Here's a thread. Here's another. And I often find myself saying this: they have the capacity to make great songs, with Meteora being one of my favorite rock albums ever, but literally every album since Minutes to Midnight is just...disappointing. I care for fewer and fewer songs on each further release. A band can keep making the excuse that they want to "evolve", but these guys are so "evolved" that they're just alienating a lot of their original fans. Lost in the Echo and Castle of Glass are the only songs I like from Living Things. As for AMV's, their music is among the most overused, so I rarely can stand one using a song by LP unless it manages to blow me away.
YOU PLAY LEAGUE? WE NEED TO PLAY HAYABUSAZEROZ
I really want to know why it's one of the most loathed games in the series. I'd like to see reasons that don't take into account subjective matters, like the plot or the characters or what-have-you. I'm more interested in hearing how it (allegedly) fails as an RPG in terms of functionality and game design. But, go ahead and dish however you want. I actually still enjoy the game to this day, having installed it on my PS3 and played it to just about 100% completion, so I hope nobody pulls the whole "you only like it cause of nostalgia goggles" thing.
Can't wait to see Hulk Potter get with Ginny.
Can this please be a thing? Like a real thing? Also
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Jeez this thread needs more activity. THREE songs from the album have been released online so far. Album it self comes out in about 3 days. Up in the Air (Official Music Video) Conquistador The Race I'm loving the new album so far. Really look forward to the full release.
I want in on this. I hope I'll have a 3DS by the time this releases :<
YOU'LL LOVE IT I KNOW YOU WILL I KNOW YOU WILL
I THINK I LOVE IT BUT MAYBE ITS JUST STOCKHOLM SYNDROME BUT HER VOICE AND THE LYRICS UGH
League of Legends lots and lots and lots
THIS SONG THIS DAMN SONG IT WON'T STOP REPLAYING IN MY HEAD
I too prefer having longer hair, but I hate when mine gets curly. Longer hair is easier to style for me.
Sorry, I was just responding to the stuff about XIII. I have high hopes for Versus XIII (y'know, when it comes out NEVER), and I'm dying for Type-0 to be localized already, but Square don't seem for care for the US in regards for that title :\ But yeah, Square really need to shape up if they really are at all invested in Final Fantasy's reception. The PS4 reveal thing was pathetic. I'm sure I'm not alone in averting my interest into different JRPG series, like Persona.
I'm surprised at the defenses for XIII I've seen here. I'm obviously not going to say that you're all objectively wrong, but, at least for me, it's not the fact that XIII was supposed to be the face for next-gen Final Fantasy games; its that, to me, it doesn't feel like Final Fantasy anymore. The characters didn't really feel like they have much personality. While with the cast of a game like IX, it seemed each member of the cast was unique, XIII's cast felt like a gang of cliches, Snow and Hope being the worst offenders. Lighting and Fang were the only two in the entire game that I remotely cared about, but even that's a stretch to say. I barely feel like I got to know these characters and see them develop. And while I loved the linear X, XIII got to the point where I just wanted to actually look at stuff instead of running through hallways and fighting. As one article says "It's impossible to visit the world of Final Fantasy XIII. All you can do is watch it. No wonder it felt so unsatisfying." . Literally everything you do in the game felt like it was just trying to keep pushing you towards finishing the game instead of actually taking in the atmosphere. The side-quests in older Final Fantasy games ranged from chasing dogs to solving puzzles to dodging lightning to card games. XIII had...more fights. Granted, the combat system was (in my opinion) one of the best in the series, but it needs something else. Not to mention, the combat felt piss easy. I was repeating strategies for most non-boss battles. Nearly half of the game felt like a tutorial. The story itself is...also affected by the lack of anything but combat. While there were many moments of comic relief and interaction with characters outside of the main cast in other installments, there's barely any of either in XIII. It's like a song with only a chorus and no verses. Having nothing to contrast against the conflicts makes the game feel flat and breaks immersion (to me.) The game is gorgeous, and I really like the music and combat, but it just feels empty when the characters and world are barely explored. I'm not saying its a bad game, but it is, in my opinion, a poorly done Final Fantasy.
It's really easy to counter that kind of crap though with substitution jutsu (which they make sure you can't use more than 4x in a row). Then again, he might just be talking about online...which I avoid due to shit internet connection for my consoles.
The Ultimate Ninja Storm games are pretty cool too.
