RJ 17 said:
Arqus_Zed said:
D'aaawww, that's so cute, don't worry, once you grow up you'll realise instant gratification isn't everything.
D'aaawww, that's so cute. Don't worry, once you realize that being condescending on a forum is par for the course and makes your responses neither poignant nor witty you might be able to put up with someone who disagrees with your opinion. So until then, you'll just have to forgive me for not having any interest in a game about a 9 year old saiyajin - complete with an SSJ form for his limit break - on a quest to save the world with the most lack-luster and uninteresting band of characters I had ever seen in a FF title...and that's saying something seeing as how I actually managed to choke my way through FF8 with all it's utterly depressing characters and laughable attempt at a love story.
It's not about instant gratification, I don't need to be hooked into a game from the moment I start playing it. But if you can't grab my attention by the end of the first disc then you fail. You're using the same argument as those that say "Oh! FF13 is starts getting really good 40 hours in!" That's at least 35 hours
way too late.
Zidane Tribal is 16 actually, not 9 (though I don't know how old he's supposed to be in the flashbacks).
Also:
THANK. GOD.
Finally we have an actual argument, finally we get a
reason for
why you dislike the game! You see, the only reason I was bein' cute, was because I had nothing else to go on. I wanted to reply and have a discussion, but you gave me nothing! Your first post was the equivalent of this: "FF IX sucks, so the the music sucks, nyeh." That's really frustrating, because if someone posts something like that on a topic called 'Final Fantasy IX had the best music of any FF game', you would expect that person to actually have something to day. And now, now we have something to work with. I mean, I still don't agree with you, but you have made a point. Now your comment carries weight. You've got arguments.
So yeah, one, I agree about Zidane's age. I also prefer my RPGs to have a protagonist that isn't still trying to deal with his/her own puberty. Alas, JRPGs seem to have a hard-on for that kind of stuff. Still, in the case of FF IX, it just didn't bother me that much. At least he was fun. At least he wasn't brooding all the time like Squall in FF VIII.
Two, the saiyajin thing (is that how you spell it?) is a bit weird at first, but I personally didn't have a problem with it, since it actually makes sense near the end.
Three, "lack-luster and uninteresting band of characters". Huh... You're gonna have to explain that one to me pal, 'cause I don't get where you're coming from. The FF IX I played had a very diverse cast of characters, all with their own arcs and personality, going through scenes of both drama and humor, exchanging witty banter and generally being just a merry band of misfits. I strikes me as especially bizarre, since you claim to have worked your way through FF VIII. Really? Selphie? Irvine? And characters like Vivi and Freya didn't top that?
Four, well... you still haven't really said
why you dislike the music (which was kind of the point of this thread).
Also, on a side note, I really, REALLY do not like FF XIII: complex lore with not enough explanation, story incomprehensible because it is rooted in said lore, little to no exploration, alle side missions are the same, combat offers little freedom, Paradigm/Crystarium system is a dumbed down version of the job mechanic and most characters act like they come out of some B-movie anime. So, no, I wouldn't be using that argument, because it doesn't start getting good 40 hours in.
