I've never played these games before, so I decided to play this demo.It was fucking dogshit. Why the hell are there so many of these?
>>728931271>Why the hell are there so many of these?That's a funny story haha...
>>728931271trails of subhumans
>>728931271Because Falcom needs to release a game every year to not go under and it's easy for them to pump these out. They got people hooked with the early games and now that they're out of ideas fans only stick around because they're invested in the overarching story. The western audience is a lot more receptive to the bullshit for some reason. A lot of Japanese fans have cut their losses already and that's why Falcom is resorting to remakes now.
>>728931271sunken-cost fallacynew entries are basically the equivalent of expansions for MMOs
>>728931271Series was fun until the end of the cold steel arc and that's already divisive. After that they even turned the really fun combat into half-assed action shit.
>>728931271back in the late 90s/early 2000s we had square dropping a masterpiece every year or so. japs lost their way (though falcom was never that good to begin with).
>>728931271>Find out about JRPG series>It has like 20 entries>Intensely devoted fan community that hotly debates which is the best>Ask any one and they'll tell you the series is incredible>They praise the story, gameplay and world design>You buy whichever game is broadly considered a good starting point>It's complete shit>PS2 graphics>Animations that are a single keyframe>Shadows? What are shadows? >Main guy's personality: Jacket>Main girl's personality: Miniskirt>Gameplay isn't deep, it's just stupidly explained and cumbersome>TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT *go to next NPC* TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT>Music is good but nothing you haven't heard before>Yep, this one has an annoying animal/dragon companion too
