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Where are Japan's Sad Dad Redemption games?
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On the first game it is heavily implied. In the second game it is directly confirmed several times.
Edit: though neither game would fit with the whole sad dad redemption arc anyway. First game is saving your daughter and getting revenge, second game is a flat out revenge play.
Neither of them are particularly redemptive.
I like the gradual progression from nice dad to total asshole dad.DMC5 is coming, get hype
Both...fully funded by a Japanese company.
Also there have been far more Japanese examples listed in this thread.
Nah, they confirm Emily is Corvo's daughter in D2. Check the Dishonoured Wiki
Sad Dad is on another business trip to Tokyo but won't be back til this weekend. Strangely Unfeeling Mom never has anything to say about it.
You're grasping at straws here. Those games were both made by American studios, and intended for a Western audience.
And Sony Interactive Entertainment is based in California now anyway. It's not a Japanese organization anymore.
Apollo Justice is the tale of two dads, one who literally gets redeemed at the end.
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Sometimes, tough love is chaining your father, your son, and your grandson to a rocket, and laughing.
This category of game narrative was already pretty widely recognized, but "sad dad redemption" is a catchy name for it.
One thing I have noticed is that the "kids" in dad japanese games are more idealized(never argue,do everything the parents says) while the ones in western games act more like real kids. That's just in in dad games tho, the ones with kids as protagonists are fine.
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Don't remember if they explored much of it in the novel and haven't played 2 myself but I did find this.
https://www.gameinformer.com/games/.../21/21-things-we-know-about-dishonored-2.aspx
Japanese games skew to certain genres Japanese gamers like.
You don't see too many sports, sad dad SP games, shooters, racers (aside from maybe GT), western style RPGs, MMO.
Games usually geared to that teenage kid/anime style, but then some reason and somehow some games like Resident Evil, Gran Turismo and PES I think are popular. Games that are more gritty and realistic-ish. So you'd think they'd make more of these, but Japanese devs don't.
You don't see too many sports, sad dad SP games, shooters, racers (aside from maybe GT), western style RPGs, MMO.
Games usually geared to that teenage kid/anime style, but then some reason and somehow some games like Resident Evil, Gran Turismo and PES I think are popular. Games that are more gritty and realistic-ish. So you'd think they'd make more of these, but Japanese devs don't.
Not the main protagonist, but the first boss in Bloodborne, father gascoigne
is definitely a sad dad and perfectly sets the morbid tone of the world.
is definitely a sad dad and perfectly sets the morbid tone of the world.
sad dad redemption is a catchy name, i'll give you that OP
My contribution:
Siren Blood Curse, well it's not about fatherhood for the whole game, but one of the main character is a father who try to save his daughter, and when the ending rolled around, he definitely earned that sad dad redemption
My contribution:
Siren Blood Curse, well it's not about fatherhood for the whole game, but one of the main character is a father who try to save his daughter, and when the ending rolled around, he definitely earned that sad dad redemption
Japanese game development skew to the youth market - and even when Japanese developers are growing older, there doesn't appear to be the notion the market wants to make a lot of games that evoke the life story of the middle-aged man/woman.
in more modern times, yeah, actually. DQ 5 though is literally about two generations of sad dads.
A Full Metal Alchemist (prequel-ish) game could focus on that. The brothers even emulating their teachers biggest mistake. And since the first anime already introduced heavy altering of the story, the game could retell the proper story arc with focus on Izumi Curtis and all but completely sideline Hohenheim.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Kill Bill seems more of an Angry Mom Revengeance type.
They are explicit about it in 2. I mean there is a reason everyone saying "I didn't realize Corvo was Emily's father" are all also saying they haven't played 2.
It is also heavily implied in 1, to the point that assuming anything else is silly because the only evidence that exists is that Corvo is her father.
It is confirmed in the sequel, but it was left ambiguous in the original. You both win!