Didn't mean to put words in your mouth. Just a simple misunderstanding. I was just picking examples to show a contrast on how I feel about games. Sorry to have included you in that example. I meant no offenseOriginally Posted by Sephiroth
Yes, I disagree with them. However I do not know how that makes you think I think "it has a bad story but good gameplay so I still love it". As far as it goes Final Fantasy XIII for me has good story and gameplay while having its flaws.This is what I was referring to. I got the impression you were siding with the "millions of fans who disagree". Not that it matters. But just to answer your question
But on topic: My thing tends to be if they're going to do it, they may as well do it well. Whether its the characters, gameplay, or story. If they're not going to do characters well, they may as well delegate them to a background or not really have them at all. Same with story. If they can't write well, embrace their terribleness. I don't mind camp. I don't mind poking fun at themselves. I don't mind well-done simple stories. But if they can't do a large-scale grand epic well, then they should just not. A lot of the more recent Final Fantasys I felt were failed grand epics and I would have probably loved them if they didn't take themselves so seriously, or perhaps just dialed it back and didn't try to make things so convoluted so it stayed in a capacity that the writers could actually achieve. And then there is of course gameplay. I don't think that it doesn't matter, but it doesn't have to be great either. Just entertaining to one degree or another
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