Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnought View Post
i believe snake was also the first non bad guy homosexual as well which is something SE hasnt even come close to portraying.
anyway.
take the twilight series for instance. its massively successful but ive even heard fans who've read many other books even comment on Twilights horribly basic writing style yet other people consider it a good book.
there are some things that cannot be left up to opinion - racism for example. bad story telling for another example. im sorry but the twilight series is not good literature. your opinion does not matter, it is fact. the same goes for the trite story telling in old and new RPGs.
What is... I don't even.... What?



This is for Betel.

You seem to consider yourself insightful and intelligent. I won't dispute your claim. So, enlighten me. Have you never enjoyed something, because you enjoyed it, and to hell with others' opinion on the matter? You're enjoyment belongs to you and no one else. There are many flaws in everything, as no one is perfect. Yet I somehow still absolutely love those things.

In gaming, do I love FFT because it was one of the first PSX games, or that it was my first tactics-based game? Did I love it because it was one of the few games my mother and I both enjoyed, and gave us a something to relate to as a child and adult?

The answer. Yes. And many many more factors. To claim that it was a good or bad game in, and of itself, and in relation to others, both in the franchise, series, and platform, or without, because of those factors. Well that's arrogance and ignorance wrapped up in a snuggie.

It was a game I enjoyed for thousands of reasons, all the while being cudgeled in the face with its glaring flaws. Localization, poor mechanics of the PSX's loading, the imbalance of OP classes/characters, etc.

None of that detracts on how I perceive the game though. I've played through it a good 100+ times since it's release in '97, at the age of 8. I've become more aware of every facet of the game, game and bad, and though nostalgia is there, I wouldn't assume to state it as anything more or less than I enjoyed from it.

FFVI(III) is my favorite in the numbered series. FFXIII is my least favorite. FFIX is one of my favorite PSX-and-onward games of all time(last on the console even).

I could continue, but my point is this. None of that matters when it boils down to the game being good or bad. A games popularity, how well it was received, is a minor statistic on a very complex formula to what makes a good or bad game. I know many who would claim that Justin Bieber is the greatest artist ever conceived, and they would be wrong. I know many who would claim that Justin Bieber is talented and successful, and they would be right.

Try to keep your statements objective, but remember that this is a subjective world, and no matter your opinion on something, it is transient. One person's fact is another person's opinion. One person's opinion is another person's fact. Don't overstep your territory.

That being said, I agree with what someone said a few pages back. Often times I agree with what you're saying almost to a T, and then times like this, where you have yet to reread your own and others' posts with a fresh perspective, you seem to be trolling.