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Message: [QUOTE="DanVzare, post: 65458, member: 24290"] Hmm, the 3 schools of thought between regions I always gleaned was: Americans: Love solving things with violence. Guns go bang bang. (First Person Shooters like Doom) Europeans: Love solving things with wit. Mind over matter. (Adventure games like Tomb Raider) Japanese: Love solving things with solidarity. Friendship is magic. (RPGs like Final Fantasy) Of course there's exceptions. But that just what I figured, considering what types of games were popular in those regions for the longest times. Games popular in America were always fast paced, while European and Japanese games were always slower paced, with Japanese games having much more of an emphasis on narrative than either American and European games. Of course, I'm basing this on tastes from two decades ago. I think everything has become a lot more homogenized as or late. Honestly though, when I clicked on this thread, I thought it was going to be about general game design. Such as how everyone has collectively decided that games have to be as optimized as possible. That there needs to be as little time as possible "preparing to do the thing" so you can spend more time "doing the thing". A school of thought I'm against, since I love the mundane act of having to equip items, cycle through menu options, and walking to my destination. But then again, clearly I'm in the minority on that. [/QUOTE]

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