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I dropped my Premium plan when they upped the price. But even before I was waiting until they had a sale before subscribing.

I’ll admit I didn’t and I still haven’t read it all. However, right at the beginning it says that Square Enix isn’t going to do physical either. The quote is the least ragebait part of it.

I just want them to make good games. It feels like Sony invests in their exclusives while Microsoft tries to cut costs and maximize profits.

That’s what I was going to recommend too. And very short too. It’s just a rainy afternoon.

It definitely depends. You need to keep people engaged, so a lot of the time there’s still development on good content. But the good content that doesn’t fit in the MTX scope is cut.

And I mentioned the flood of bad cosmetics. Although I think fluffing the cosmetics is more about artificially extending replay value for grinders and giving deep purchase incentives for whales. In my experience, the purchase incentives are terrible (expensive) compared to just playing. Then again, I don’t buy MTX. So if I’m not advancing without paying, I’m likely to just quit.

I agree. That’s why I said they need to be earnable. I’m not paying for them.

The MTX option just ensures that the devs put time into making them. At least that’s how it’s worked in some games that did it right.

If implemented in a specific way, I actually agree.

Getting thousands of lootbox cosmetics unlockable through MTX or by normal playing is awesome. The MTX funding means the devs can continue to support the game.

Having 10 minor variations on one cosmetic or making unlocks incredibly time consuming is not. Not to mention the millions of other ways they can undermine gamers over greed.

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

Is The Show not a Sony-Published game?

A glock in the literal sense of the word, as opposed to a metaphorical one.

Let them fight.

But also, I get the idea of selling to other markets for cheap for a little extra profit. There’s a difference between profit based on cost of production and profit based on the development of the product. Same as with medicine costs. Not sure how that’s Amazon’s fault though, considering it’s Marketplace.

X actually went back to fully turn-based, getting rid of the ATB.

XII still had the ATB, but you could move freely in the environment and all enemies were already there. So no more random battles.

XV was the first mainline Final Fantasy with active battles. But games like Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus, and Lightning Returns had it earlier.

FFX is tied as my favorite game of all time. It’s the only other game consistently talked about as being the best in the series along with VII.

It sucks that the delay caused him to quit. But also, I’m glad it got delayed if it meant that we got the final product that we did.

Agreed. To me, VII was always the ugly one in the series. Unfortunately I played VIII first and was blown away at the technical marvel the game is.

Afterwards I played VII as a kid and it was unplayable. It felt like playing with cheap, homemade, wooden dolls. It was always the game that needed a remake the most.

I mostly agree. It’s not fun.

This must be the “bad news” for the franchise that I saw on a click bait headline.

Damn, there might be as much time between V and VI as between I and V.

Morrowind to Oblivion to Skyrim was 9 years TOTAL. (2002, 2006, 2011)

Oblivion may have technically better graphics. But it’s ugly. Everything is orange and shiny.

Plus the level scaling is the worst in any game I’ve ever played, by far. And level scaling is already not a great system.

Morrowind is dated, but still has a great look. The gameplay is tough at first glance, but is the foundation of a great role playing system.

Oblivion needs a remake more.

If I care enough about a game to pay $70 for it, I want to own it. And I want to be able to let a friend borrow it. And I want to be able to sell it.

I know people like their convenience. But I don’t really understand it either unless it’s a game you might want to play in the spur of the moment (Call of Duty or something like that). If I’m playing a longish story-heavy, I’m just leaving that disc in my console for awhile.