The Last Remnant
Final Fantasy XIII Versus
Star Ocean: The Last HopeNotice a pattern? Me neither.
I don't know at which point in Japan all male characters in both anime and video games moved from a combination of depth and adulthood to under-legal drinking age preened prettyboys.
What happened to strong male characters with depth like Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star or Yo Himomura from Crying Freeman? What happened to the Humphrey Bogart/ Cary Grant archetypes of characters like Golgo 13?
Hell, what about Lance and Bill from Contra? Pastiches of Western action stars, but still men, nonetheless.
When did this spate of child-worship in games come to fruition? Where are our Solid Snakes and Ryu Hayabusas? Why haven't we had more characters with genuine character and morals, or resonant history like Kaim from Lost Odyssey, a game I fucking loved? In regards to Final Fantasy, why do I now have the option to only control select members of the Mickey Mouse Club? Where did mature, adult characters like Cecil, Sabin, or Shadow go? Why are we getting more Vaans than Baschs'?
I'll definitely be buying Final Fantasy XIII. I'll probably check out Infinite Undiscovery, too. Year after year of being consistently disappointed by something I know I shouldn't be disappointed about has conditioned me to instinctively look past the big, beautiful, blue eyes covered by bangs staring lifelessly into my own sad soul each time I play these games with high expectations that this time, maybe this time, things might be different. Doesn't mean I have to like it, though.
Your move, Square Enix. Although I imagine it'll be stalemate until the Weaboos of the world stop syncing your cut scenes to Linkin Park's "In The End" and then posting said contrivances of mediocrity and zero creativity masquerading as art onto YouTube. Which, at this point, will be approximately three days after Armageddon rightfully wreaks a blight upon this world, an end of days you helped to sow, Square Enix. I hope you're happy.
I don't know at which point in Japan all male characters in both anime and video games moved from a combination of depth and adulthood to under-legal drinking age preened prettyboys.
What happened to strong male characters with depth like Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star or Yo Himomura from Crying Freeman? What happened to the Humphrey Bogart/ Cary Grant archetypes of characters like Golgo 13?
Hell, what about Lance and Bill from Contra? Pastiches of Western action stars, but still men, nonetheless.
When did this spate of child-worship in games come to fruition? Where are our Solid Snakes and Ryu Hayabusas? Why haven't we had more characters with genuine character and morals, or resonant history like Kaim from Lost Odyssey, a game I fucking loved? In regards to Final Fantasy, why do I now have the option to only control select members of the Mickey Mouse Club? Where did mature, adult characters like Cecil, Sabin, or Shadow go? Why are we getting more Vaans than Baschs'?
I'll definitely be buying Final Fantasy XIII. I'll probably check out Infinite Undiscovery, too. Year after year of being consistently disappointed by something I know I shouldn't be disappointed about has conditioned me to instinctively look past the big, beautiful, blue eyes covered by bangs staring lifelessly into my own sad soul each time I play these games with high expectations that this time, maybe this time, things might be different. Doesn't mean I have to like it, though.
Your move, Square Enix. Although I imagine it'll be stalemate until the Weaboos of the world stop syncing your cut scenes to Linkin Park's "In The End" and then posting said contrivances of mediocrity and zero creativity masquerading as art onto YouTube. Which, at this point, will be approximately three days after Armageddon rightfully wreaks a blight upon this world, an end of days you helped to sow, Square Enix. I hope you're happy.
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