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The Anti-RPG Manifesto, or why console RPGs are rotten to the core
Everyone loves RPGs, right? Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Warrior, the list goes on and on. It's one of the most well loved genres there is, especially among the hardcore gamers. But why? I've noticed something simple while playing Chrono Trigger and Breath of Fire, popular games I did not enjoy in the least. Three words: RPGs are stupid.
Before I begin, I figure I might as well defend myself against the two obvious objections people might make.
''They're not stupid, you just don't like RPGs.''
A new review's up: Pokemon Red/Blue. My first handheld review, how nice. It's a bit longer than I expected it to be (what else is new?), mostly due to the difficulties of making it both a positive and negative review. I think the negative stuff is clear, but it's hard to explain why I like the game. Hopefully it makes sense.
Random quote: "Obviously your options will be limited early on, but I wish they could have spread out the pokemon more. It seems that many of the elementals are like these two: barely present early in the game and then inundated with them later on. In the end, it means that out of the 150 pokemon available, only a small fraction of them are worth anything."
Well, if this is going to be here, I might as well make use of it. I'll be resubmitting my editorials soon enough, and I think I'll make a new post everytime I write a new review or fiction or something. I'm just vain like that. Plus I'm sure I'll put up other random commentary on stuff if I have the time. Yeah, being a gaming blogger sounds rather pathetic, but it could be fun.
Is this green text easy to see? It looks fine to me, but then again, I like green. As if you couldn't tell.
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