From wikipedia:Originally Posted by Bastian
THAT (and all the other screen shots I found) do not fit in my definition of fantasy. The definition that games 1-5 set up.
"Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three."
Says nothings about castles.
Rather too many than too few. If the staff wants to show, even if it's pointless, then hell yeah! The Lunatic Drop is pretty significant in the story and how would you show that with regular graphics? Seems that scratch ruined it for you.I said some, not all. VIII has a few FMVs showing big things doing minor stuff. For instance, I have a scratch on the short cutscene of the Lunatic Pandora moving to its spot for the Lunar Cry. This sequence is a 30 seconds sequence of the a giant metallic pillar moving over a circle. It takes 8 minutes for it to finish due to that damn scratch and its what made me aware of how silly and irrelevant a few of the FMVs are. VIII is filled with scenes that don't show the characters or even have decent music and are basically minor and just plain pointless events. Like all the sequences showing off what the Gardens look like from a few separate angles.
Most of IXs were reserved for the badass moments and even the more sceneic ones have this calming feel to them. IX does have a few pointless scenes as well, to be perfectly fair. Yet both games still have the overall best FMVs in the series.
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