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[Kotaro]

I think we are about to witness the new pinnacle of Asian gaming. Something that will even surpass the peak of the 1990s-2000s era

In the next of couple of years, here's the line-up coming out of Japan, China and South Korea

JAPAN
- Nintendo: Switch-2 --> Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, Smash Bros, Pokemon
- Konami: revival of Metal Gear franchise

- Capcom: Monster Hunter Wilds, Onimusha, Resident Evil 9, Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC should be announced soon

- Sega: Sonic, Pirate Yakuza

- Koei Tecmo: Ninja Gaiden 4, Rise of the Ronin (DLC should be announced soon)

- From Soft: Elden Ring NightReign and whatever else Miyazaki is cooking

CHINA
- Mihoyo: Genshin Impact & Honkai: Star Rail
- Black Myth: Wukong. DLC should be announced soon

- Wuchang Fallen Feathers


- Tides of Annihilation


- Phantom Blade Zero


- Ballad of Antara


- Where Winds Meet


- Lost Souls Aside


KOREA
- Stellar Blade. New DLC coming soon

- Lies of P. New DLC coming soon

- Crimson Desert


- Vindictus Defying Fate


- Khazan: First Berserker


- First Descendant



That line-up is ABSOLUTE PEAK! And if you like Souls-like action/ARPG genre, you're gonna be eating good

 

[nial]

JAPAN
- Nintendo: Switch-2 --> Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, Smash Bros, Pokemon

Four games that don't exist, a Metroid developed in the West (Prime 4) and Pokémon which is... Pokémon.

 

[BlackTron]

This is really cool and we need them picking up our slack. But its more impressive standing on its own than comparing to 90s/2000s gaming.

 

[nial]

You already fucked up your own thread by including shit that doesn't exist, but not fucking Death Stranding 2. Seriously, what is wrong with you, OP?

 

[Kotaro]

Four games that don't exist, a Metroid developed in the West (Prime 4) and Pokémon which is... Pokémon.

You know they exist, they just haven't been announced yet.

With Switch-2 coming, they are inevitable

 

[Kacho]

I need to play more games from China and Korea. Kahzan is 100% on my to do list.

 

[nial]

You know they exist, they just haven't been announced yet.

With Switch-2 coming, they are inevitable

No, I don't know that, it just makes up for a poor list if you have to add promises, like the Silent Hill revival (especially with the core game of this initiative being developed in the West).
But if you insist, I think you forgot Astro Bot next, Gran Turismo next and Physint. =)

 

[mitch1971]

 

[Danjin44]

 

[LectureMaster]

Yep

 

[Salz01]

I’m way more interested in the upcoming Asian games, then the western developed games. Outside of Doom Dark Ages.

 

[Kotaro]

No, I don't know that, it just makes up for a poor list if you have to add promises, like the Silent Hill revival (especially with the core game of this initiative being developed in the West).
But if you insist, I think you forgot Astro Bot next, Gran Turismo next and Physint. =)

You're right, Silent Hill Remake was made by Western studio, I removed it from the list

 

[Generic]

Meme, the most successful games are from the west.

 

[Futaleufu]

The only genre where they are undeniably superior are fighting games.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Yep

Tifa on her way to the Italian Parliament.

 

[Paasei]

I’m playing everything that isn’t a Souls-like. It’s time for action RPG to reinvent themselves.

 

[{insert code here}]

With the implosion of Western AAA the timing could not be more perfect.

 

[Zuzu]

Yeah I think we’re entering a new golden age too. And what’s more incredible is that for some of these Asian studios this is only their first generation of higher tier console/PC games and they’re already at a good to great quality. Like Black Myth Wukong, Lies of P, Stellar Blade and Tides of Annihilation are just the first generation of these studios’ higher production single player PC/console games.

Their second and third generation of releases are undoubtedly going to take big leaps forward now that they have gained experience with their first generation games. And these studios are manned by very hard working people who do things efficiently so it wouldn’t surprise me if they release games more regularly than other studios but at lower the production cost.

 

[pqueue]

A golden age is determined by quality. not quantity.

most of that crap has yet to be released, so you cannot assess its quality in any way, shape or form.

you are spiking the ball way too early.

 

[Hudo]

Not one RTS

 

[Nickolaidas]

Not one RTS

Give them time.

 

[Xtib81]

That's the kind of shake-up we need in this industry. A focus on games and no DEI/politics bullshit.

OP, you can also add Delta Force (not available on consoles yet). It's developed by a Chinese studio.
There's also Dokev by Korean developer Pearl abyss.
There's Inzoi which aims to dethrone the sims. It's developed by South-Korean studio Krafton.
There's also that Chinese (or Korean?) game which plays like Detroit become human. Can't remember the title.
Death strading 2 for Japan too.

 

[Kotaro]

I’m playing everything that isn’t a Souls-like. It’s time for action RPG to reinvent themselves.

You're missing out. Souls games are the reason for the renaissance of ARPG genre

 

[Paasei]

You're missing out. Souls games are the reason for the renaissance of ARPG genre

Played too many of them, already. It’s no longer that interesting for me.

 

[Black_Stride]

Alot of those Chinese games kinda blend into each other and I cant remember which is which.

 

[Lokaum D+]

I think we are about to witness the new pinnacle of Asian gaming. Something that will even surpass the peak of the 1990s-2000s era

In the next of couple of years, here's the line-up coming out of Japan, China and South Korea

JAPAN
- Nintendo: Switch-2 --> Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, Smash Bros, Pokemon
- Konami: revival of Metal Gear franchise

- Capcom: Monster Hunter Wilds, Onimusha, Resident Evil 9, Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC should be announced soon

- Sega: Sonic, Pirate Yakuza

- Koei Tecmo: Ninja Gaiden 4, Rise of the Ronin (DLC should be announced soon)

- From Soft: Elden Ring NightReign and whatever else Miyazaki is cooking

CHINA
- Mihoyo: Genshin Impact & Honkai: Star Rail
- Black Myth: Wukong. DLC should be announced soon

- Wuchang Fallen Feathers


- Tides of Annihilation


- Phantom Blade Zero


- Ballad of Antara


- Where Winds Meet


- Lost Souls Aside


KOREA
- Stellar Blade. New DLC coming soon

- Lies of P. New DLC coming soon

- Crimson Desert


- Vindictus Defying Fate


- Khazan: First Berserker


- First Descendant



That line-up is ABSOLUTE PEAK! And if you like Souls-like action/ARPG genre, you're gonna be eating good

 

[RetroGamingUK]

The PS3/360 generation saw the rise of American games and the decline of Japanese games.

The American studios like Bethesda, BioWare and Irrational were heavily invested and familiar with PC development in the early 00s, so when the HD consoles arrived they just smoothly transitioned and found a huge new audience.

The Japanese studios were heavily invested in arcades, whenever a new console gen started they could port those games to console, hence why the most impressive early games of every console gen were Japanese. By the mid 00s the arcades were gone and there was an increased focus on handheld, so when the HD consoles came they were ill prepared.

Since Unreal Engine 4 and 5 came about the playing field has been levelled and, in terms of quality.

Japan does indeed seem to be far ahead again.

 

[a'la mode]

Alot of those Chinese games kinda blend into each other and I cant remember which is which.

Chinese devs found a make-your-own-action-RPG template on the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

I’m way more interested in the upcoming Asian games, then the western developed games. Outside of Doom Dark Ages.

id is one of the few great American develops left now

 

[pudel]

No. Because if you are honest 90% of these games are the same game in different variations. Experience wise I would say this wont work out very well.

 

[RagnarokIV]

No. Because if you are honest 90% of these games are the same game in different variations. Experience wise I would say this wont work out very well.

I hate shitty soulslike games and clones but LOVE Wukong.

The fact a Chinese made game can basically force me to tolerate and even like a genre by being so good is amazing to me.

 

[pudel]

I hate shitty soulslike games and clones but LOVE Wukong.

The fact a Chinese made game can basically force me to tolerate and even like a genre by being so good is amazing to me.

Yeah, Wukong was great and even if I am not into these fighting games...it should have been the true GOTY of 2024. But if you get flooded with Wukong clones now...I dont know if this ends up very well.

 

[BbMajor7th]

No mention of Mihoyo and Genshin Impact? That shit's printing more money than all the others combined.

 

[Thief1987]

No, I don't know that, it just makes up for a poor list if you have to add promises, like the Silent Hill revival (especially with the core game of this initiative being developed in the West).
But if you insist, I think you forgot Astro Bot next, Gran Turismo next and Physint. =)

OP can't admit that Sony also developing and publishing good games, he just can't

 

[cireza]

Not exactly a varied output lol.

Feels like I have already played all of these Chinese/Korean games hundreds of times.

 

[Neff]

Does China and Korea count if they just keep making Soulsborne May Cry

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Please.
No more boring Souls- likes.
So fucking derivative.
No disrespect to the devs, but I can barely tell China's line up apart.

 

[balls of snow]

And the only one im interested in is the atypical game from China. Not an action game, not a soulsborne, and actually looks interesting. We copy Kojima now.

 

[captainnapalm]

Marvel Rivals for me is one of the most telling examples because Marvel clearly made the right decision in outsourcing the game to a Chinese company, because any western dev would almost certainly have wokified the product and you wouldn't have seen the same level of interest and excitement. In other words, it's starting to make more sense for companies to partner with Asian developers than western ones, and that's kind of a big deal.

 

[mitch1971]

Meme, the most successful games are from the west.

In time, with the way the western devs are going. Did you watch it?

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Does China and Korea count if they just keep making Soulsborne May Cry

If they’re good games then yes

However I think they’ve still got some way to catch up to Japan.

Regardless, they’re putting American and Canadian AAA studios to shame.

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

Too bad most of these game look exactly the fucking same. But yes, Asia has saved us.

 

[Kotaro]

OP can't admit that Sony also developing and publishing good games, he just can't

Sony PlayStation is an American company

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Sony PlayStation is an American company

Their best game this generation, Astro Bot, is Japanese.

If PlayStation continues at this current rate, don’t be surprised to see HQ move back to Japan.

 

[Black_Stride]

Chinese devs found a make-your-own-action-RPG template on the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

I swear thats what it feels like.

And im worried they are gonna saturate the market themselves and basically cannibalize each other.

 

[Madflavor]

The vast majority of games I’ve enjoyed over the past few years were made in Asia. The Western Dominance that began in the 7th Gen is in its death throes. They’re almost consistently being outperformed from a commercial and critical standpoint.

Watching Greg Miller’s speech at The Dice Awards cemented home for me that the West still isn’t reading the room.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

This already happened in 2017. Western game studios haven't been the same since.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Watching Greg Miller’s speech at The Dice Awards cemented home for me that the West still isn’t reading the room.

Do you have a link for the speech?

Was he calling out the issues with the western industry?

Edit: nvm, found it

Jesus Christ America’s gaming scene is in the fucking toilet right now

 

[Madflavor]

I swear thats what it feels like.

And im worried they are gonna saturate the market themselves and basically cannibalize each other.

They will, but I’m sure a couple of games will stand out with their own visual flare and style, and it’ll hopefully inspire others.

 

[Schmendrick]

If copying is the best compliment From Software must be constantly blushing nowadays.