World Game Project to highlight Western games in Japan
Sony has announced the World Game Project, an initiative meant to highlight Western games in Japan.
Sony has announced a new promotion called the World Game Project, which will highlight games with Western design sensibilities for event attendees in Japan. Mr. Murata, the project's faceless mascot clothed in Reservoir Dogs attire (shown above), was apparently seen wandering around this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo convention as well.
To be held in Akihabara on July 23, the event will let participants play games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Infamous 2, Resistance 3, and Shadows of the Damned, and video footage for other titles will be on-tap as well. Astute observers will note that Shadows of the Damned--while not actually a Western-developed title--definitely utilizes a Western 3rd-person shooter design ethos.
The World Game Project promotion seems like a pretty cool way to expose folks across the sea to Western games, though it would also be great to see the same sort of thing happen in the U.S.
(via andriasang)
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replyJeff Mattas posted a new article, World Game Project to highlight Western games in Japan.
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What they really need to expose them to are Western CRPGs.
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I agree, but it's probably not feasible. You can't really show a 5-10 minute slice of a non-linear Western RPG and see what makes it good. I would argue that a lot of classic CRPGs need to be played 20 hours to get into. You need time to see the potential of non-linear quests, character customization, etc.
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