Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Vyrerus]

I hope it goes well, as Wild Arms is one of the best RPGs of all time, but the term, "Spiritual Successor" is something of a red flag for me.

It usually means similar visuals and gameplay, but a lot of the time there's so much that's different that it doesn't really feel like it's succeeding at anything other than being a knock-off.

Other times it just means they do a lot of cameos.

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[Theodric]

I hope it goes well, as Wild Arms is one of the best RPGs of all time, but the term, "Spiritual Successor" is something of a red flag for me.

It usually means similar visuals and gameplay, but a lot of the time there's so much that's different that it doesn't really feel like it's succeeding at anything other than being a knock-off.

Other times it just means they do a lot of cameos.

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Yeah, the question I ask myself is whether it's really going to be a spiritual successor or if it'll be compromised for the sake of appeasing the braying mobs that prowl social media. I'd like to think part of the reason the development team are going the kickstarter route is precisely because they'd prefer to avoid compromising their vision for the game but I guess only time will tell if that's the case or not.

Thankfully it seems that certain games are being widely mocked for bending over backwards to appease people who don't even ordinarily play video games and are flopping as a consequence of just that.