Quote Originally Posted by Colorful View Post
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I place more value on a story that isn't afraid of realism, to involve death in times of war, than a story that is constantly happy ending and bringing back characters to life (like FFXIV has a tendency to do for example). All it takes is one glance at some of things said about some of the characters dying in FFXIV even to see that it gets people talking, it gets people feeling, it's an effective strategy for making an involving story, whether or not you personally want to see characters die, it works.