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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 540: Reset the Metroid Clock
« on: September 26, 2017, 01:25:17 PM »
I personally feel James' criticisms of FFXV are overly harsh. And he either intentionally or unintentionally mitigates the things it does right whilst emphasizing what it does wrong which seems pretty unfair. Like his problem about the open world seems unwarranted. He makes it come across as if you can only traverse specific areas of the map, and traveling is hardly a bother (especially with fast travel). While driving you can find side quests, optional dungeons, enemies to fight, items to collect, etc, so his point about there being nothing to do seems dumb to me. And let's not act as if traversal time isnt a problem with other JRPGs like XCX which James likes even though I'd argue that game does it worse. The combat is also deeper than "two buttons" just like how Xenoblade can be different from spamming Arts till you win. This is all without even going back to things like his problem with Kingsglaive. I bought the Deluxe Edition that came with the movie and everything, but I still have yet to watch it and I wasn't lost in the story at all. Doesn't take more than rudimentary inferences or the ability to out two and two together to understand it:
Didn't mean for this rant to go on for this long, but a lot of his complaints are just weird, and some are just contradictory. Long time listener and I've grown to ignore a lot of James' unwarranted complaints, but this was a bit much.
Didn't mean for this rant to go on for this long, but a lot of his complaints are just weird, and some are just contradictory. Long time listener and I've grown to ignore a lot of James' unwarranted complaints, but this was a bit much.
