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A203D on 26 August 2012
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Runa216 said:
A203D said:
You said a lot of hate you for (justifiabily) shitting on FF13. I think its ridiculous that you would say that.

Even if someone dosent like you for your personal opinion, its not your problem, its theirs. And honestly, that opinion is shared among many fans. In fact many have been far more vocal about it. Anyway, I look foward to reading the article. I agree its unfair to bash the game relentessly, but there are reasonabily justifiable points that a lot of gaming journalists have not explored.

Ah, got it now.  

Truth be told I'm rather hesitant to write up the article and post it...not becuase I'm worried about people disagreeing (I'm not, I acknowledge people will likely hate me for it), but becuase I highly doubt it'd initiate any intelligent conversation.  I'd like for it to get people talking, actually DISCUSSING the source of the issues at the root of the problem and what it means for the future of the series...but that's not going to happen. 

That and...well, I rarely see an article posted here that is serious and NOT just trollin for hits, and I really don't want to be seen as "just another professional troll" like Jim Sterling.  I hate the idea of grading games based solely on what I expect will get me hits, or posting an inflammatory article just to piss people off.  No, I want to get discussion going, sadly the topic at hand is sure to get its fair share of heat. 

Well the thing you have to think about is, do IGNs writters consider the 'feelings' of their readers when they have editorials. And some of their editorials are I think very good critiques.

If you want to get a discussion going. This is just an idea, you could do a youtube video, where you play through the game, critiquing its various components as you discuss them. The thing is, I'm not sure how many people would intelligently discuss an article for a game that came out 2-3 years ago. Simply because FF13 is old news. I think a youtube video would draw in a different crowd in, and could potentially faciliate more intelligent discussions on this site by drawing in new users.

If your just going for a written article then I think when FF13-3 is announced or released it might be worth it. You might even be able to work your article into the context of the 3rd game. Which would make it relevant to a current discussion.