| bigtakilla said: A good jrpg, no doubt. The best.... I doubt it. And also not very fantasy... |
Fantasy and Science Fiction are closely related. So I understand you confuse everything for fantasy.
Xenoblade X is Science Fiction much more than it is Fantasy.
Hynad said:
Fantasy and Science Fiction are closely related. So I understand you confuse everything for fantasy. |
Alien environments can still be considered fantasy..... So not really understanding where you are coming from....
bigtakilla said:
Alien environments can still be considered fantasy..... So not really understanding where you are coming from.... |
Space ships, Gundam like mechs, hi-tech weapons, technology everywhere, cities designed based on existing ones on earth (with the same names, no less), among other things. Barely any magic or supernatural elements. This is science fiction, not Fantasy.
Hynad said:
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Got ya, but we aren't talking about the space ships, gundam like mechs, laser guns, or technology... We are talking about the world itself which has many fantasy aspects....
bigtakilla said:
Got ya, but we aren't talking about the space ships, gundam like mechs, laser guns, or technology... We are talking about the world itself which has many fantasy aspects.... |
It has aspects of foreign alien worlds, yes. Can look like anything. Still not more of a fantasy looking game than any FF game.
This looks like Sci-Fi, not fantasy.
Hynad said:
It has aspects of foreign alien worlds, yes. Can look like anything. Still not more of a fantasy looking game than any FF game. |
I respect your opinion. However:
Not even mentioning multiple moons and the floating islands. You know... The fantasy stuff.
I didn't realize the games were called Final High Fantasy. You guys do realize that there is a narrative subgenre called "low-fantasy", right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fantasy
"Role-playing games use a different definition of the genre, defining it as closer to realism than to mythic in scope. This can mean that some works, for example Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian series, can be high fantasy in literary terms but low fantasy in gaming terms; while with other works, such as the TV series Supernatural, the opposite is true."
"For their own purposes role-playing games sometimes use a different definition of low fantasy. GURPS Fantasy defines the genre as "closer to realistic fiction than to myth. Low Fantasy stories focus on people's daily lives and practical goals ... A Low Fantasy campaign asks what it's like to live in a world of monsters, magic, and demigods."[13] The book acknowledges the literary definition of the genre with "some critics define 'low fantasy' as any fantasy story set in the real world. However, a real world setting can include the kind of mythic elements this book classifies as high fantasy."[14]"
| goopy20 said: Yeah it definitely looks great. Kinda a shame that they didn't make this for ps4 though as it would allowed the developers to push it even further. But the artstyle looks great. |
yeah, kinda a shame that a Nintendo IP is not on the PS4...
| Cloudman said: Don't get me wrong. Those are some great visuals. That can't be argued. However, in comparison to the areas you can traverse in X, so far XV just doesn't look as great and interesting as X. Some areas feel too modern, and the open worlds feel too realistic. It doesn't have that fantasy feel like X does. X looks like a strange world that I want to explore. XV isn't doing it for me, so far at least. The settings and the monsters in them just seem to clash with me, like 2 things that don't look so well together. That's just me though.
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...I think you're confusing fantasy with SciFi. X is definitely not fantasy. Like not even a little. Fantasy is magical, natural, and almost medeival. X is futuristic, alien, and mechanical. It's SciFi all the way. I would say XV is strict fantasy, but compared to X, it may as well be. Even if it's modern, it still retains those core fantasy elements. Medeival elements like knights and kings, giant castles, and fights with swords when there is clearly superior gun weaponry. Mythological creatures as enemies as opposed to alien ones, magic everywhere, large and rustic expanses. It oozes fantasy. X does not.
| ktay95 said: Firstly I never played Awakening and what little Ive played of the GBA game wasnt exactly fun, secondly its a SRPG =P
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