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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 (1 children)

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

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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