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Originally Posted by Blog Monster
Let's all try and make a list of the good the bad, the pros and cons, the do's and don'ts out of the east and west.
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I think "Western MMOs" and "Eastern MMOs" are just stereotypes, over-simplified labels used to categorize a wide variety of different games. It's like talking about the differences between Asian and American people. Sure, there are some cultural differences, but there is also a wide variety within the two groups, and focusing on the stereotypical differences could be very misleading.
Let's see the two stereotypes you have presented:
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For example I think western MMO game mechanics are pretty superior to eastern MMO mechanics, however aesthetically eastern MMOs seem to have a nice shiny "ooooh look at me!" kind of feel to them.
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Age of Conan is more beautiful than many Eastern MMOs, and Guild Wars has superior PVP mechanincs to many Western games.
Aion suffers a lot from this stereotyping. Many of its features closely resemble to those we typically associate with Western MMOs, yet it is stereotyped by many westerners as an "Asian grinder", "Chinese bot-fest", or "pretty Japanese anime game with no lore at all".