Fallout 3 and Oblivion maker Bethesda’s honcho Todd Howard has said Japanese RPGs are “not realistic” compared to western ones.
Todd Howard, executive producer at Bethesda, gave an interview in which he politely rubbished the Wii and 3DS as platforms unsuitable for Bethesda games, stated that Red Dead Redemption is “a great RPG,” and also weighed in on Japanese RPGs:
In terms of the RPG genre, you guys do a fantastic job and a lot of the western developers are leading that charge now; maybe Japan is a little weaker in that area.
Final Fantasy XIII is selling pretty well, but it seems whether it’s you or BioWare, or Peter Molyneux with the Fable series, there’s just a really strong western RPG presence.
Do have any thoughts on the state of the Japanese RPGs? Do you play them personally?
I don’t. I look at them. Artistically, I think they’re really, really good.
I’ve never been one to draw lines, though I think it’s easier in this case to say, “these are the western and these are the eastern ones.” I think, by and large, if you look at Japanese games, overall their mindset is way more fantastical, even if it’s not an RPG.
Personally for me, sometimes I like that and sometimes I have a hard time wrapping my hands around it. A western game… again I’m generalizing, they’re more realistic.
Even if it’s post-apocalyptic America Fallout, there’s this filter on it: well, this could really be happening. It’s got this somewhat of a suspension of disbelief, even when we do fantasy stuff.
If you compare the sci-fi in Mass Effect to the science fiction in a million Japanese games, it just gets really, really out there. I think the two sensibilities break down more like that.
Apparently he never played Morrowind.
Whilst being much more circumspect than other western developers, it does seem apparent Howard does not hold Japanese RPGs in great esteem.
f♥♥k Bethesda and f♥♥k WRPGs. And f♥♥k the WRPGWeebfags who love them.
Ys Series
The Legend of Heroes/Kiseki Series
Final Fantasy
Tears to Tiara
and so may more examples of very good RPGs done right.
f♥♥k the Westernshit. Fantasy over reality. Like people have already said on here: if you want reality, get a fucking job, go play sports, go rob a bank or kill your children.
go back to your hole and eat another burger fatty
Bethesda: no one cares. I still play Japanese RPGs, because they have much more to offer than the constant bullshit of the Pure White-Race Western RPGs. Japanese RPGs don’t have to be realistic. It’s FUCKING FANTASY, for f♥♥k sake. I have played JRPGs most of my life, even played the very first Final Fantasy back in the 80s on the NES. This was all I knew was JRPGs, not Ultima and so other faggy so-called *realistic* s♥♥t. Maybe you should tell that bullshit to Nihon Falcom Corporation. Pretty sure they would laugh it off, not giving a f♥♥k. And that company makes damn good RPGs. The Ys Series and the Kiseki series are perfect examples of their great work. No, I will never play a Westerntard RPG, because, no. Feel free to call me a weeb and whatnot, I could give a f♥♥k less. JRPGs and or nothing. I guess the fags at Bethesda are trying to make it seem like their RPGs are more on point, than Japanese ones. Pfaaw. No one gives a f♥♥k about your bullshit opinion. They are just games. If they sell, they sell to make profits. They don’t have to be realistic.
Todd Howard is just an arrogant game maker who has the America is the Best complex like any other egoistic person in the States so shut the f♥♥k up Todd I like your games but you dont fucking need to be so arrogant
I was infuriated before I started reading but after reading I can’t really say he’s trashtalking.
He does put an emphasis on that it is his personal opinion and that he is generalizing. Apart from that his opinion does not talk for all developers.
“Japanese RPGs are “not realistic” compared to western ones”
what? who cares.. its a game, if you want “realism” go play medal of honor games. To me RPG’s arnt based on reality more fantasy.. realism isnt a key factor.
on a note Bethesda…
Oblivion (and i love the game) isnt Realistic
Fallout 3 (and i love the game) isnt 100% Realistic