Dragon Quest IX ... getting BAD reviews?!?!

[outlawauron]

Millennium said:

outlawauron said:

Millennium said:

outlawauron said:
Being too kiddy or childish is just valid a complaint as people saying the game is too brown and grey.

No, actually, it isn't. The former is nothing more than the bleating of an immature adolescent males -in mindset, if not necessarily in body- trying desperately to prove to themselves that they're ready for more than they truly are by denying themselves the things they once enjoyed and had no reason to stop enjoying. The latter at least requires a modicum of thought into the game's style, as opposed to knee-jerk fits of hormonal rage.

What the hell? How could be any more assuming? So, if I were to complain about babification (word I just invetned to describe over simplification and make it overly childish) it instantly makes me an immature adolescent makes that is just giving knee jerk fits of hormonal rage? Screw that.

No. The knee-jerk aversion to "babification" (and the association of simplicity with immaturity which led you to choose that term) provides powerful evidence of immaturity, but it does not "make" you immature any more than playing M-rated games "makes" you mature. An example of something that would make you more mature is outgrowing the concept of "outgrowing" things.

You're mixing up the definitions of simplicity and over-simplification. Simple can be fun, and veyr fun at that. Wii Sports was a very simple, but extremely fun game. You could spend hours with it.

Over-simplification is when compromises are made that affect the experience in a negative way. A good example is how developers seem to like holding gamers hands through these very easy games we get these days.

And also, I never said Mature rated titles make you mature or that E-rated titles are childish. I don't think I'm outgrowing anything personally, but I will say that my tastes in games have changed as I've gotten older.