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on: July 17, 2012, 04:39:44 PM
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That link is very interesting. I'm much more on the side of the supposed "original" ending. It's a difficult choice, but it's way more pertinent to the story than what we got. The EC at least gave it some closure, but the core irrelevancy of the 'ultimate choice' to the plot of the series as a whole still smarts. Whatevs, though. Sad that after such a fantastic series I'm basically just apathetic to it as a whole. Not at all what I'd hoped would come of it.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
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on: July 05, 2012, 09:31:14 PM
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Chrono Cross did this feature the best. That is all.
Fact. Also, Chrono Cross did basically everything the best ;-) Except for individualized techs and a coherent plot (and providing a villain who's too busy waiting for you to show up to do anything villainous). Also, the regular battle music sucked. Disagree. *fingers in ears* la la la la la la. |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Final Fantasy VII announced for PC, SE Store exclusive with new online features
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on: July 05, 2012, 07:53:42 PM
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FFIX doesn't get enough love. I'm kinda scared when SE touches FFIX again actually. Knowing them they can end up making a sequel for that game and ruin the little magic that the franchise has nowadays, same goes for FFVI. Oh yeah, I found this and I think you might enjoy it. OH MY GOD HELLO NEW BEST FRIEND. This is so awesome. I really, really love FFIX. It captured everything I loved about the series but managed to get in a more Tales-style cast of characters, what with all the humor. Humor is more effective with drama, and drama is more effective with humor, and FFIX understood that. Plus... it has Zidane. I mean come on. You could combine the casts of FF7, 8, 10, 12, and 13, and still they wouldn't have as much charm and personality as FFIX's cast. /clearbias 6 and 9 (and Tactics) are without a doubt the FF's with the best cast of characters, I think. |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Mass Effect 3 (expect ME1&2 spoilers)
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on: July 03, 2012, 02:11:59 PM
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Yeah, he wasn't better in the books. He's flat and uninteresting there, too. His entire function was to serve as a Saren-surrogate, and that was a well-intentioned but misguided goal.
Fact is, TIM and the Reapers were plenty villain enough. They were trying to create a 'personal' conflict like Shep had with Saren, but it fell flat. Saren was an awesome villain because he was sympathetic and also awesomely villainous-- and if you read the books, you realized that he was xenophobic and racist with regards to humanity but not EVIL, and his indoctrination just exacerbated that existing issue. Plus, his voice actor was off the fucking hook.
Kai Leng just consistently did stupid shit for no reason, and could barely beat a critically ill drell (admittedly, that drell was THANEOMGBADASS), but still. Seriously? |
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on: July 03, 2012, 12:50:04 PM
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ME1 has the best overall plot, but the character interactions just kept getting better. Saren was an incredibly engaging villain who managed to also be sympathetic. Kai Leng was a horribly written and stupidly cliched attempt at creating Mass Effect 3's Saren. He did nothing, and frequently failed at it. And his hatred for Shepard? The only explanation they could give is 'the writers needed him to hate Shepard, so uh, he does because of fuck you that's why. I really thought he was the worst part of the plot, original ending aside. Even that error-ridden book couldn't make him a less awful character. |
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