EPTOn December 21 2009 05:31 sharkeyanti wrote:
The reason I had less than a total experience with FF7 was because I was like 7 years old, coupled with the fact that I split time with my cousin. I wrote a fair number of words, if I had written about all the other great RPGs out there this blog would have been insanely long. You are allowed to write an article about a topic and not include EVERYTHING about it. I used the few games I did as examples in my changing RPG experience. Yes, I did use two extremes, I felt they suited the experience of a gamer playing RPGs that are on the popular side of the spectrum. This is why I enjoy polish in a game so much because I expect it from games put out by major houses.
I did not write this to say, "Hey look, I know absolutely everything about RPGs that there is to know." I ask those who read to think about how their experiences with these games have changed since they were younger.
The reason I had less than a total experience with FF7 was because I was like 7 years old, coupled with the fact that I split time with my cousin. I wrote a fair number of words, if I had written about all the other great RPGs out there this blog would have been insanely long. You are allowed to write an article about a topic and not include EVERYTHING about it. I used the few games I did as examples in my changing RPG experience. Yes, I did use two extremes, I felt they suited the experience of a gamer playing RPGs that are on the popular side of the spectrum. This is why I enjoy polish in a game so much because I expect it from games put out by major houses.
I did not write this to say, "Hey look, I know absolutely everything about RPGs that there is to know." I ask those who read to think about how their experiences with these games have changed since they were younger.
I do understand you. The problem is, however, that you wrote about 2 extremes and for the most part chosen games most people do not associate with RPG in a strict sense. I don't think many people who saw the thread title were thinking about FF and, in fact, most of them automatically thought about BG etc. and turned out disappointed after reading your lengthy post.
What you did was not catering to the target audience in a right way. Similar to writing about RTS experience on this forums and including only WC3 and Age of Empires, nerdrage assured.
