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Matt_Barber

Pretty much any story that's written has to be 'forced' out against a backdrop of looming deadlines and writer's block.

It's a minor miracle that they can sometimes give the impression of unfolding organically, to the extent that only the elements that people find politically objectionable get seen that way.

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jump

I find the level of writing and storytelling in the average game is a bit rubbish really regardless of what the "message" is. I mean it's good that there is a narrative to drive things along and all but sometimes it's just incredibly bad (not even intentionally bad like Bayonetta) to the point it just makes me dislike the game which is different to not liking the message.

I'm fine with hearing different point of views as long as the "message" is somewhat articulate, it's like the difference of hearing the same values between Republican speeches from Mitt Romney and Marjorie Taylor Greene or on the leftie side Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Biden. I like South Park even when it's an episode when they attack something I think something is important like when they denied Global Warming is a real which I disagree with for example.

It does make me very confused when I literally see statements like "I play it for the story first, gameplay second" as there's just not enough great story games because of the general low standard of writing in games.

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Jackpaza0508

Unpopular opinion: Turn based RPGS can be incredibly boring. Sometimes they're ok but sometimes they just drag on. I prefer the faster pace of an action RPG like Xenoblade or Final Fantasy XV. Like in those games, you're running around, slicing the enemy and occasionally using a special move. In a Turn Based RPG, you have loads of options of moves to use, complicated menus and having to wait for the enemy to hit you after hitting it. DoEsN'T tHaT sOuNd LiKe FuN?! I've just never gotten into them but I do get what all the hype for games like TTYD and Persona. Those games are very unique but for now, I just can't be bothered.

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jedgamesguy

@Jackpaza0508 Even in Persona for me my main interest was just in the social simulations. I have no shame in turning the difficulty down to the easiest setting, I’d prefer to experience the life of Narukami and Joker anyway.

The Social Link system really incentivises spending time with friends so I enjoy that a lot more than the coming, as stylish as it can get.

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VoidofLight

Some turn based rpgs are boring to me. However, things like Persona 5 Royal or Bravely Default II manage to keep me engaged. Effectively due to their systems they have to make things more interesting.

"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."

jump

There's plenty of fun turn based games like Valkyria Chronicles that tweaks the formula but I don't think enough turn based games go deep enough with the battles. Pokemon for all of it's weakness is very good at keeping the battles interesting and is more like Magic: The Gathering twhere there's prep and skill involved rather then levelling up til you can beat them.

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VoidofLight

Honestly, for me, Pokemon's battle system is growing stale. I've played Pokemon since gen 5 first came out, and there's really a lack of depth involved, at least compared to games like Persona 5 where you have the system of toppling enemies and baton passes to try to execute an all out attack, or Bravely Default, where you have to store up turns so that a boss doesn't kill you in a couple hits.

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VoidofLight

@Snaplocket I heard polarizing opinions on it. Some people really seem to like it, and some people despise it entirely.

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Buizel

Snaplocket wrote:

FF VII Remake is vastly superior to the original.

I absolutely agree. They did great job of fleshing out Midgar (which, IMO, was by far the best part of the original game anyway), massively improved characterisation and writing, and the battle system is probably my favourite in the series.

At least 2'8".

Ralizah

It certainly doesn't replace the original, and the ending sucks, but the majority of FFVII Remake was a wonderful update on the first 5 - 10 hours of FFVII. It also has, to date, my favorite battle system in the series. It feels like what Ni no Kuni should have been going for. Great fusion of real-time and menu-based combat.

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jump

@VoidofLight Pokemon battles needs to have "equal footing" battles though even within the game's story and with the competitive meta game when playing with other people, which is actually my favourite part of Pokemon.

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VoidofLight

@jump I mostly just play through the story, so that's probably why I find the battles to be more sluggish and outdated than anything else. I heard Legends might have a different battle system, due to the slideshow leaks, so I'll probably end up enjoying the combat more in that game.

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jump

@VoidofLight Yeah the story sucks, I would have lost interest in Pokemon by now if I'm playing it just for the story mode. I've always wanted a split in the mainline games, something like staduim for the meta game and something like Let's Go for the kids so both sets of fans can be happy.

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VoidofLight

@jump I feel like Legend's Arceus will be more for the players who don't care about competitive, but at the same time aren't children, with Let's Go being for the children, and the main games taking more of an approach for everyone, especially competitive players.

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VoidofLight

@Snaplocket Other than the world looking a bit barren, the game looks better than whatever the heck Gen 7 and Gen 8 were.

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VoidofLight

@Snaplocket I'm not saying I'm personally excited, nor am I saying it's going to be good, but I'm also not saying it'll be bad. I'm just going to wait and see. The game has a year until it actually releases, so I feel like performance issues will most likely be fixed. The main complaint I have is mostly the barren looking world, and the fact that it seems like there's not much to do other than explore that barren world.. but then again, they could be using a early build of the game as to not spoil stuff, as they've done many times before.

I'm cautiously optimistic about the game, and I'm glad Gamefreak is actually trying something new at least, instead of making another mediocre pokemon game with linear halls for a world, and nothing to do outside of the main story.

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jump

Gamefreak in the past seem far from the tech wizards to pull off an AAA type game and I don't expect Legends to rival Skyrim, Witcher or BOTW either but they have shown an ambition with this game that has been missing from the Pokemon for a long while. So I am choosing to view the glass half full for now and enjoy the anticipation until I play it and claim it's horrible over hyped rubbish that ruined my childhood ;p

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Snatcher

@jump But my God why does it look so empty?

Looks like Lavender town (Get it?) I know its really early but Is it really going to look that much better in another year?

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Ralizah

I want to be excited for Pokemon Legends, but in my heart, I know it'll be terrible.

Still, a single-player focused, ambitious Pokemon game sound exactly like my sort of thing, so I'm just going to hope it's not a disaster. It probably helps that I'm not expecting much with the open world gameplay.

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jump

@Snaplocket That's not irony ;p

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