Gonna take a lot of soap

“Vagina bones” is the crowning achievement of bad gaming commentary

Those games also didn’t have one gigantic wrinkle: the singing. Every cast member had to know how to sing, which was a big hurdle even in the Japanese version of the game

Yeah, the original “aesop” was a load of junk and going for a more basic but way less icky “learn to be confident” angle was a lot better.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about these “censorship!” tantrums it’s that it’s not never actually about censorship

just gonna say it: the localized changes were BETTER than the original version. People like to harp about Chapter 2, but considering that was clearly a naked attempt to shove in titillation (of a HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT) instead of actually making a theme, then changing things to “girls learns confidence” was better for…

This game got so much unfair flack from butthurt edgelords mad it wasn’t some gritfest they think Shin Megami Tensei is as well as the more toxic parts of the Fire Emblem fandom who still haven’t gotten over the direction-change from Awakening-onward. It’s just a fun romp that does what it feels like.

If by “in droves” you means “a handful of people that dipshit GGers cherrypicked because they’re dickheads like that”

This game is such goofy, campy fun, it’s like Nintendo’s version of Sakura Wars. Really hope Nintendo and Atlus do a followup at some point

Yes, it’s an entirely unique thing. They basically took two disparate franchises and made something new out of it

To be honest, save for Heppe, I feel a lot of the criticism toward Other M was NOT feminist in nature. It’s a bit difficult to see good faith coming from cesspools like 4Chan (seriously, they hate the game to this day) and comments amounting to “why is she a crybaby!?” Those kinds of attitudes were actually in the…

Yeah, that was kind of the whole point of Avalanche; resistance fighters are a staple in RPG stories, but VII decided “But what if we made them actual terrorists who were a lot more morally complex?” It’s that extra twist that really brings VII alive, basically deconstructing the “plucky resistance” to the point of…

Reason for all of the above: because it’s being made by guys like Kitase, Nomura, Nojima, and Toriyama, the same guys who started adding stuff to the game that was never needed. These are the same guys who thought Advent Children was some kind of necessary story to tell and tried to take away Sephiroth’s agency in his…

Man, this game deserved SO much more attention and MS completely dropped the ball with Mistwalker (and they would continue to drop the ball with exclusive and 1st parties). It had really great characters and a fascinating world.

Yeah, those would be under “Worst Gaming Moments” rather than “Disappointing.” Disappointing requires there be some sort of hype for it.

Yeah, and it wasn’t just Lightning; Kitase tried to make the game’s director, Toriyama, into the next golden boy for years and it was a goddamned disaster. Not only was he allowed two more chances with XIII’s sequels (which of course had diminishing returns in the story and sales departments) he also was allowed to…

Yeah, I save my “defenses” for games that have strong themes that resonate, were controversial, or flew under the radar. Square-Enix is one of the most coddled and privileged companies in the world; it’s like making defenses for Warner Bros.

The latest expansion for FFXIV

Yeah, I remember Toriyama (the director) trying to excuse the lack of exploration and towns by saying they would somehow get in the way of the story. Considering there had been plenty of RPGs released that gene (including Japanese ones, some even made by Square) that did have towns and exploration, that was him just…

-Looks at Motomu Toriyama’s track record-