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[mauve]

yeah i can't even suffer through ff8 to powergame the thing, it really is that bad.

i remember that i just got heal mod and lazily bought enough tents to give myself a zillion HP so i can just spam limit breaks until about disc 3
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[mauve]

so much of squall's character revolves around rinoa in ridiculously contrived ways it's really hard to take them seriously. (squall disc1/2 is a different person than he is in disc3/4. goes from "meh, whatever, saving the dumbass girl again" to "I AM MADLY IN LOVE" almost instantly)

would have been much better if the entire game was just laguna's band tromping around being stupid the whole time
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[mauve]

iirc they said straight up they decided to go for a school days setting because they thought it was popular at the time. no joke.

i'm not sure they had much of a plan beyond that.
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[mauve]

Actually violent death animations for humans are fairly rare in Japanese stuff on the whole as it's a fast track to a more adult rating, and even where it absolutely makes sense that they should exist, they won't because of it.

J-PSN has an 18+ section these days, and it's all violent games.

As far as Moon goes, I can't see it getting translated anytime soon, so grind JP and watch a playthrough if you really want to.
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[mauve]

I don't think Dark Souls would have done as well if it just came out of nowhere. Having Demon's Souls beforehand, and the legacy of King's Field before that, was a pretty big deal.

Which, to me, says that if you seriously want to build a franchise, stick with it for the long haul, marketing and all, instead of hoping to strike gold on your first outing.
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