i remember when i was playing struggling with the combat system somewhat but still having fun, but largely just little WOWWWW DAAMMN about the open world bc it was. SO hueg
i remember the director being asked abt that too and some weird bullshit answer like "this is how guys are without girls around, it's so normal" and i was kind of like. well you just told on urself there, so
i thought the writing about dealing with some of the big issues was clumsy to the point of rattling me out of the immersion, but I'm nitpicky when it comes to that so i can deal with that too
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: yeah the guys are fine it's just looking at her tits as she washes the car and me behind the screen like because she's hot but not when i know who wrote that and for whom
HOWEVER. ok. the other main issue i had was that after altissa (sp?) it felt like the game pacing suddenly CAREENED towards its end and a lot of parts were so unsatisfactory bc of that
i think I'm going to take a break from the main game to do the episodes when they chronologically happen to try and finagle the pacing on my own this time
ansel revealed that there's whole huge maps partially developed and unused for both the train area and the capital that you were meant to get to explore some and they just. couldn't get there
i was impressed by a lot of things in the game, but a few other things that are usually more important to me let me down. and honestly i get really bitter when something i like a LOT ends up being disappointing to me, so that didnt help
noct like I DON'T WANT TO BE THE PRINCE I DON'T WANT TO DO THESE PAINFUL THINGS and gladio like i fucking GET THAT. but you HAVE to. even if its unfair. and then he goes down to a knee in front of noct and says smth like. the only comfort i can offer you here is that you will never be killed while I'm still alive
if ignis was the hyperloyal one out of love and gladio was hyperloyal out of duty and prompto was the Normal One who let noct connect with someone outside of crown shit
also find it hilarious that the majority of the ppl who realize/know noct is the prince are like "lmao ur so lame" HE IS YOUR PRINCE???? maybe cool it with the hazing
honestly they did establish that decently well with lore as like.... no one gives a shit about royalty outside of the city bc they've essentially been abandoned
its also interesting to look at certain elements of this game and see: 1. how they came about from SE work on previous games and 2. how they influenced games that came after it
i wish they'd treated this game less like a 14/7 monster; there was no need to have 1000 time-sensitive special events for a supposedly standalone game, and it was annoying for them to have a dozen other pieces of media for you to get a better idea if the main game's lore
it really cripples the main game when they do that. look, make the main game well, and then WHEN you add on all the extra stuff, people love it even more
there are some other nitpicky things (dialogue prompts too early a lot, esp in dungeons; camera sometimes goes weird; uncanny valley sometimes in the faces) but honestly i kind of affectionately go "oh, you" bc like. there is SO MUCH in the game that's new and adventurous from a programming standpoint that rough patches were inevitable
so much of the ambient dialogue is so nice that i would much rather it be glitchy than not there (example: gladio scaring prompto when he accidentally kicks a can in the dark)
i need more promptis fanfic writers to understand that even if these two dated and were sickeningly in love, they would still persist in calling each other 'dude' and use bro language constantly
stares upwards
that's been my problem with the last 2 mainline FF games
where are the women to be in my partymost of what i like about 15 is what the potential for it is there
noct: i appreciate the hesitation tho