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Ah sorry I kinda messed up my response. I was typing my reply to 2 different topics at the time and was re-watching Doctor Who.I find the storytelling to be a little subjective I mean the stories from what I seen from Japanese devs are more centered around a group of characters and how they interact with each other and stuff rather than something worldwide or just one character I mean all those games you listed to me have more of a focus only on a more world-like story or just focuses on the player character and nothing else.I'll chip in my two cents.
I think the big problem is that Western developers have taken the reigns when it comes to pushing forward storytelling in games. When I think of powerful, gripping stories in recent years, I think of games like Bioshock, or the Mass Effect franchise, all of which came from the West. I've played plenty of Japanese games and enjoyed them, sure, but they often lack that punch a strong narrative can provide. I had fun with Resident Evil 5 and Spec Ops: The Line, but my frantic search for Konrad in the ruins of Dubai is going to stick with me a lot longer than... uh... that time I shot Wesker? You shoot Wesker, right?
(There's obviously going to be exceptions, but this is just the general trend I've noticed)
I don't quite buy that. To go back to my examples, take Mass Effect; sure, there is the overarching plot with the Reapers, but Shepard's interactions with his squadmates is just as essential to the story. The camaraderie between Walker and his men, and how it disintegrates over the course of their hellish experiences in Dubai, is a very key element.
On the other hand, games like TWEWY or the Persona series (from what I understand) have their stories driven by some greater threat. They aren't just character study and nothing else.
But I still think its more up to personal preference in this instance since I found with games like TWEWY and Persona that I actually enjoy more of the "being forced into helping others" instead of the whole "I must save the world because i'm the only one who can" attitude that usually comes from western games.