@nameaprice @TheFlawedGoblin I agree. I'm not a fan of things like patriotism, nationalism, or really any of the "isms" because people get too caught up in "supporting the team" that they side with rather than listening to good ideas and trying to execute them. I wish people could put progress for all humans before profit for their "ism" of choice lol
This is a simple topic. Its the times. People are highly aggressive towards anyone who contradicts their opinions. It doesn't matter what the topic is. It could games, politics, religion, etc. it doesn't really matter. Somewhere along the line people just started getting really defensive. I can actually put a time on it. It was around the end of 2005 that I started noticing people really getting almost violently angry just because I would disagree with them on something and it blew my mind. Who cares if everyone agrees all the time or disagrees? Why is so important to be "right"? Just relax. Life is not about winning some vain argument.
A part of me also thinks that this is just the post 9/11 world. When our leaders rule like tyrants and lie constantly it creates a stress of the masses and that trickles down form the absolute top all the way down to the very bottom. Something I've noticed as well is that people are arguing just to argue now. I think the fear, paranoia, and defensiveness has been going on for so long that not only are people getting use to it, they are starting to enjoy it. Complaining goes right along with that. People nitpick everything!! Its ridiculous! I'll use games as an example. I've actually had a friend start playing a game (can't remember which one now) not that long ago and within 5 minutes he turned it off and declared it to be terrible. To me that is absolute lunacy. We have to find some level of patience and understanding. I mean give something a good solid try before denouncing it to the world. The same goes for declaring something as "the best thing ever!" within the first 5 minutes lol.
Now when it comes to disagreements people need to remember that its ok to agree to disagree some times. Not all issues can be solved this way but the petty ones that we let turn us into monsters (like games, movies, tv, religion, politics) sometimes just need to be let go if nothing else for the sake of peace. I'll say it like this: for the past decade all of humanity have been acting completely selfish and completely immature. I'm not saying we were all that much better before that time period but we certainly weren't this bad. I read comment sections and the first thing that usually comes to mind is "none of these hate/anger comments would ever be said to some one's face". Its easy to spout off your rhetoric when you hide behind anonymity. I don't really have a solution to this problem because seriously it seems like the vast majority of people have lost their minds over the past 10 ton 15 years. I use to love what the internet was but now its the same as main stream news. We are just bombarded with one outspokenly crazy opinion after another. It really does come down to just people needing to get over themselves and learn to treat each other with some level of respect. Learn to appreciate differences in opinion rather than just getting angry about what you don't understand. And lastly, learn to be patient. Everything is far too impulsive and thoughtless in the modern world.
@blazin640 @TheFlawedGoblin I played it for a while at my friends house. Its nothing special. Its not terrible just basic and considering there are others who do MMOs way better I just don't see the need for Square Enix to wasting resources on a project like that when there are other better games to be producing. Both FF11 and 14 as well as all of the crappy sequels to 13 and 10 are the reason that we don't get new Chrono, Xeno, or Star Ocean games. None of those FF games are even worth 1% of a new Chrono game.
@Dat-tsu @TheFlawedGoblin Don't get me wrong I enjoy the Tales series, tho I have not played all of them. I played Destiny, Destiny 2, Phantasia, and Vesperia. All were very enjoyable but not groundbreaking. Abyss is the next one I play as I have heard good things about it and I'm on a PS2 RPG kick currently lol. I guess I give the edge to Star Ocean because I have played all of them and while 2 was awesome, 3 is one of my favorite RPGs of all time. I just miss the SNES, PS, and PS2 era of great RPGs. So many awesome story lines and there are a ton of games from those eras that I have yet to play. I guess that is a good thing as the JRPG genre has been lagging now for a decade. At least I have the Shadow Heart, Shin Megami Tensai, and Tales series to look forward to from the good old days lol.
Ugh.. Sqaure Enix just needs to stop trying to make the FF series into a brand. Its not working. All of the sequel games and the MMO games sucked. Its not what they are known for or what they are good at. Because of the money wasted on two FF MMOs we have lost out out on games from other great series like the Chrono series and Star Ocean. I really just want each numbered FF going forward to be a solitary RPG that requires no sequels. Go back to the orignal formula because right now without FF leading the way there is s**t for JRPGs available on any of the systems. FF13 was a flop and a blemish on the series. I have just been replaying 12 and why the hell wasn't that battle system expanded upon? The open world and the free roaming gambit battle system produced one hell of a fun game. Then 13 happened and all the characters sucked, the music sucked, the battle system was boring, and the story was so interesting that I cannot even remember what it was about. Now we have 15 coming out and its pretty much just DMC with FF elements.
The JRPG genre is hurting right now. No one has stepped up to take FF's spot as the main series. Xenoblade was sick but what chance does that series have as a Wii exclusive? A good game means nothing if no one is playing it. The Talse series has a ton of games but just never really stood out to me. Star Ocean just does it better. Honestly tho, there are two series that I want revived as any JRPG fan would. Bring back the Chrono series and make a new Xenogears already. I've been waiting 15 years goddammit!!! I'd rather they throw away all new FF projects just to make those games happen lol
The one thing I have always liked about this site is that it is a bit tougher on games as far as reviews go. There was a time when IGN was throwing 10s out like hot cakes for games that were beyond far from perfect and while I do feel the reviewers on gamespot can be a bit unnecessarily hard on certain genres (like JRPGs) this is their site and they are entitled to have their own opinions. That is why there is more than one game review site so that we the consumers can get several opinions and form our own to make a decision whether to buy a game or not.
Now as far as people throwing around their hate rhetoric for not liking the score of a game review, I personally think that is unbelievably childish. If you like the game then why do you care if some one else doesn't like it as much? How does that affect you? It doesn't. Not at all. This same philosophy can be applied to disagreements in religious beliefs, political ideology, or any other multi opinionated topics. People just need to stop doing this. The internet is a wonderful tool and its being completely misused by immature people who would never ever say they things they do on here in real life under any circumstance. Its easy to spout off hate when you are hiding behind anonymity and never have to face any kind of consequence. There is nothing respectable about that. People in general need to grow up. The saddest thing is that I guarantee you that all of those hate comments in this video were posted by adults. People in their 20s and sometimes 30s or 40s posting grade school level hate rhetoric.. How f*cking sad is that?
The problem was that nintendo jumped the gun and released a system meant to catch them up to the 360 and the PS3 rather than waiting til next year to release a nintendo system that could have been on par with the next gen consoles coming out. This could really screw them going forward because they can't really create another console to catch up to the next gen for at least several years so they are now always going to be behind. The only thing that can save them is to use the next few years to create a system that will be far superior to the Xbox One and PS4 and I would suggest incorporating the Oculus Rift as a main feature of the next console. Otherwise they are heading the way of Sega and eventually will only be a game company and be done with consoles all together.
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