Comments on: Editorial Miscellany: New Endings

By: Matt Dance

Matt Dance — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 05:02:39 +0000

That video is amazing! THAT is the game I would want to play, and shows me that FFXIII's story, if removed from the context of bad dramatization and into the classic FF style of short, written sentences only, makes sense and fits into the established schema of what's acceptable in Final Fantasy. I'd only ask for the battles to be closer to the original game than the ATB system in a hypothetical scenario of it being an actual game.

By: Matt Dance

Matt Dance — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:50:06 +0000

@Ethos: Maybe I should, but I don't. But that's okay. Although my current phase of game enthusiasm is concluding, I'm sure the feeling will come back in some way. I still have a few 3DS RPG's which I like a lot to get through, I'm sure I'll get Bravely at some point and it'll fit right in, and I'm actually really looking forward to Persona Q. It's just no one I know in the outside world cares of what I think about video games, so I figure this column to be the most appropriate place to air these sorts of grievances. And with the state of the industry, I think something more revolutionary than will come by the end of this decade. It would be nice to see a really different kind of RPG constituting a new spinoff genre (like tactical RPG's were) too.

By: Ethan 'Ethos' Pipher

Ethan 'Ethos' Pipher — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:15:21 +0000

Also, that video was pretty great.

By: Ethan 'Ethos' Pipher

Ethan 'Ethos' Pipher — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:13:54 +0000

@Matt – YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT LUSICARROTS MEANS. Games may re-capture you at some point and I hope they do. I think despite the state of the AAA industry, it’s actually a very exciting time for gaming.

@Lusi – Was walking to work, not 20 metres from my front door and I wiped out sideways. The bruise is huge and it makes it hard to sleep, but I’m sure it was hilarious to witness. In addition to the illness that I’ve had for three days, I feel a fraction of myself.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:43:19 +0000

Also, this is the FFXIII story so far (in 8 minutes): http://www.viddler.com/v/83ebc4f1

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:42:01 +0000

I demand more information about the pratfall.

By: Matt Dance

Matt Dance — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:56:10 +0000

Man, my interest in games right now is the lowest it’s been since college. I’ve been challenged enough, there is nothing new under the sun, and the trials and motivations of scripted computer animations mean nothing to me, so there’s that.

The last game I played, several weeks ago, was a cute zeldalike called ‘ittle Dew on Steam; I have no idea if it ever gets challenging, but it was kind of funny.

What is LusiCarrots supposed to mean by the way?

I trust Bravely Default to be good at this point, and it seems to be a perfect summation of classic JRPG battle systems, and in all consideration it should be exactly what I was looking for… but honestly, there comes a point where doing the same kind of thing over and over again in life tires one out, and this particular game, after playing the demo and rolling it over in my mind, exemplifies why the entire experience of gaming is reaching its natural conclusion (not like “never again” of course) for me. Just wanted to share that with you.

As for the industry, there’s only so long one can be apalled by a trainwreck before moving on. It’s all well and good to dislike what’s not right, but it’s so completely unfuckingsurprising that a huge moneymaking capitalist gangbang like the video game industry is corrupt and stupid. I don’t get upset or surprised over something which holds no illusion. But thank the saints for Lusipurr.com for being so insightful and calling it on its bullshit.

I’d really like to read you and the others bearing your wit down on other cultural areas, but yeah video games alright