Samven's Writing Lectures
10-30-2012, 07:39 PM
Haha, this is probably my favorite lesson yet.
I'm so damn sick of brooding characters in some of my favorite games. Do these writers ever think that people might want to be happy for once. That was the very problem I had with Tales of Graces f. You start off as a rash gung-ho child and later grow up to be a self-doubting, flavorless adult after knight school. I'm glad that you gave points to Fire Emblem though. I have always been astounded at the amount of feeling and interweaving that they manage to put into each character, especially with such large casts (though there are some obvious shortcomings here and there).
Question? Have you noticed that in most popular action animes and JRPGs, the main character is completely barred from falling in love or remaining in love without that person having to leave in the end? Is that a product of something in Japanese culture or society? It is unbelievably annoying having two people tiptoe around their feelings for one another through a whole game, and then having it turn out that they NEVER express them outright.
I'm so damn sick of brooding characters in some of my favorite games. Do these writers ever think that people might want to be happy for once. That was the very problem I had with Tales of Graces f. You start off as a rash gung-ho child and later grow up to be a self-doubting, flavorless adult after knight school. I'm glad that you gave points to Fire Emblem though. I have always been astounded at the amount of feeling and interweaving that they manage to put into each character, especially with such large casts (though there are some obvious shortcomings here and there).
Question? Have you noticed that in most popular action animes and JRPGs, the main character is completely barred from falling in love or remaining in love without that person having to leave in the end? Is that a product of something in Japanese culture or society? It is unbelievably annoying having two people tiptoe around their feelings for one another through a whole game, and then having it turn out that they NEVER express them outright.
