reaver_x said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Riachu said:
When you mean not realistic, do you mean in terms of character design or personality?
Personally, I though the love story between Tidus and Yuna was very believeable and among the most realistic of any video game.
When it comes to stories, the way the story is told is more important than the story itself. I will gladly take a cliched story that is told well over a story that is full of originality but is poorly executed any day.
Japanese humor is weird because the humor was written for the Japanese, not for us.
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If that's the case, I have to call out Final Fantasy in both characters and plot. It is pretty poorly executed in both these fields. For me, this is not a big problem as plot and 'deep' characters are not the most important thing in an RPG. Gameplay, exploration and item collection are. However, along with graphics, plot and character interaction (through long dialogue sequences) does seem to be one of the key components that the Final Fantasy series focuses on. And frankly, in my view, it just isn't as 'deep' or 'meaningful' as its attempting to be.
I'd be more inclined to compare the plot of the Final Fantasy games next to something like Bleach or Star Wars than any real thought provoking novel with memorable characters and hard hitting banter. And it has little to do with the cultural differences. Much of the awkward jokes are due to the dumbed down localizations replacing Japanese jokes and idioms with weak American ones such as 'you'll catch more fish with live bait' and 'Hot Dogs'.
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plz tell me ur joking. Let me tell u now an RPG with a weak story is utter shit and not worth playing unless...unless they are either an MMO or have other factors that make it appealing like in demon souls or diablo. But apart from that, a RPG not having a good story is completely unacceptable and worthless (Fable, Fallout 3, oblivion im looking at u guys)
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...or unless you don't focus on story as the most important factor of an RPG. As I already said I don't. Some RPGs, from certain Dragon Quest to Paper Mario to even certain Final Fantasy games have little to no story to speak of. Yet they have something else that makes them good. Gameplay, exploration, characters, item collection, etc.
If all you want to do is sit there and read dialogue and hear old men tell you a 'story', perhaps you should consider a different form of media. May I suggest a movie? You get the same amount of content, but in 1/20th the time.
