It's difficult to forget your own experiences that have enriched your life so you can connect with 10 year olds that have never kissed a girl just so you can see how the final fantasy stock storyline is evocative and meaninful to them.
I don't mean you should engage in regressive activity. I don't need to connect with 10 year olds to enjoy the same things they do. I don't want or need you to do anything you dislike of course, it's up to you, just suggested something i find enjoyable and i enjoy numerous things. Do refrain from defining people by their likes and dislikes though. Someone is possessive obsessive, 10 year old and bad with girls for liking FF7? That's a childish way of thinking imo.
I think more people should be more honest about what they think would make good gaming for them and design that instead of pandering to the tried-and-true lowest common denominator that is 10 year olds with a playstation.
True, it just happens to be that FF part of my good gaming. There's a great many things to take home from the series. If something i like also broadens the audience, my my that's a good vessel to bring something new to the table. Use a piece of a common denominator to deliver something i fancy but don't find in these new games.
Other people need to take the responsibility and create art that is meaninful to them and not just made according to a winning formula. This creates great-seller games that are formulaic, and is hurting the quality of games. Every final fantasy game that goes out and sells well is delaying the progress of this art form by 3 years or something. These games survive because we're uncritical about videogames
Parts of the winning formula are certainly meaningful to me.
Want progress, better quality? Throw a stick in the gears not by playing the games you hate and bitching to the fans about how shit their favorite thing is, but rather take what you know and create something better. If others are doing bad on purpose it shouldn't be too hard. I'm not going for the you do better argument, but rather that it is possible for you to at least try. I know plenty of people and gaming companies that do their own thing and easily stay alive.
Want better entertainment? Engage in better entertainment rather than checking out what 10 year olds play and go on a rampage to make the 10 year olds game better for you. "Holy HELL I HATE PUDDING, What the hell are they thinking of when making pudding, they should make Tryffels with chocolate sauce on top, christ! all you pudding lovers are unintelligent"
There are insane amounts of tryffels out there, go and play them.
Don't feel like it? Stop playing games and do something more fun like take a bicycle ride around a lake and reflect on simple things that make your day better.. I'm perplexed that you play so many games just to hate them to bits fully knowing you'll end up hating them. But hey, if that rocks your boat, have fun.
The only way I can understand that a person such as you says they can enjoy a FF game (as you're neither 10 nor devoid of experience, I hope) is that you've created a tolerance for them over the years, and are able to switch your critical capacity off while playing.
Just settle with not understanding me.
Sometimes simple themes and worlds can be the best fun to be had. Stuff like Bleach,Naruto and One piece, all inspired by DBZ.
Some just don't GET it, simple as that and there's nothing wrong with it.
Some enjoy a bottle of guinnes and grilled sausage while watching golf, which doesn't sound like a deep and engaging activity, yet it has the potential to be just that.
@Takam
DBZ can create the most amazing adrenaline rush if you can find the hook. It's the simplest of stories on one of our basic needs, which is to become greater, stronger and ascend to the next level. The show has ridicilous stretching, no real story and shaky animation, but it doesn't stop it from being awesome for me. You shouldn't feel like an idiot about it either... sounds like social pressure is getting the better of you. When working out to physically train for military service, i used to watch DBZ music videos or movies for kicks, and the kicks were fantastic. Eventually i got a near perfect score from a strength test only officers and a few beefcakes above me. Oh good times... i'm as strong as a macaroni now though
@Sonic Reaper
Yess, xenosaga, awesome, though suffers from being broken as a game, yet a game is the best way to convey that particular story. EP3 was the most intact piece, yet it's hard to enjoy if you didn't play the two previous games. Kind of suicidal way of putting together the saga, but they did take it to an ending of some kind. Every string was pulled to keep it alive, but eventually it wasn't enough, but they did try their best without a doubt.