Final Fantasy 13 Dated

[Thespis721]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

Developers take a chance at ingenuity and change a leveling system by adding something like the sphere grid and people bitch because it strays too far from the standard formula.

Developers play it safe and decide not to change the standard formula, and people bitch because it's not different enough and does nothing new.


Here's the moral of the story: gamers fuckin bitch about everything.

It sure is easy to complain about things when you don't have the responsibility of redefining multi-million dollar franchises. I guess we can just be thankful that we are not game developers and don't have to put up with our own bullshit.

First off, you're right. In this internet laden world, you'll never be able to please everybody. There will always be someone on the internet bitching.

However, when I have a problem is when developers take parts that are working and replacing them with bad ideas that don't work out. But that's the risks you take when you try to change things up? I prefer for them to mix things up and take changes. However, I'd love it if they were given the room to fail, which they aren't, because they are multi-million dollar franchises.

When all is said and done, if you want something really innovative, you'll most likely have to go to a new IP then one that has been around since the days of NES.

[TheGame]

I agree with Thespis..

Though I do like that the multi million dollar franchises are still trying to be innovative. The thing that comes to mind to me is the MGS series. MGS 1-4 are all very high rated, but they're also very different from one another. But the difference is that MGS series took pretty much everything from the previous game, and added too it in an innovative way.

Final Fantasy tries to do that, but some people simply don't like it. But it doesn't stop the games from being highly rated and from selling millions. Some people want more nostalgia, but SE is trying to make a new innovative product that appeals to people who are new to the series, while not trying to "replace" that old game that older fans of the series have nostalgia for.