Bioware on Mass Effect 2 competition: "We're not worried at all".

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CGI-Quality said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

I respect your opinion, usually you explain it even though we agree to disagree at times. This is one of the few times you never explained though.

It's quite simple really, Final Fantasy (at least to me) has never been just a turn-based, story driven experience and that's all. Final Fantasy played different from other games during it's times of infancy, in the same genre, and being the top franchise (PS1 gen). It also is one of the indunstry's largest franchises, that's hard to do. Looking at it now, Mass Effect isn't comparable to Final Fantasy in many respects, in fact they're completely different. You think Mass Effect has a quality that Final fantasy is missing. I disagree...

Final Fantasy, outside from being one of the most desired games/franchises in the bizz, really evolves with each new installment. That's quite a feat for a franchsie that's 20+ years old. All I'm saying is, be happy for Mass Effect, I know I am, it's a great franchise. But don't knock Final Fantasy just because you don't favor it and then attack anyone who opposes. I said my opinion differs from yours, and clearly now you should see why. I see nothing wrong with opposes to my opinion as well, but just know that i can't prove you wrong on your assessment, as you can't prove me wrong on mine. There's no right or wrong outlook here, just how you approach a given situation.

I blame myself for this one though, I sarcastically brought up Final Fantasy and people took it too serious, and in essence, derailed my own thread. Ah well.....

I think what STAGE is saying is that traditionally an RPG is by definition something that allows you to play as someone else they way you think that character should be played since you are the one role playing. Mass Effect allows you to mold your character almost anyway you would like. Final Fantasy on the other hand gives you a preset story and characters and no matter what you do you can't change how the characters will react to a situation, even if its not the way you would act, which can ruin the immersion.

Some people argue that by having such open decisions you can't make a very strong story but I think games like Kotor and Mass Effect have dispelled than notion. I can't tell you how many times I've played a jrpg and had the main character do something that I would never in a million years contemplate and I'm left on the sideline frustrated and unable to interact.