Japanese video game industry

[Abarbarian]

Japanese video gaming adapting new tech for familiar titles

"Truly game-like games" is the way Igarashi described the genres enjoying revival, including his side-scrolling role-playing games. His latest version will come with a 3-D movie section.

Although smartphones hammered the video-games market for some years, from about 2010, the companies have adjusted. After the dust settled, some of the games that stood the test of time turned out to be Japanese, such as "Monster Hunter" and "Resident Evil," known as "Biohazard" in Japan, both from Capcom Co., the "Super Mario" series from Nintendo and "Gran Turismo" from Sony, to name a few.

Many people used to play games, Morita added, but they have stopped as they got older. But with new technology like the virtual reality headset that Sony has developed and an array of software products coming out, the time may be finally ripe for the Japanese game industry to reap the rewards, he said.

"We want people to once again remember and rediscover the fun of games," said Morita. "We want people to re-experience that joy, that emotion."

Square Enix Holdings Co. President Yosuke Matsuda said his company is putting out the 15th game of the longtime hit "Final Fantasy" series. Long lines were forming at its giant booth at the Tokyo Game Show for a chance to try it out.

"Japanese games are loved by the world," he said.

Looks like VR gaming is gaining ground quite quickly. I'll have to start saving up for a headset.

 

[Ian]

I'd love to see a VR Hideo Kojima game . A Metal Gear Solid VR type game would be mind blowing .

 

[Abarbarian]

I'd love to see a VR Hideo Kojima game . A Metal Gear Solid VR type game would be mind blowing .

Not quite Metal Gear but close,

https://www.vrfocus.com/2017/08/preview-gunheart-halo-meets-vr/

Drifter Entertainment falls into this area with the release of its first experience for Oculus Rift (previewed) and HTC Vive with Gunheart, a co-op multiplayer that’s been inspired by videogames such as Halo and Gears of War.

Currently in Early Access on Steam and Oculus Store, Gunheart looks like your standard sci-fi alien affair. The premise is that you’re an intergalactic robot bounty hunter, earning a living by exterminating aliens wherever needed. You need to complete missions, killing as many enemies on route whilst finding hidden cash caches to build up your rig, buy and upgrade weapons to then go out and wreak more carnage.

Had a look around at some of the games available for VR and there are not that many fully featured games yet. It is still early days yet for the tech and unless you are rich then I recon it may be best to wait and see what developments bring to the differing VR headsets out there.
I like the look of these games,

https://www.vrfocus.com/2017/08/the-best-htc-vive-games-of-2017-so-far-cosmic-trip-syren/

So why has Syren been included? Well, Hammerhead VR released Episode 2 in May which completely turns the first episodes gameplay on its head going for a far more action orientated experience. It takes place in the same lab but this time you work backwards through the levels, but this time you have guns, lots of them. You’ll need to explore to find weapons, ammo and cash, which can then be spent on more powerful armaments.

https://www.vrfocus.com/2017/07/review-lone-echo/

There are plenty of titles out there that have tried to simulate weightlessness with varying degrees of success, but with the recent launch of Lone Echo by Ready at Dawn those issues seem to have been addressed, with a full blown experience that truly allows players to enjoy a story-driven, free-roaming environment in comfort.

As an exclusive title for Oculus Rift and Touch, Lone Echo perfectly showcases how a beautiful cinematic experience can be achieved in VR, from the storyline, to the graphics through to the gameplay, all of it’s been worked together to create a videogame of epic proportions.

An if they ever made a full free roaming game of Death Note I would definitely find the loot to buy the equipment and the game.

http://epicstream.com/news/Death-Note--One-Piece-Get-VR-Games

Death Note VR Escape Game will make use of the Gear VR. Here, fans will take on the role of Misa, where she will have to cooperate with Shinigami Rem to escape the basement before she drowns.