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Crash 4's Japan levels look awful (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by doublepepperoni@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net
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In the sense that nothing about the architecture or art really evokes Japan at all other than that it looks vaguely Asian. (Some bits feel more Chinese than anything.) This is a big budget 2020 game with art done by contracted artists from all over the world, you'd think they'd be able to get a little closer than this, especially with how overexposed Japanese culture has been for a long while now

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[-] bastionntb@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago

Orientalism. That's the word you're looking for. The game was made by orientalists.

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

It's just wild to me that a game this modern would fall back on generic vaguely Asian slurry. I'd expect this from a game from the 90s but even the China levels in Crash 3 felt more like China than this does Japan

[-] Weedian@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I used to think bandicoots were made up for the game

look how cute they are

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

90 percent of kids in the 90s just thought he was a fox

[-] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Honestly I wouldn't have even guessed this is supposed to be Japan. I think the wonky towers in the back look kind of neat.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

But is it worse than the Crash 3 China levels

[-] Weedian@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

hey I loved riding a tiger along the great wall

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

They at least read as "China," same with the Arabian, ancient Egyptian, etc levels

[-] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

That is about the bare minimum for having assets in the level...

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This was from a level intro before crates and enemies were spawned in, so it's not quite this barren when you're playing

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