Chinese Video/Computer Games

TPenglake said:

Two Chinese game trailers dropped.

For one, Lost Soul Aside is finally getting a release date, hooray.

And this one, from a completely new studio. Tides of Annihilation

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The AAA future is looking like a Tsunami from China. Amazing!

TPenglake said:

Two Chinese game trailers dropped.

For one, Lost Soul Aside is finally getting a release date, hooray.

And this one, from a completely new studio. Tides of Annihilation

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F that, someone is doing Final Fantasy better than Final Fantasy.

Tam said:

F that, someone is doing Final Fantasy better than Final Fantasy.

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Meh, they look pretty generic to me. Not saying FF hasn't been generic for the past 8 iterations, just that neither of those two look very original.

solarz said:

Meh, they look pretty generic to me. Not saying FF hasn't been generic for the past 8 iterations, just that neither of those two look very original.

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Problem is we have seen those kind of games for like 20~25 years now with Japanese obsession with European style etc.
I want more Wukong, A wolong done right etc....

Chinese anime games (Genshin, Wuthering Waves, ZZZ, etc.) feel more original because they did what Japan couldn't - they perfected the 2.5D anime style. Japanese anime artists & animators never quite made the transition to 2.5D successfully because most of their industry shifted away to "photo realistic 3D" in imitation of Western games. By contrast, China's anime 2.5D games have high production values and rich aesthetics in a class of their own - as admitted even by the Japanese themselves.

In "photo realistic 3D," by contrast, China is new and still mostly imitating. It is a more saturated field due to being the main focus of Western and Japanese - and more recently Korean - developers for the last two decades. But I think it is also set for disruption and China is the just the country to do it because of its vibrant 3D industry.

BlackWindMnt said:

Problem is we have seen those kind of games for like 20~25 years now with Japanese obsession with European style etc.
I want more Wukong, A wolong done right etc....

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I want to see games set in the Japanese War or the Korean War.

Gameplay trailer for Tides of Annihilation. Gameplay reveal soon after announcement with dubbing is a very encouraging thing.

Originally the next Front Mission game. Then Square Enix cancelled the project and threw the Chinese studio making it under the bus. Then the studio went on its own and rebranded the game. Now they are going international.

In the Dress Up Nikki franchise games, there's literally a fashion AI that judges your outfit designs.

Overview of Mecharashi. Not a trailer but a detailed summary of the game. Looks like a mobile gacha game but admittedly it does look good and I'm a sucker for tactical strategy games.