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"It's going to be fun to play this game again!" [Azul Crescent's silly scribbles] (lemmus.org)

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Azul Crescent's silly scribbles.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Going back and playing games I never liked the gameplay of and only played for the story now, as an adult, I think the stories are poorly written and cringe as fuck. 😬

Though for some games, that doesn't make them bad. It just makes them good in a different way. Like how you might enjoy a crappy B movie because it's crappy.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Random stab in the dark, but I could easily take this statement to be about Final Fantasy 7… 🤣

Even if it isn’t, it’s safe to accept that a lot of modern game tropes can have their origins traced back to 8/16/32 bit origins.

Basically what I’m trying to get at is that a lot of the time, the narrative was able to be seen as less cringey, and more cutting. Time has dulled the more sharp edges, or even moves public perceptions well beyond what was presented.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana on my shelf like

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I still replay those and enjoy them. Final Fantasy Tactics, War of the Lions as well. Personally I think they hold up, with maybe Secret of Mana being the worst of the three. I'm extremely positively biased toward Secret of Mana though as it was the first game me, my brother, and my sister could play at the same time on SNES, and was the first game we got with the system for that exact reason (we first experienced it visiting another house, before we even had a SNES, and they had a splitter. They showed us Secret of Mana and some multi-player basketball game I can't quite recall).

It's such a positive memory of us all being able to enjoy the same activity together without fighting over controllers etc(though maybe some fight over characters :P)

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The unskippable animations in that game. They didn't bother me at the time, but once somebody pointed them out, I had to agree they were terrible. I don't think I could play the original again because of that. (Fortunately, I've heard that newer versions do allow you to skip.)

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

W-Summon Knights of the Round; perfect time to go take a toilet break - except against maybe Ruby and Emerald weapons.. 😅