“Damage to the actors is not clear at all.”

That’s not what a byline is. Not sure where you got that idea.

A Stephen King/Chainsaw man crossover?

“cis parasite” lmao you’re so mad at the world you forgot why you were mad for a minute

I’m definitely not a fan but he does help engineer rocket ships for Space X so what are you lol’ing about?

Thank god for Carolyn Petit

lmao cope child

“the “Getting Over It” thesis of using disposable “trash” to create something new and interrogate said trash’s place in culture...”

no it actually looks fun

its just a game bro

Plus some nice nods to previous games in there.

guess what, it is Final Fantasy. It’s literally Final Fantasy. The sixteenth one, to be exact.

“S-E constantly complains about their IP not selling well enough while continuously chasing trends instead of being the trendsetter they used to be.”

“Like, yes, you and I can talk about how different FFII and FFVIII are because of their different leveling or magic systems because we’re deeply invested in the nuances between each entry but to the average player? It’s more or less a meaningless distinction.”

that’s because nobody cares about Xbox. There is no reason to own one. Just buy a PC and a PS5 like a rational adult.

You’re really misinterpreting what was said in the quotes. You’re conflating two separate points into one:

“80-90% identical”

A lot of commenters don’t appreciate story-telling as an important aspect of a game’s quality, let alone a defining trait of a series, and gaming as a whole has struggled due to these low expectations.

Not about reinvention? Every game is vastly different in terms of story. There’s a ton of variation in the turn-based/ATB games, and then there are outliers like 13, 15, the MMOs and now 16. How can you say any two FF games are that similar compared to Dragon Quest, or Pokemon?

You can grind in 16