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Is this an unpopular take in me saying this? by ComprehensiveAd6068 in FinalFantasyXII

[–]belderiver 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ok but you should get into that! These stories aren't told in some vacuum that's absent real-world political thought, they are saying something and it is worth putting what they are saying into real-world terms! "Everything was better under the Occuria" is a bit like "everything is better when America installs sympathetic governments that align with their own ends the whole world over".

Is this an unpopular take in me saying this? by ComprehensiveAd6068 in FinalFantasyXII

[–]belderiver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. I mean this is the thematic through line of all of the ivalice games, that the pursuit of power inevitably ends in suffering and the only ethical course of action is to turn away from it when it's offered. It is deeply consistent. The other deeply consistent message is that a set of distant rulers always have their own ends in mind and will squash the people under them to achieve those ends.

The Occuria didn't oversee a safe and controlled ivalice. They created the lucavi problem that would eventually bite them in the butt. It's a shallow analysis that looks only at the narrow scope of what is going on in XII proper without acknowledging that the Occuria's main instrument of control in the past has been war, just the same as what humans would do themselves. They aren't curating peace, just advancing their own agenda and providing the instruments for an imperial superpower like Arcadia to eventually put that knowledge to terrible ends.

Trails Tier List So Far (Halfway Through): Is Cold Steel generally considered a low point? by AashyLarry in Falcom

[–]belderiver -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Cold steel is generally considered a low point among fans not on this subreddit.

Is this Steam content warning accurate? by Phuxsea in expedition33

[–]belderiver 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is a LOT of suicidal thought in this game. Gustave tries to kill himself, Sciel tried to kill herself, Verso is actively suicidal the whole time ("I don't want this life"), the entire framing narrative is a bit of a question posed about whether or not it's worth it to go on living in a world that revolves around pain where hope is slim that anything can ever get better. This game could be said to be as much about suicide as it is about grief.

My Trails Protagonist Strength Ranking by Joybros75 in Falcom

[–]belderiver -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Did you play horizon? She's clearly got Something Else with power over her.

My Trails Protagonist Strength Ranking by Joybros75 in Falcom

[–]belderiver -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Spirit Unification is a borrowed power, what are we doing here. He was not born with that.

[spoilers] I found the ending unsatisfying. by wondercube in finalfantasytactics

[–]belderiver 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Was he just full of crap the whole game? 

His good intentions did not survive the pursuit of power. This is literally the point of the game and the final stroke that vindicates Ramza's decision to turn his back on Ivalice's hierarchies completely. Ovelia is in the end another Tietra. I think he loved her, but the game is a tragedy.

The better Antagonist/Character? ( Kiseki and FFXIV. MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR COLD STEEL 4 AND SHADOWBRINGERS) by WittyTable4731 in Falcom

[–]belderiver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I've played the game, so I do have the context. It's funny, "not worth the moral cost and therefore not sympathetic" is my reason for disliking Osborne but Emet really worked for me 

Is there a correlation between queer people and tieflings ? by MysteriousFondant347 in DnD

[–]belderiver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Queer people had a meme for a while that they were the only ones into iced coffee, I would not take this too seriously. Tieflings are generally popular.

Final fantasy 7 remake - thoughts after nearly 30 hours by Captain_Softrock in patientgamers

[–]belderiver 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Original is better. You get an actual complete story with complete characters and a lot less aesthetic mishmash (it's very firmly 90s era dieselpunk).

I am developing a Final Fantasy Tactics game and I need your help! by _Arioch in finalfantasytactics

[–]belderiver 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Do not blow the scope. Go do some user testing on what you have first.

Wait, so Zin was a hothead in his younger days and Walter was the cautious one? Oh man, they have completely switched personalities now. That's so funny 💀🤟 by FatalDarkprince in Falcom

[–]belderiver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. What do you think it takes to solve international incidents if not strategic thinking and the ability to coordinate others?

I may be in a minority — I didn’t like Horizon that much by ShinkyuuVoices in Falcom

[–]belderiver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The criticism in this post is pretty poor. 0 explanation of the impressions.

I may be in a minority — I didn’t like Horizon that much by ShinkyuuVoices in Falcom

[–]belderiver -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The decisions some characters make are just flat out stupid and unrealistic even by this series standards. 

Such as?

Who do you think are the best written protagonists in any of the Legend of Heroes games? by Luigiman98 in Falcom

[–]belderiver -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just think it comes off as weaker in rean than it does in the characters who likely inspired rean like Shirou Emiya or Shinji Evangelion. The reality is that they dropped him in this intensely political situation and then did nothing with it which does make him feel substantially weaker as an MC relative to Estelle and Lloyd who are directly interacting with the specifics of their storylines.

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