This stuff with Fire Emblem reminds of when Sega removed the Hostess club stuff from Yakuza 3. Which was also seen as a super huge deal and people are still upset about that game.
However in that case of Yakuza 3 removing that also removed what I recall to be like 30 fucking percent of the game’ (Yakuza is a game with a LOT of side stuff to do). So that’s a bigger deal, but still.
I honestly think theres room in the world for “non games” like Her Story, Dear Esther and other “walking simulators” or whatever people call these things to dismiss them.
Like I’d play Bayonetta or something really twitchy over them any day, but I think they still have plenty of value as media and that some of them are genuinely interesting or at least really interesting to walk around like Proteus.
I don’t really get the idea of having to choice a side and that these “non-games” are all boring trash. Cause there’s plenty of people who do find these things genuinely interesting.
I was prompted to say this cause I was watching Super Best Friends play Her Story. Matt and Woolie are genuinely giving the game a chance and trying to play it and think it out. While almost none of the comments give the game any level of respect. Also a lot of people I follow are very “games need to be games” less cutsceney or dialouge based. And I don’t agree with that as much like more game play based games I find it hard to believe they are the better games that all games should be more like when so may people are invested into stuff like Mass Effect or The Walking Dead.
i didn’t think this post through very much, But basically even if its not a “Game” in a typical sense I don’t think that devalues it or makes it worse. I don’t think gaming needs to have this fight over which sort of games games should be more like when there’s so many different tastes to cater to. Its like everyone wants what they think is good at the expense of what someone else might like.
Ya know. My personal oppinion on the whole skimpy female armour thing is just to give equally skimpy armor to the men. Then just make all the skimpy stuff optional and have equally effective not skimpy counterparts. Then for anyone who doesn’t want to see skimpy armour add a setting that replaces all skimpy outfits with non skimpy ones for that player’s screen.
I see this as an option where basically everyone and their mother wins.
