It's a fine indie game, but I'm not seeing a GOTY here

[aramintai]

It's maybe around ~80 game at best, definitely not 90+. Graphics and music are especially fine. And combat starts to become a bit fun once you get more skills to play around with and start making some builds. All in all, it's ranging from a dull slog, to mildly engaging trek through scenic locales of rather simplistically designed levels dotted on the map. And there's no proper journal or local map to track with whom you've been talking and taking quests or if you want to mark unobtainable secrets on the map. Gotta return to those blue rocks on every level you've been later.

But overall it's nowhere near in quality with FF7 remakes, stop tripping on acid. Not in art design, not in character design, nor dialogue quality. And they jumped the Aerith gun too soon here to care, but then likely got cold feet and immediately swapped with a stand-in to no make it feel like a total Spice Girls party. And before you say it's some sort of high art extraordinary story about loss I'm supposed to feel all mushy about, maybe it shouldn't have been written with so many gibberish words, weird acid trip world and enemies you can't take seriously and bland, forgettable characters nobody cares to care about. All I'm hearing is Shadowheart's VO here from that girl with giant bulging eyes and it's extra annoying. Because it immediately reminds me of BG3 and how to properly write stories where you start caring about characters.
And speaking more of characters, there's something wrong with their faces - some have giant bulging eyes, male characters looks like different age version of same person. And their heads are too big compared to the bodies.

Can't trust journos nowadays at all, ffs. Is this another one of those secret Sweet Baby games paid journos need to go on white knight crusade or smth?

[bshock]

It's GOTY. Thanks for the summary.

[aramintai]

Originally posted by bshock:

It's GOTY. Thanks for the summary.

I think it's safe to say that GTA6 is gonna be GOTY this year. But nice try.

[Toyosatomimi no Miko]

Originally posted by aramintai:

Originally posted by bshock:

It's GOTY. Thanks for the summary.

I think it's safe to say that GTA6 is gonna be GOTY this year. But nice try.

Nah. Doll's Nest is GOTY I tell you.

[aramintai]

Originally posted by Toyosatomimi no Miko:

Originally posted by aramintai:

I think it's safe to say that GTA6 is gonna be GOTY this year. But nice try.

Nah. Doll's Nest is GOTY I tell you.

What the heck is even that?

[Budoshi]

it is a contender, but big titles could be release in 2025 , we will see.

[Valithin Drathyr]

Originally posted by aramintai:

Originally posted by bshock:

It's GOTY. Thanks for the summary.

I think it's safe to say that GTA6 is gonna be GOTY this year. But nice try.

While you might be right, gta is criminally overrated. It'll win off popularity alone.

[bshock]

Originally posted by aramintai:

Originally posted by bshock:

It's GOTY. Thanks for the summary.

I think it's safe to say that GTA6 is gonna be GOTY this year. But nice try.

Well, seeing as Rockstar like to release their games years later on PC, it won't be mine even if it's worthy.

[Berioth]

Originally posted by aramintai:

Originally posted by bshock:

It's GOTY. Thanks for the summary.

I think it's safe to say that GTA6 is gonna be GOTY this year. But nice try.

GTA 6 doesnt exist to me until it lands on PC, but nice try.

also rockstar is gonna 100% cut content from single player to make it online exclusive to try and milk as much money from people buying credits and the like, just like in V.

[Mike]

I never understood the hype around this game at all, and still don't.

The visuals look like typical UE5 stuff, and everything looks so artsy that is kind of off putting like its trying to hard to be deep and introspective but is really as deep as a puddle.

Also what is up with this praise regarding the turn based gameplay?

Is this the first game these people have played like this? Because tons of Japanese studios still make games like this pretty regularly (Like A Dragon, Octopath, Persona, Dragon Quest,...etc). So why are people acting like turn based combat in this game is so profound? Is it because it one done outside of Japan or something?

If people genuinely like it, good on them but this looks like your usual mainstream slop that normies eat up simply because it got good word of mouth and has decent visuals/artstyle.

[Risenzealot]

Honestly as someone who grew up playing SNES Final Fantasy games and who held Final Fantasy 7 as one of the greatest, if not the greatest JRPG of all time...

I've had way more fun with this game then I did with the first Final Fantasy 7 remake. To be fair, I haven't played the second one yet which is supposed to be better but, this game is better then any new Final Fantasy I've played. This is just my opinion of course.

[WZ]

it's ok to have no taste, really, it's fine
consider not shouting it from the rooftops though

[SiFi]

"Oh no, a game isnt going to be GOTY, what will we ever do!"

Play the game.

Fricken clownshow going on here.

[Azure The Sky]

The action aspects are all very flawed but the writing is great.

[Mike]

Originally posted by SiFi:

"Oh no, a game isnt going to be GOTY, what will we ever do!"

Play the game.

Fricken clownshow going on here.

"differing opinions of subjective topic equals clown show"............

[Takise]

This game is absolutely unique, and aimed at a demanding audience at the right level.

I played FF VII on PSX in 1997 with bated breath, but this game made a bigger impression on me in the first 30 minutes.

So many people, so many opinions... but why do so many try to impose their point of view on others instead of exchanging opinions?