The New Sage Icon, Thoughts?

[KizuyaKatogami]

"I just hope they don't change the STORY over SJW's FEELINGS being hurt or feeling UNCOMFORTABLE!" - Says player of a game featuring war, death, murder, implied rape, prostitution, slavery, war crimes, and so much more.

Tbf with the way the story has been of late i don’t blame them for thinking that way lol

[Bellsong]

Tbf with the way the story has been of late i don’t blame them for thinking that way lol

Yeah the stories been really family friendly hasn't it? Eulmore really would have been a great vacation spot! Fun at the Honeybee for the whole family!

[RyuDragnier]

Tbf with the way the story has been of late i don’t blame them for thinking that way lol

Ahh yes, how family friendly with enslavement, torture, genocide, body horror, murder, forced brainwashing, prostitution, etc etc.

[KizuyaKatogami]

I meant moreso with the fact there’s an apocalypse going on but we have a sparkly eyed catboy at every turn.

[Bellsong]

I meant moreso with the fact there’s an apocalypse going on but we have a sparkly eyed catboy at every turn.

First JRPG?

[FrogDog]

First JRPG?

Most JRPG’s (including past ff games) understand there should be consequences for the protagonists and plot armor shouldn’t be heavily utilized to tell a story.

They also don’t typically have what seems to be someone’s weird OC in(Graha)

[Bellsong]

Most JRPG’s (including past ff games) understand there should be consequences for the protagonists and plot armor shouldn’t be heavily utilized to tell a story.

They also don’t typically have what seems to be someone’s weird OC in(Graha)

I wanna play the JRPG's you're talking about here, cause you just listed several common tropes, all your missing is the power of love and friendship saving the day.

[RyuDragnier]

They also don’t typically have what seems to be someone’s weird OC in(Graha)

There's often one "fanboy" character moment in a JRPG, no matter how dark it is. Look at Tales of Zestiria, Sorey (the lead) fanboys over a lot of stuff the entirety of the game, even at the end of the game.

As for the plot armor, I suspect that's coming to an end. The Japanese VA for Thancred mentioned on Twitter that it feels like the end, and he's not sure how it can continue. Considering it's the VA for him...it's possible we're about to see consequences and characters being lost.

[ReynTime]

There's often one "fanboy" character moment in a JRPG, no matter how dark it is. Look at Tales of Zestiria, Sorey (the lead) fanboys over a lot of stuff the entirety of the game, even at the end of the game.

As for the plot armor, I suspect that's coming to an end. The Japanese VA for Thancred mentioned on Twitter that it feels like the end, and he's not sure how it can continue. Considering it's the VA for him...it's possible we're about to see consequences and characters being lost.

The Tales of series is the worst example of jRPG writing. That may or may not change with Arise, but the series has a history of being a mcdonalds of the jRPG genre made entirely of predictable story and character tropes because no one expects any different from it.

[Tharne]

Most JRPG’s (including past ff games) understand there should be consequences for the protagonists and plot armor shouldn’t be heavily utilized to tell a story.

If you consider the Scions to be the main party of a JRPG then very few of the FF games actually kill/maim/handicap/retire a party character before the very end. On that front FFXIV is in fact more lethal than most of them (and more than some other JRPGs series like DQ or Tales for exemple).