That's fair. It isn't for everyone, and that's kind of my point. It wasn't for everyone and that was okay. It worked for them. It worked for a lot of different franchises and publishers. Then they tried to appeal to everyone to make more money and we ended up with Resident Evil 6. Silent Hill is one of the games I got on my recent spending spree. I plan to review it during Halloween. I want to get my hands on the PS3 HD collection of 2 and 3, too.
Well I was never impressed with Resident Evil to begin with to be honest. More of a Silent Hill fan.
I know. Some times it feel like he and I are the only ones. People always act so surprised when I say I don't like Resident Evil 4.
Vivi22 would appreciate your ire on RE. He has not liked the series since RE4.
Ah. That I can understand. I tend to stay out of the the XIII board since I didn't like the game and there's not much discussion that can be built off of my criticisms of it. And I rather bitch about Resident Evil 4 and how the RE series has gone to trout since 2005, but no one wants to hear that.
I think everyone was just tired of listening to people bitch about the game. We actually had to ban a guy for derailing every thread in the XIII forum with talking about how much he hated the game and then insulting everyone who disagreed with him. It was pretty bad the first month after the game debut.
It sums up FFXIII too. Shame all you got from the other side was a bad joke and a wink, but I've come to expect that.
This pretty much sums up my thoughts of the FFXIII Experience.
I'm definitely no expert on JRPGs, even I'll admit the main things I like about X are story based. From what I remember, the gameplay was smooth enough to where I had no real complaints so I never analyzed that part of the game before. The story always stuck out to me because I enjoyed Spira, its lore, and could draw parallels to my own life through the religious themes. That's why Yuna is one of the few FF characters I can personally relate to. I say we're on the same page with XIII. Again, you could probably go more in-depth than I could. I made it to Chapter Two and got bored. Never played the sequels and I have no desire to. I'm surprised someone hasn't requested I review them just to make me suffer (critics playing bad games is kind of a trend), but I'm guessing fans are concerned I'd rip it to shreds. They are right to fear me I used to love VII, but I've come to realize and acknowledge its flaws a lot more in recent years. I just wish people (general people) would understand that you can still enjoy a game while acknowledging it has problems.
FFX used to be my poster-child for everything that is wrong with modern JRPG design in the PS2 era. I've cooled down on the vitriol due to FFXIII and its sequel spawn being far more deserving of my hate. To be honest I strongly disliked FFVII until FFX came out. I've really mellowed out on that game but I still troll it for fun.
