Western Vs Jap developers ?
i' ll definitly go with tha jap, i still think that those are the geniuses in this industry, although a lot of western developers improved their quality work but they' re still lacking that charisma that Jap games have, i really don' t know why exactly.
usualy Jap are much better than westerners in graphics, you might think otherwise, but that' s because jap have only focused on PS2 which is a very dated machine, i' m sure that PS3 at E3 will reveal what Jap Dev can really do once again...
however , Ubisoft is showing to be the next Rareware in graphics, and i really respect this company a lot, most of the time they release games with a high quality.
what i don' t like about JAp is that sometimes i think they are really weird, what the hell is wrong with them soemtimes?? Suikoden V, i' m a fan !! but they stick to that TEEN character that look girly, why ? why ? why?? the theme is War , why don' t they make the hero look like a 30 year old, classy enough, and manly??
is it because most of JAP market are teens and so they want to creat a character so that those teens can relate to him?? that really sucks and i' m starting to get really tired of it ... man just llook at final fantasy 12... give me a cloud !!
in fact most of the popular characters in video games (even in JAP) are not girly nor teens, Snake , Cloud, Dante (1&2), Ryu ... i just don' t get Jap people