I don't care as much about the plot as I do for the character interaction. That's what they can't get wrong, to me.
What I'm looking forward to the most, when it comes to this game's narrative, is the relationship between the chocobros, how it evolves and gets tested through the game, and Noctis' growing up into the role he must fulfill. I'm also interested in the general lore of Eos, especially when it comes to the Plague of the Stars.
I feel like the plot itself getting stupid is easily forgivable as long as it makes for awesome and memorable setpieces/boss fights. If Luna is actually Bahamut in disguise and wanted to destroy the world all along, or whatever crazy stupid bullshit, it won't impact my enjoyment of the game's narrative nearly as much as the traveling/camping interaction between the bros not being interesting past what we've seen already.
I remember when the 4chan leaks started to get confirmed, and a lot of people were freaking out because if that was true, the game would be garbage, and I just couldn't see it. I'm not gonna lie, the way they put some things did sound very dumb, but "dumb plot points" is far from being enough to make me dislike a game. They didn't mention any specific interesting thing, including stuff we've seen in official media later. Like, how can people jump to the conclusion that a game is garbage before playing through the summon setpieces, the boss battles and shit like that? What if Versatile's boss fight is the best shit in the world, would that not count for anything? What if Cor has an amazing emotional moment with the bros in the 10~15 hours of gameplay that the leaker put into a single sentence, would that not count for anything?
The Last of Us, as far as plot is concerned, relies on a bunch of cliches from Zombie Apocalypse stories, but so what? Did anyone really give a shit about the plot while playing through the game? Wasn't it all about the character interactions and the development of that relationship? They had everything,
, you name it, but that didn't stop it from being one of the most enjoyable stories I've experienced. Of course, I don't expect FFXV's writing to be nearly as good as The Last of Us, but canceling your purchase because of a spoiler, unless you didn't really have that much interest in the game, sounds completely crazy to me.
If you play only for stories, you should've stopped putting so much faith in Final Fantasy a long time ago. Hell, you shouldn't even be excited for Versus. It was a Nomura game. I love the stories in Kingdom Hearts (at least before DDD), but they're crazy bullshit as well. I love the games because they're great, not just because of the stories. The story serves as a great framework to give context and meaning to what's going on, as well as demanding unique gameplay scenarios such as boss fights, but if you try to just tell anyone not interested in video games the story in Kingdom Hearts, you'll get embarrassed half-way through, and probably say something like "but playing it it's a lot better, I swear".
Not having interesting end-game optional content would without a doubt be a much bigger disappointment to me than the story. Strangely enough, my favorite story this generation is Bloodborne, and I can't see any story-driven game being more interesting to me than that any time soon. Maybe Persona 5, but eh, not so sure, even though P4 is my favorite game ever. Bloodborne was a masterpiece.
What I'm looking forward to the most, when it comes to this game's narrative, is the relationship between the chocobros, how it evolves and gets tested through the game, and Noctis' growing up into the role he must fulfill. I'm also interested in the general lore of Eos, especially when it comes to the Plague of the Stars.
I feel like the plot itself getting stupid is easily forgivable as long as it makes for awesome and memorable setpieces/boss fights. If Luna is actually Bahamut in disguise and wanted to destroy the world all along, or whatever crazy stupid bullshit, it won't impact my enjoyment of the game's narrative nearly as much as the traveling/camping interaction between the bros not being interesting past what we've seen already.
I remember when the 4chan leaks started to get confirmed, and a lot of people were freaking out because if that was true, the game would be garbage, and I just couldn't see it. I'm not gonna lie, the way they put some things did sound very dumb, but "dumb plot points" is far from being enough to make me dislike a game. They didn't mention any specific interesting thing, including stuff we've seen in official media later. Like, how can people jump to the conclusion that a game is garbage before playing through the summon setpieces, the boss battles and shit like that? What if Versatile's boss fight is the best shit in the world, would that not count for anything? What if Cor has an amazing emotional moment with the bros in the 10~15 hours of gameplay that the leaker put into a single sentence, would that not count for anything?
The Last of Us, as far as plot is concerned, relies on a bunch of cliches from Zombie Apocalypse stories, but so what? Did anyone really give a shit about the plot while playing through the game? Wasn't it all about the character interactions and the development of that relationship? They had everything,
the cure, the immune child, cannibals
If you play only for stories, you should've stopped putting so much faith in Final Fantasy a long time ago. Hell, you shouldn't even be excited for Versus. It was a Nomura game. I love the stories in Kingdom Hearts (at least before DDD), but they're crazy bullshit as well. I love the games because they're great, not just because of the stories. The story serves as a great framework to give context and meaning to what's going on, as well as demanding unique gameplay scenarios such as boss fights, but if you try to just tell anyone not interested in video games the story in Kingdom Hearts, you'll get embarrassed half-way through, and probably say something like "but playing it it's a lot better, I swear".
Not having interesting end-game optional content would without a doubt be a much bigger disappointment to me than the story. Strangely enough, my favorite story this generation is Bloodborne, and I can't see any story-driven game being more interesting to me than that any time soon. Maybe Persona 5, but eh, not so sure, even though P4 is my favorite game ever. Bloodborne was a masterpiece.
