 'Japanese'? And Metal Gear Solid, now that I think of it. a few parts in both of those series have been released on the PC, I think only MGS2 got ported to the PC, and FF7, FF8 and FFXI for PC?
Korea Is the country over there with the PC games. Japan is just too far ahead of us lowly computer-tards.