PeakPointMatrix
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The most recent example:
I just finished playing through FFXV. As I began reaching the infamous Chapter 13, my anticipation grew; what the hell is about to happen that absolutely soured so many gaffers on the game? The chapter that has been named the worst gameplay in all of Final Fantasy, or the entire year, perhaps the generation even. The endless chapter that went on far, far too long. The chapter that changed gameplay with such a left turn, it pissed everyone off. Articles were written about it. Square Enix themselves have pledged to alter/rebalance it.
The chapter loads up and my only thought is, what am I possibly about to embark on here!?
Me an hour and a half later:
Are we so spoiled that this is really what is considered to be so bad that it had people ready to quit FFXV, a 30 hour game? There were Cloister of Trials in FFX I spent more time on when I was 10. Hell, I spent more time on the Blitzball + tutorial alone. Chapter 13 was the length I expected dungeons to be to begin with, let alone Chapter lengths. I was expecting Rogue Galaxy: Gladius Towers sized dungeon with iron boots equipped, underwater-escort-mission level of bloated tedium here. Sure, the card key stuff was inconvenient maybe? It was a mild change of pace at best. I can't imagine someone actually having a legitimate tantrum over
So I stamp the "awfulness" of FFXV, Chapter 13 as: horribly overblown.
Post other parts of games that GAF/internet swore up and down was total garbage, only to finally play it think "lol for real, that's it?"
I just finished playing through FFXV. As I began reaching the infamous Chapter 13, my anticipation grew; what the hell is about to happen that absolutely soured so many gaffers on the game? The chapter that has been named the worst gameplay in all of Final Fantasy, or the entire year, perhaps the generation even. The endless chapter that went on far, far too long. The chapter that changed gameplay with such a left turn, it pissed everyone off. Articles were written about it. Square Enix themselves have pledged to alter/rebalance it.
The chapter loads up and my only thought is, what am I possibly about to embark on here!?
Me an hour and a half later:
That's it?
Are we so spoiled that this is really what is considered to be so bad that it had people ready to quit FFXV, a 30 hour game? There were Cloister of Trials in FFX I spent more time on when I was 10. Hell, I spent more time on the Blitzball + tutorial alone. Chapter 13 was the length I expected dungeons to be to begin with, let alone Chapter lengths. I was expecting Rogue Galaxy: Gladius Towers sized dungeon with iron boots equipped, underwater-escort-mission level of bloated tedium here. Sure, the card key stuff was inconvenient maybe? It was a mild change of pace at best. I can't imagine someone actually having a legitimate tantrum over
not having your weapons for an hour and a half, and getting a super-hax ring that insta-kills everything.
So I stamp the "awfulness" of FFXV, Chapter 13 as: horribly overblown.
Post other parts of games that GAF/internet swore up and down was total garbage, only to finally play it think "lol for real, that's it?"
