Quote Originally Posted by Spooniest View Post
I think SE have made it abundantly clear that the whole "taking on significant sociopolitical issues" thing was just a phase they were going through with FFVI, and they really have no intention of taking the player any more seriously than the series did at that point.

Things like the cheap eye-candy Cid we've been given show that they're not paying as much attention to the story as I would like, which I find troubling. I've always had a red flag go off in my mind whenever an entertainment program (or commercial, as it were) tried to use sex to get my attention (and presumably my money, too). I make it a point to treat what I am about to hear/see/do with extreme scrutiny whenever a sexy image is used as part of the hook.

It's pandering to the lowest common denominator, and I wish Final Fantasy would grow up along with me, but it's been made clear by those who gatekeep for the series that they do not want to "grow the series up," as it were.

:/ One of those things in life that just needs to be accepted, dealt with, and moved on from, I guess.
I feel you on that one. I think this is exactly why Type-0 is resonating with me more than XV currently is. I mean yeah, they're in school, which is Japanese Fiction 101 these days, but other than that, the story seems intended for a more mature audience than your average FF, the characters (though girls in school uniforms may get a rise, but its Japan, they don't know any other type of uniform for girls) nobody seems all that sexualized, and the story, setting, atmosphere, all seem to take both the characters and (more importantly) the player more serious than the FFXIII saga, and possibly XV.

But again, I'm only half following things, and I've probably made that a little too clear by my ignorance on certain things. I still don't know what this girl's name is. People are switching between calling her Cidney and Cindy, and I'm not sure why we went back to calling her Cindy