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First time listening - my BF recommended me to this podcast. liked it a lot! Definitely interesting to hear a variety of opinions on the different subjects...subjects that I don't often hear about on pretty much any other podcast. Or even subjects I've heard a lot of with interesting thoughts on ( have heard that same Metroid discussion to DEATH but despite being sick of hearing about it, still thought you guy's discussion was interesting and listened.)
I especially liked the conversation about emotional responses to games. For any number of reasons I get really attached to stuff in games, to the point of being terrified or crying or elated or whathaveyou. It's something that's always really fascinated me about video games and the people who play them.
The talk about the Ratchet review really reminded me of a pet peeve of mine, and that's devs that get a little too upset over review scores. I say this as an artist, someone who wants to create games. I can understand that games are like a dev's "baby", it's almost like a part of them. It just seems like every time they approach either fans or reviewers about it, everything ends in big problems for both parties. Giving a reviewer a hard time about a review score seems a bit unprofessional. I know it might impact sales but...I don't know. It just seems like something devs shouldn't do - calling out a reviewer or fans by name or forum (etc etc) like that. I wonder if that's just me.
It's kind of funny how divisive XII and XIII are to fans. I'm a longtime fan since VI, it's my favorite, and I've played all the main series of FF's and then some, but I feel like the series needs to keep trying new innovations because JRPG's are growing stale. At the same time, there are a lot of FF fans who don't feel that way.
Anyway, off to go listen to some of the back catalog of 'casts. I really look forward to more interesting conversations!
edit: HOLY WHOA that comment came out longer than I thought it did. WHOOPS.
I especially liked the conversation about emotional responses to games. For any number of reasons I get really attached to stuff in games, to the point of being terrified or crying or elated or whathaveyou. It's something that's always really fascinated me about video games and the people who play them.
The talk about the Ratchet review really reminded me of a pet peeve of mine, and that's devs that get a little too upset over review scores. I say this as an artist, someone who wants to create games. I can understand that games are like a dev's "baby", it's almost like a part of them. It just seems like every time they approach either fans or reviewers about it, everything ends in big problems for both parties. Giving a reviewer a hard time about a review score seems a bit unprofessional. I know it might impact sales but...I don't know. It just seems like something devs shouldn't do - calling out a reviewer or fans by name or forum (etc etc) like that. I wonder if that's just me.
It's kind of funny how divisive XII and XIII are to fans. I'm a longtime fan since VI, it's my favorite, and I've played all the main series of FF's and then some, but I feel like the series needs to keep trying new innovations because JRPG's are growing stale. At the same time, there are a lot of FF fans who don't feel that way.
Anyway, off to go listen to some of the back catalog of 'casts. I really look forward to more interesting conversations!
edit: HOLY WHOA that comment came out longer than I thought it did. WHOOPS.
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