Leynos said:
IcaroRibeiro said:
I don't feel like massive world by itself is something unique I mean... there is quite a lot open world games nowadays, so being a big world in scope while nice is hard to be seen as a selling point. Other JRPGs have done it as well, like Final Fantasy XV. I get you like the game a lot, but nothing you are telling me strikes me as something you cannot find anywhere else. A made a list of things that are easily perceived by customers. What is the other RPG where you can control Disney characters or play in Disney worlds? None, only Kingdom Hearts have this. JRPG with heavy focus on school life social sim aspecfd? Persona. Those are selling points that you can see in a minute just watching a trailer. Xenoblade do not gave any of this. Take a Star Ocean trailer and a Xenoblade trailer and give it to someone who never played either and the answer is likely to be "ok, they are similar" It's not that Xenoblade is worse than Star Ocean, but the presentation and marketing surrounding Xenoblade games makes hard to get people who never played Xenoblade and convince the people that the game is really worth a try. It lacks a "It" factor, and this factor is what preventing it to break a more mainstream audience, despite the heavy review from both critics and fans. I also must add that I've played Xenoblade remaster, so while I understand gameplay elements I'm familiar maybe came originally from Xenoblade the fact I've experienced them in other games are making me fail to have an better opinion about Xenoblade specifically. Xenoblade 4 can be the best game ever made, if Nintendo and Monolith are not able to find anything to sell that can make the average gamer see the game as unavailable I don't see it selling anything more than the average ~1.5 million. Is that a problem? Not really, I guess it's enough for the game to pay itself and keep the franchise afloat. Will Nintendo always be satisfied with this level of popularity? I dunno, I think so but we shall see |
You have not played them so you're wrong. The world size and use of it. Is very unique. The fact you think FFXV is even remotely comparable is laughable. They could not be more different and aim for something entirely different and FFXV becomes a hallway sim in the second half of that game. You may as well compare Ace Combat to MS Flight Sim. What a horrible comparison lol |
Ok, we might not agree with his point of view but I don't think it's necessary to feel so defensive when we know there's no need to be due to the quality of the games themselves.
Personally, I think just like they did with Xenoblade 2 during the Switch launch window, Monolith Soft will need to launch another great quality game in the franchise, which will also mark the beginning of a new saga, during the Switch 2 launch year to make the franchise increase in sales potential.
Either that or a new IP.
Also, before people ask for "less anime", they should affirm and define what is anime in the first, you speak of cuz simply put be it FF, Persona, Xenoblade or Tales of, etc ... They are all anime in all purpose of speaking.
