This puts me at a crossroads, because while I want to play these games, I actually want to know these characters are actually saying, rather than a translation that summarizes what happens.Ī Japanese game I own that is a perfect example of featuring lots of text I don’t understand is “Macross Triangle Frontier” for the Sony PSP. These games focus more on a narrative or dialogue and while they may receive a translation guide so you can play the game, it’s not a full translation, so the player will never understand what is fully said. However sometimes there are games that take my fancy that sometimes require a significant knowledge of Japanese to play and enjoy. I don’t know why I like these kind of games, but ever since getting lost on YouTube in 2007 and stumbling across a video of gameplay of the Japanese exclusive game “Sengoku Basara 2”, I’ve been hooked ever since.īecause of the language barrier of these games, I usually only get games either that require very little Japanese to play and enjoy the game, or games that receive fan translations or have translation guides available, so I know what I’m doing.

The type of games that are almost completely in Japanese and when played by someone like me who has no knowledge of Japanese, the player has no clue what on earth is going on. No I mean the type that never leave the shores of Japan.

I don’t mean games that are made in Japan, or inspired by Japanese game designs. When I say “Japanese games”I should be more specific.

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