Animation Lock: Why don't you like it?

[Molly_Millions]

As I said before, a game can't run on looks alone. But Final Fantasy games, these days, can't run on only gameplay either. I repeat: If a Final Fantasy game is released that is visually unappealing, chances are it, too, will fail. For example...



^^This. I, too, liked FFXIII. But, gameplay-wise, it was sorely lacking. Still, the story and beauty of the world had me hooked.

While it may not get as many people on board at first, any game with fantastic gameplay will keep players playing. If a game doesn't look the greatest but has fantastic gameplay word would spread and a large fanbase would eventually be created. Again, just look at minecraft. Although, for obvious reasons that model is not what SE wants. I think minecraft is just an extreme example that proves my point. ARR looks fantastic as well, so I don't think there's much to worry about in that regard. We're just talking about one particular mechanic that improves gameplay, and to my point, I'll take that over a minor hindrance to aesthetics any day of the week.