Heh... at least Shenmue, didn't rip-off another game's plot (Phantasy Star II), have flat-boring characters (save for Tidus and Auron. They were cool), and have the single worst, and most annoying character ever (Yuna). The two most important aspects of an RPG are FFX's biggest flaws. Story, and Characters/Character Development. Hell, Chrono Cross (all 44 of 'em) had better, more interesting characters than FFX! And you had to really go out of your way to learn about 'em (as Serge and Kid got about all the main development), but they (the other 42) had more development than all the characters in FFX combined! That's just sad... when characters not really connected to the plot are more interesting, than the MAIN characters in a major game like FFX. FFX had great music (I LOVE "Sprouting"), and fun gameplay.
Shenmue, while not as groundbreaking as SM64 (referring to an earlier post in the DC section), was very innovative, groundbreaking, and... get this... FUN! That game kept you enthralled. Sure, it was very slow at the beginning, and at other parts, but the fact you were playing in a virtaul living world, just made it fun to get lost. And you could play Hang-On, and Space Harrier (Harrier OWNS you!). I probably played darts more than anything (those are addicting). Shenmue proved that Suzuki can do more than just VF. FFX just added more to Square's long list of crap games of this generation (just about ALL of 'em) Square has always had trouble doing something other than RPGs, and now that their RPGs are slowly going to hell, I don't see Square doing much better. Square is nothing lik they used to be. Square used to be the god, but then this generation of games hit. Square and EA are perfect examples of why I love Sega.
Sega = Innovation, EA = Rehash, Square = Shadow of former self.
Shenmue, while not as groundbreaking as SM64 (referring to an earlier post in the DC section), was very innovative, groundbreaking, and... get this... FUN! That game kept you enthralled. Sure, it was very slow at the beginning, and at other parts, but the fact you were playing in a virtaul living world, just made it fun to get lost. And you could play Hang-On, and Space Harrier (Harrier OWNS you!). I probably played darts more than anything (those are addicting). Shenmue proved that Suzuki can do more than just VF. FFX just added more to Square's long list of crap games of this generation (just about ALL of 'em) Square has always had trouble doing something other than RPGs, and now that their RPGs are slowly going to hell, I don't see Square doing much better. Square is nothing lik they used to be. Square used to be the god, but then this generation of games hit. Square and EA are perfect examples of why I love Sega.
Sega = Innovation, EA = Rehash, Square = Shadow of former self.
