Technically yes. They actually did intend for the Floating Continent to be the final dungeon, but their production went by so well they decided to keep adding onto the game. The Ruined World was not in the original early drafts, though they did throw so much into it, they ate up all their development time and had a major crunch towards the end with debugging the poor thing.
I get that this is at least partially a joke, but I’m also aware you know far more about VI’s development than me. Did they actually just do the World of Ruin for padding purposes?
No they copies MegaTen because they finished the game early an had some time to add some trout.
So you’re saying the creators of VI just knew what was coming
I feel like we're just coming back around to it. Probably due to the times around us.
So I’ve come back to DQXI and I find it hilarious how both it and FFXV, games I’m playing back to back, do the FFVI World og Ruin thing. Neither does it as effectively for a number of reasons, but it’s still funny. Like is this a trope that’s made a comeback recently or did these two games must happen to have that
I know that feeling. I've been wanting to check out their other games as well. Wasn't impressed with Lost Sphere's demo, the game felt weird even if the premise had promise. Oninaki on the other hand had a very promising demo. The Action RPG combat wasn't exactly my cup of tea, but the narrative and gameplay elements were very cool.
Well yeah, that’s why I said I trust you I do still find it funny though, how the internet be sometimes. I definitely do want to play it one day. I’ll just need to buy it and have the time
fr\ mnI mean I like Breath of Fire V and everyone on the internet seems to hate it too. I feel part of the issue with the hate is that people wanted something fresh and not a refined version of an older experience. The other issue is that too many people like garbage such as FFX and Tales of Symphonia, so the second they realized the plot was the same as the typical "Yamato-O-Orochi/Sacrificial Maiden" plot that those other games did, they passed. Despite the fact that the game had a more interesting twist on the premise and you don't "save the waifu" in this one. Not to mention the setting is bleak as hell and scrubs away the funny anime hijinx that FFX and ToS played up to counter the grim story. While the game is not grim dark by any means, it doesn't hide the fate of the leading lady like the other two entries did, and it doesn't give her a "get out of your fate by the power of love and friendship" either. Of anything, Setsuna subverts it all by getting her out of her initial sacrifice but then requires her to sacrifice herself in a different way. In fact, smurf it, I'm just going to spoil the core twist of the game. (SPOILER)Setsuna's original guardian Aeterna is actually an avatar for a Time Witch who is the one holding back the Dark Samsara. The sacrifices give up their life to her so she can maintain the barrier, but the Time Witch knows this solution isn't going to work because the Dark Samsara is just getting stronger. So instead, with Setsuna, she's used her life force to send her avatar into the past in an attempt to convince Setsuna to not sacrifice herself and instead use the Time Witch's power to go back in time and stop it. The reason Aeterna is distrusting of Endir is due to the revelation that he's been the first major change to the timeline since she started this gambit. Basically Setsuna has refused and caused her world to be stuck in an endless time loop until Endir arrived and gave her group hope that they could win against the Dark Samsara. They defeat the monster, but it tries to go back in time further to restore itself and strike again, but Setsuna and Endir follow it back there with it, and Setsuna takes on the last vestiges of the the creatures power and soul o ease it's fear while Endir kills her to destroy it once and for all. Honestly, it was a neat twist.
While I do trust you, it’s still kind of weird that you’re the only person I’ve ever seen speak positively of it
