Any japanese game that actually works fine?

[DamagePoints]

First of all: I want to say that this is not a "uuuh I want to complain to the world because I had a bad day" type of thread, it is an honest question.

Because, well, where to begin...

- Some time ago I bought Deadly Premonition, and for some time I wasnt able to play it until a couple of days ago,(I was busy) and when I get to do it, I discover that the game crashes as hell from minute 1, I go to the forums and the reviews section and all I see is people saying how the game is a bad/crappy/lazy/whatever port of the xbox360 version.
- I was planning to buy Dragon Quest Heroes, buuut, once again, I go to the reviews section and more coments about how the game works awfully bad because is a crappy PS4 port
- I was also planning on buying either Samurai Warriors 4 or Dynasty Warriors 8, since I am a huge fan of the franchise, and more of the same "don't buy this lazy port" "if you have a PS4 buy that version, not Steam's" "crashes all the time" and bla
- Ta-chan! I feel like playing an JRPG, oh, hey, look!, its Final Fantasy Type-0! I'm slightly intriged by this one, sure, the cast of characters looks like they just came out of a day of highschool with those uniforms, but, hey, whatever, -JAPAN- But aside for being a huge fan of the Samurai/Dynasty Warriors games and JRPGs I'm also a huge fan of Steam Negative Reviews!!! xD so I check and of course, find more warnings (that, OF COURSE, I totally apreciate, and give thanks for, don't get me wrong) saying that the game performs poorly for several reasons.

This are just some examples, but there are some more.
I really like the fact that those games are coming to PC, because it gets a little tiring to see more or less the same style of games over and over and over in the "New Games" section of Steam (except for the indie games, those does bring some originality) and I'd like to get some, but, some that actually are playable!

So, question again: Are there any japanese games that actually works fine here in Steam?

[Edelweiss]

There are a fair amount of indie and doujin games that work just fine and are Japanese. A lot of shoot-em-ups like Ikaruga and Mushihimesama and VNs like Nekopara all work just fine.

[Dogui]

It's said that most Capcom games runs rather well. Keep in mind that most recent RE's and DMCs like are more focused on a ocidental playerbase, justifying a better otimization on pc.

While games more focused on japan, like anime-ish JRPGs and such, could came to Steam for a niche but they would never care to waste time and money to make good ports, since they know that type of game wouldn't sell too well on pc. Most japanese gamers plays just on consoles and pc is more used to play eroges...or so it's said hauhauah

[Shinpool]

deadly permonition works fine for me. it might be just my luck tho. i heard DW8 XL works fine

[Tev]

引用自 deadpooh!?：

deadly permonition works fine for me. it might be just my luck tho.

Deadly Premonition didn't work as poorly for me once I stopped using Steam overlay all the time and once I enabled Durate's DPfix. The same developer's next game "D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die" seems to work a lot better than Deadly Premonition.

There's good Japanese ports too, like Akiba's Trip, Hyperdimension Neptunia and Valkyria Chronicles.

[DamagePoints]

引用自 dogui0777：

It's said that most Capcom games runs rather well. Keep in mind that most recent RE's and DMCs like are more focused on a ocidental playerbase, justifying a better otimization on pc.

While games more focused on japan, like anime-ish JRPGs and such, could came to Steam for a niche but they would never care to waste time and money to make good ports, since they know that type of game wouldn't sell too well on pc. Most japanese gamers plays just on consoles and pc is more used to play eroges...or so it's said hauhauah

"A friend of a friend told me!" xDDD ook ok, Thanks for the info =)
A little sad, but yeah, the pc is not really platform famous for its japanese games

[DamagePoints]

引用自 The Laplace Operator：

There are a fair amount of indie and doujin games that work just fine and are Japanese. A lot of shoot-em-ups like Ikaruga and Mushihimesama and VNs like Nekopara all work just fine.

I'm not a fan of those genres of games =S but thanks anyway =)

[k1llobeet001]

Моя..

[DamagePoints]

引用自 deadpooh!?：

deadly permonition works fine for me. it might be just my luck tho. i heard DW8 XL works fine

I think I'll take my chances with DW8 if I see it on sale, thanks for the info^^

[DamagePoints]

引用自 Teutep：

引用自 deadpooh!?：

deadly permonition works fine for me. it might be just my luck tho.

Deadly Premonition didn't work as poorly for me once I stopped using Steam overlay all the time and once I enabled Durate's DPfix. The same developer's next game "D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die" seems to work a lot better than Deadly Premonition.

There's good Japanese ports too, like Akiba's Trip, Hyperdimension Neptunia and Valkyria Chronicles.

I had some interest in Akiba's Trip and D4, if you say it works I'll keep it in mind, thanks!
And I'll try what you said to make DP work

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[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

If you're simply on the look out for any reports of crashes and incompatibility, then that happens for pretty much any game. Make sure you're checking to see whether these are prevalent or common issues, not just ones that merely exist for a handful of people -- because they will, inevitably, due to every computer having a different combination of hardware and software.

I haven't played any of the games that you've mentioned -- Deadly Premonition, Dragon Quest Heroes, Samurai Warriors, Dynasty Warriors 8, or Final Fantasy Type-0 -- but I've played quite a few Japanese games and they work mostly just fine.

As a rule of thumb, some indie games might be more compatible with WinXP, WinVista, Win7, and probably Win8/8.1 than Win10. But major releases tend to be fine -- except for when Win10 came out and was really new and bunches of drivers weren't updated to work with Win10.

Some Japanese indie games might have trouble with the Steam Overlay, but that won't prevent you from playing the game.

I've got a Win7 computer that has Intel Integrated 4000 and a Win8.1 computer that has Intel Integrated 4400 and I generally have no problem running anything. Here's a partial list:
* Ys games - run fine on both. All the games except Chronicles are actually PC native, despite some of them having PSP releases in English before PC releases in English.
* The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - runs fine on both. The game's code is a bit finicky so you should always experiment with the config utility first. Also a PC native, despite English PSP release coming before English PC release.
* Recettear - runs fine on both.
* Fortune Summoners - runs fine on Win7, but Steam Overlay doesn't work. Haven't tried on Win8.1.
* eXceed games - eXceed 1 (Gun Bullet Children) is weird and forces fullscreen at low res and doesn't even have an English translation because they lost the source code. But ignoring that one, eXceed 2nd and eXceed 3rd work on both Win7 and Win8.1. Steam Overlay doesn't capture screenshots properly -- for some reason it only gets the backgrounds. Otherwise they run just fine.
* Eryi's Action - runs fine on both I think. Also has a Linux version.
* Ether Vapor Remaster, Fairy Bloom Freesia, Astebreed - runs fine on Win7, and I think also on Win8.1. The first two use some of the same code, and I think the third might too. They're all from the same dev.
* RefleX, KAMUI, Alltynex 2nd - RefleX runs fine on both, and I presume the others should too.
* La-Mulana - runs fine on both, I think. Also has a Linux version.
* Gurumin - runs fine on Win8.1 (not checked on Win7). Again, this is a PC native, despite having seen an English release on PSP first.
* Valkyria Chronicles - runs fine on Win8.1 (not checked Win7).
* fault milestone one - runs fine on Win7 and Win8.1. It uses the Ren'py engine, I think, and any visual novels that use Ren'py should work fine on both.
* Cherry Tree High Comedy Club and The Sacred Tears TRUE - both of these use an RPG Maker engine, the first runs fine on Win7 (not checked on Win8.1), the second runs fine on Win8.1 (not checked on Win7). I presume RPG Maker stuff should run fine on both, maybe with a little minimal tweaking of the settings.
* 100% Orange Juice - runs fine on both.

[DamagePoints]

引用自 Quint the Turtle Fence：

If you're simply on the look out for any reports of crashes and incompatibility, then that happens for pretty much any game. Make sure you're checking to see whether these are prevalent or common issues, not just ones that merely exist for a handful of people -- because they will, inevitably, due to every computer having a different combination of hardware and software.

I haven't played any of the games that you've mentioned -- Deadly Premonition, Dragon Quest Heroes, Samurai Warriors, Dynasty Warriors 8, or Final Fantasy Type-0 -- but I've played quite a few Japanese games and they work mostly just fine.

As a rule of thumb, some indie games might be more compatible with WinXP, WinVista, Win7, and probably Win8/8.1 than Win10. But major releases tend to be fine -- except for when Win10 came out and was really new and bunches of drivers weren't updated to work with Win10.

Some Japanese indie games might have trouble with the Steam Overlay, but that won't prevent you from playing the game.

I've got a Win7 computer that has Intel Integrated 4000 and a Win8.1 computer that has Intel Integrated 4400 and I generally have no problem running anything. Here's a partial list:
* Ys games - run fine on both. All the games except Chronicles are actually PC native, despite some of them having PSP releases in English before PC releases in English.
* The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - runs fine on both. The game's code is a bit finicky so you should always experiment with the config utility first. Also a PC native, despite English PSP release coming before English PC release.
* Recettear - runs fine on both.
* Fortune Summoners - runs fine on Win7, but Steam Overlay doesn't work. Haven't tried on Win8.1.
* eXceed games - eXceed 1 (Gun Bullet Children) is weird and forces fullscreen at low res and doesn't even have an English translation because they lost the source code. But ignoring that one, eXceed 2nd and eXceed 3rd work on both Win7 and Win8.1. Steam Overlay doesn't capture screenshots properly -- for some reason it only gets the backgrounds. Otherwise they run just fine.
* Eryi's Action - runs fine on both I think. Also has a Linux version.
* Ether Vapor Remaster, Fairy Bloom Freesia, Astebreed - runs fine on Win7, and I think also on Win8.1. The first two use some of the same code, and I think the third might too. They're all from the same dev.
* RefleX, KAMUI, Alltynex 2nd - RefleX runs fine on both, and I presume the others should too.
* La-Mulana - runs fine on both, I think. Also has a Linux version.
* Gurumin - runs fine on Win8.1 (not checked on Win7). Again, this is a PC native, despite having seen an English release on PSP first.
* Valkyria Chronicles - runs fine on Win8.1 (not checked Win7).
* fault milestone one - runs fine on Win7 and Win8.1. It uses the Ren'py engine, I think, and any visual novels that use Ren'py should work fine on both.
* Cherry Tree High Comedy Club and The Sacred Tears TRUE - both of these use an RPG Maker engine, the first runs fine on Win7 (not checked on Win8.1), the second runs fine on Win8.1 (not checked on Win7). I presume RPG Maker stuff should run fine on both, maybe with a little minimal tweaking of the settings.
* 100% Orange Juice - runs fine on both.

Thanks for the info! I have some of those games in my wishlist, so is cool to know they are goint to work fine

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Keep in mind that you may have to jiggle games a little bit to make them work fine, but if you have a decent enough computer, there's no reason they shouldn't.

In some cases, if you have a choice between an integrated card and a dedicated graphics card, and you have a relatively low-spec game you're trying to get working, point it to the integrated card; that solves some problems.