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A rambling about the first 20 hours.


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You’re wondering how I’ve only played 20 hours since the last time I blogged about this almost 2 months ago. That reason is because of my new PS3 that I bought in December has sucked me in with it's fantastic exclusives. I'll get into that another time but for now, my first 20 hours of Final Fantasy XIII!
 
I don’t like it. From the confusing intro, to the annoying characters, to the very forgettable setting, this game has been mediocre so far. However, I don’t hate it at all, the graphics are absolutely gorgeous, the battle system is enjoyable to look at and play, and the music, while not memorable, is catchy and nice to listen to.
 
My biggest problem with the game’s story is why should I give a shit? Due to the game’s very linear gameplay, absence of the JRPG staple “towns”, and refusal to explain anything without me going to the game’s dictionary, I really don’t care about Cocoon’s fate. I don’t even know what it looks like! All I can imagine is literally a giant cocoon moon world orbiting an earth-like Pulse. Anyway, the world of Cocoon has no personality other than it has an irrational hatred for Pulse l’Cie and that it’s a weird mix of steampunk and Tron.  
 
The characters are mostly forgettable with a few on the irritating side (Snow The Stereotypical Saturday Morning Cartoon Hero, and Vanille who’s still very weird and voiced inappropriately). Sahz is the only character who I somewhat like. He just wants to end this badly told story and be with his only son. Hope has gotten better and is the only one with some form of character development.   
 
On to the gameplay, I do love how the battle scenes look when I’m kicking the monster’s asses. Square Enix decided to make the battles more cinematic and I believe they succeeded with some battles even getting my adrenaline pumped for a bit. Although, it got me thinking that Square Enix wants to make movies more than video games because some of the mechanics are pretty flawed. The summons are useless due to the crappy amount of damage they produce and whatever stagger they produced are automatically reset once the summon goes away. The fact that you lose if the character you control dies is very irritating. Couldn’t Square Enix just let you switch control to another character who could then revive the fallen character? This fact isn’t helped by the fact that there are bosses that deal so much damage to one character that they’ll die even if they were at full health! Playing as Lightning in the battle against Barthandelus, I spent a good 20 minutes chipping down his insane amount of health (another stupid problem, why artificially make the boss harder with this crap!? It’s not fun at all) before his ultimate attack kills Lightning, who cannot guard, despite her being at full health. It sucks that one little mistake can ruin 20 minutes of flawless effort against a broken boss. /rant  
 
So yeah, I’m struggling to keep playing this game, but I must because I have this irrational sense of duty to complete every single game I own. I also have a huge backlog of unplayed/unfinished games. I need to stop buying games. Anyway, that’s it for Final Fantasy XIII 20 hours in. I’m glad to know that this game gave me the privilege to change my battle team after 20 hours but whatever I can now hope the game gets much better after all this crap. Check back tomorrow for my impressions on my PS3, all 4 people who care! 
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@haggis said:
" @Ace829: Hey, I thought it was over, but Hailinel wants to keep it going, so ... whatever.
 
@Hailinel: I explained this waaay back at the beginning. But seriously, if you don't agree that's fine. "
Fine, then.  I wasn't intent on keeping this going.
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@Ace829: Hey, I thought it was over, but Hailinel wants to keep it going, so ... whatever.
 
@Hailinel: I explained this waaay back at the beginning. But seriously, if you don't agree that's fine.
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@haggis:@Hailinel:
You guys are still debating this after 3 days? O_o
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@haggis said:
" @Hailinel said:
" @haggis said:
" @Hailinel:  Loli isn't about being pre-pubescent, it's about underage girls and adult girls who behave underage. "
Vanille doesn't behave like a child, though. "
Pfft! That's hilarious. Of course she does. "
You say she does, but you don't specify in what manner.
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@Hailinel said:
" @haggis said:
" @Hailinel:  Loli isn't about being pre-pubescent, it's about underage girls and adult girls who behave underage. "
Vanille doesn't behave like a child, though. "
Pfft! That's hilarious. Of course she does.
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@haggis said:
" @Hailinel:  Loli isn't about being pre-pubescent, it's about underage girls and adult girls who behave underage. "
Vanille doesn't behave like a child, though.
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@Hailinel:  Loli isn't about being pre-pubescent, it's about underage girls and adult girls who behave underage.
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@haggis:  You want an example?  If Vanille were an example of lolicon, she'd be prepubescent.
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@Hailinel said:
" @Marcsman said:
" It sucks in general. "
So do you. "
I'm pretty sure his entitled to his opinion without being provoked by FF asshole fans.
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@haggis:  Well then obviously we misunderstood each other the whole time. I thought you were saying that was the main point of Vanille's character, which is what I found to be a stretch.
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@Hailinel said:

"I didn't say you derided me.  But blanket cultural statements are pretty low.  I know what lolicon is, thank you, but Vanille isn't an example of that.  Not in the least.  If you're seeing that in her, that's your problem. "

I made a statement about a very narrow subset of Japanese porn. I didn't make any "blanket cultural statements." You say, "Vanille isn't an example of that." Alright: tell me how she isn't. Make an argument, at least. Try. But being blithely dismissive is getting tiresome. Make an argument or, if you won't, then just agree to disagree.
 
@Juno500 said:
"I'm not saying there isn't an aspect to it...
So I'm not stretching, then. Thanks, that's my whole point. That aspect of the character was enough to turn me off. It wasn't enough to turn you off. I find it amusing that people (well, Hailinel at least) that it's not there "in the least." I do find it amusing that you went from me making this huge stretch to say that there was a loli thing going on there, to basically saying, "yeah, your right, there's something to that." All I ever said was that the character had that aspect to it, and that I didn't particularly like it.
 
Now, we've hijacked the thread long enough. Can we move on?
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@zityz said:

" Dude 10 more hours to go and your done the tutorial!   Honestly, aside from the graphics, the battles and  the music, and well yea I like Lightning as a main character. The game's plot is boring. Nothing grips you..NOTHING. I was on the 3rd disc (360) and Got to Pulse and it went from a Linear RPG to a single player MMO. I got to some boss that has 2mil health and I just got bored too much to give a shit.  From what Ive heard the end boss is forgettable. Game itself is an all around mess and anyone who things otherwise is completely blind. "

Could you please not resort to blanket statements that are basically nothing more than "if you like FFXIII then you're stupid"? I find the argument to be very lacking.
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@Pinworm45:  The part I find most amusing is that the finale isn't even that good - certainly not worth slogging through twenty or more hours for.
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@haggis said:
" @Juno500: You honestly don't sense a loli flavor to Vanille's character? Alright, fine. But back when the game came out there were endless discussions of this on other gaming boards, and I couldn't help but agree with it. "
I'm not saying there isn't an aspect to it, but I think that it's not as simple as that.
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@haggis said:
" @Hailinel said:
" @haggis:  You've said even less of substance and went out of your way to deride people you know nothing about. "
Where the heck did I deride you for anything? All I implied was that you didn't seem to know what I was talking about regarding hentai, something which you, to this moment, haven't disproved. You asked me questions. What subset? Lolicon, I answered. You seem like one of those people who can't possibly believe that anyone would have a different opinion as you do. Seriously, grow up.
 
@Hailinel said:

"You're judging my arguments on the game as a whole based on a back-and-forth with a guy complaining about how a particular character's design was created to promote sexual deviancy. "

Which shows you're either high or can't read. I never said any such thing. All I said was that the character was clearly based on a particular stereotype popular in Japanese porn. You haven't actually even tried to make the argument that I'm wrong. I'd welcome an attempt, as I've said, but I've yet to see it. "
I didn't say you derided me.  But blanket cultural statements are pretty low.  I know what lolicon is, thank you, but Vanille isn't an example of that.  Not in the least.  If you're seeing that in her, that's your problem.
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Dude 10 more hours to go and your done the tutorial!  
 
Honestly, aside from the graphics, the battles and  the music, and well yea I like Lightning as a main character. The game's plot is boring. Nothing grips you..NOTHING. I was on the 3rd disc (360) and Got to Pulse and it went from a Linear RPG to a single player MMO. I got to some boss that has 2mil health and I just got bored too much to give a shit. 
 
From what Ive heard the end boss is forgettable. Game itself is an all around mess and anyone who things otherwise is completely blind.

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@haggis said:
" @Juno500: You honestly don't sense a loli flavor to Vanille's character? Alright, fine. But back when the game came out there were endless discussions of this on other gaming boards, and I couldn't help but agree with it. "
That's because it's so obviously true it's out of control. Most American games have half naked chicks with huge boobs this is the same thing only this is the way JRPGs choose to do it. 
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@Juno500: You honestly don't sense a loli flavor to Vanille's character? Alright, fine. But back when the game came out there were endless discussions of this on other gaming boards, and I couldn't help but agree with it.
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@haggis:  I just don't see it. You're reaching. And her odd behavior is eventually explained as being her way of hiding her feelings of guilt. So it didn't feel as though it was done solely to make her appear more childish and appeal to perverts.
 
And I didn't like Vanille either, in fact she really annoyed me. But I think you're going too far with this.
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@Juno500:    I didn't say the stereotype was inherently pornographic, only that the stereotype is common in hentai, particularly when you factor in her odd behavior. It's hardly a stretch to make this comparison. If you don't see it, fine, but I'm not the only one to make it. Comparing her to characters like Rikku (among others) seems off to me. Vanille's character as a whole seemed to me to have an odd subtext that ran counter to the grain of the story. If you like the character, that's fine. I'm only stating why I didn't.
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@haggis said:


 
Which shows you're either high or can't read. I never said any such thing. All I said was that the character was clearly based on a particular stereotype popular in Japanese porn. You haven't actually even tried to make the argument that I'm wrong. I'd welcome an attempt, as I've said, but I've yet to see it. "


Vanille is the overly energetic and excessively cheerful young girl that has appeared in so many stories acroos many different forms of media. Rikku, Yuffie, and Selphie were similar character types in previous FF games. Saying it was based off of a pornographic stereotype seems like a stretch given that her character type is very common across non-hentai media forms.
 
Also, I wasn't referring to you with my prior comment.
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I'm so happy i have never played or have seen a final fantasy game being played. feels good. like I have accomplished something.

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Hmm didn't take long for this thread to dissolve into white knights and haters like nearly all of the other FF 13 threads. I really want to give this game a chance but I rather wait for this game to be way cheap (yes, less than $20) and even then I just don't have the free time like I used to, to invest into this game and then finding out 10 or more hours in if I'm going to hate this game or not.

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@Juno500 said:
" Is this forum really at such a low place where liking FFXIII makes you a hentai fan? Seriously? "
Just remember that I didn't say that. That's the twisted reading that Hailinel is giving to my reason for not like one particular character in a game that, for the most part, I actually liked, save for the slow pace of the gameplay improvements and silly story.
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@Hailinel said:
" @haggis:  You've said even less of substance and went out of your way to deride people you know nothing about. "
Where the heck did I deride you for anything? All I implied was that you didn't seem to know what I was talking about regarding hentai, something which you, to this moment, haven't disproved. You asked me questions. What subset? Lolicon, I answered. You seem like one of those people who can't possibly believe that anyone would have a different opinion as you do. Seriously, grow up.
 
@Hailinel said:

"You're judging my arguments on the game as a whole based on a back-and-forth with a guy complaining about how a particular character's design was created to promote sexual deviancy. "

Which shows you're either high or can't read. I never said any such thing. All I said was that the character was clearly based on a particular stereotype popular in Japanese porn. You haven't actually even tried to make the argument that I'm wrong. I'd welcome an attempt, as I've said, but I've yet to see it.
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Is this forum really at such a low place where liking FFXIII makes you a hentai fan? Seriously?

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@blueduck said:
" @Hailinel said:
" @blueduck:  No.  Are you one of those high school students that thinks he's clever in using insults as old as the internet itself? "
Really man how big is your  hentai collection? "
I don't want to get involved in this truly riveting debate, but what the hell are you trying to accomplish blueduck? How did this even turn into a hentai discussion? Oh, right, because earlier someone thought that Vanille was obviously designed to appeal to sexual predators. A'ight. 
 
Final Fantasy XIII is a beautiful game. It's just unfortunate that, in my opinion, the gameplay doesn't back up said beauty. Maybe I'll finish it one day, although that day seems far off.
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@blueduck said:
" @Hailinel said:
" @blueduck:  No.  Are you one of those high school students that thinks he's clever in using insults as old as the internet itself? "
Really man how big is your  hentai collection? "
Well, let's see here.  I've got Weather Report Girl on DVD, which I bought for like five bucks when a local rental was clearing out their older titles (and is honestly far more ridiculous than it is arousing), and a couple of doujinshi manga a friend brought back when he went on a trip to Japan five or six years ago.  That's it, really.  Why do you ask?  Interested in borrowing something?
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@Hailinel said:
" @blueduck:  No.  Are you one of those high school students that thinks he's clever in using insults as old as the internet itself? "
Really man how big is your  hentai collection?
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@blueduck:  No.  Are you one of those high school students that thinks he's clever in using insults as old as the internet itself?
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@Hailinel said:
" @AlexW00d said:
" @Hailinel said:
" @haggis:  You've said even less of substance and went out of your way to deride people you know nothing about.
 
@AlexW00d said:
" I hate how everyone who defends this game always spurt out the same shit about it being cool to hate the game and that people that hate it are idiots and blah blah blah, but they never actually provide valid arguments, whereas people who didn't like the game provide very valid arguments.  "
That's not what everyone that liked the game says in its defense.  Some of us actually do make points.  Others just choose not to pay those points any attention at all. "
All you've done in this thread is take multiple points someone has said and throw them aside with petty comments, not once have you made a valid point, something I seem to have seen you do in multiple threads. So please, say something that shows you know what you are talking about, please. "
You're judging my arguments on the game as a whole based on a back-and-forth with a guy complaining about how a particular character's design was created to promote sexual deviancy.  That's not the same as arguing about the quality of the game itself.  And like I said earlier in this thread, based on my own personal experience, I really don't get the "twenty-hour tutorial" feeling from FFXIII because during those first twenty hours, things are always happening.  The story is progressing, new gameplay elements are opened up, and in general there is a constant forward momentum.  When it finally got to the point where I had my full party and could switch out my battle line-up as desired, I didn't breathe a sigh of relief.  I thought it was cool and just kept going.  I'm really not sure what kind of argument that you want me to mount here.  Whether you find those first twenty hours fun or boring is a matter of personal preference; not of inherent truth and falsehood. "
Are you one of those  pasty white kids that loves everything to do with Japan no matter what it is?
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I'm about 10 hours in now, and still like it. The only thing that really bugs me is Vanilla or whatever (I call her Vanilla, just cause). Her voice acting is extremely doofy. Hope kinda sucks too, but the rest of them are likable enough, I like the combat, graphics are awesome, music is great, story is fine, and the fact that it's not a complete rehash of old JRPGs is kind of refreshing (I really don't care about the lack of conventional towns, if they want to give me a place to shop every save point, I'm fine with that.)

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Although I did miss the towns for some reason my only real complaint was that I found navigating the battles manually almost impossible in all but the simplest battles and I found the auto to be too easy. 
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@AlexW00d said:
" @Hailinel said:
" @haggis:  You've said even less of substance and went out of your way to deride people you know nothing about.
 
@AlexW00d said:
" I hate how everyone who defends this game always spurt out the same shit about it being cool to hate the game and that people that hate it are idiots and blah blah blah, but they never actually provide valid arguments, whereas people who didn't like the game provide very valid arguments.  "
That's not what everyone that liked the game says in its defense.  Some of us actually do make points.  Others just choose not to pay those points any attention at all. "
All you've done in this thread is take multiple points someone has said and throw them aside with petty comments, not once have you made a valid point, something I seem to have seen you do in multiple threads. So please, say something that shows you know what you are talking about, please. "
You're judging my arguments on the game as a whole based on a back-and-forth with a guy complaining about how a particular character's design was created to promote sexual deviancy.  That's not the same as arguing about the quality of the game itself.  And like I said earlier in this thread, based on my own personal experience, I really don't get the "twenty-hour tutorial" feeling from FFXIII because during those first twenty hours, things are always happening.  The story is progressing, new gameplay elements are opened up, and in general there is a constant forward momentum.  When it finally got to the point where I had my full party and could switch out my battle line-up as desired, I didn't breathe a sigh of relief.  I thought it was cool and just kept going.
 
I'm really not sure what kind of argument that you want me to mount here.  Whether you find those first twenty hours fun or boring is a matter of personal preference; not of inherent truth and falsehood.
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@Hailinel said:
" @haggis:  You've said even less of substance and went out of your way to deride people you know nothing about.
 
@AlexW00d said:
" I hate how everyone who defends this game always spurt out the same shit about it being cool to hate the game and that people that hate it are idiots and blah blah blah, but they never actually provide valid arguments, whereas people who didn't like the game provide very valid arguments.  "
That's not what everyone that liked the game says in its defense.  Some of us actually do make points.  Others just choose not to pay those points any attention at all. "
All you've done in this thread is take multiple points someone has said and throw them aside with petty comments, not once have you made a valid point, something I seem to have seen you do in multiple threads. 
So please, say something that shows you know what you are talking about, please.
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@haggis:  You've said even less of substance and went out of your way to deride people you know nothing about.
 
@AlexW00d said:
" I hate how everyone who defends this game always spurt out the same shit about it being cool to hate the game and that people that hate it are idiots and blah blah blah, but they never actually provide valid arguments, whereas people who didn't like the game provide very valid arguments.  "

That's not what everyone that liked the game says in its defense.  Some of us actually do make points.  Others just choose not to pay those points any attention at all.
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I hate how everyone who defends this game always spurt out the same shit about it being cool to hate the game and that people that hate it are idiots and blah blah blah, but they never actually provide valid arguments, whereas people who didn't like the game provide very valid arguments. 

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I actually found that the bigger problem in XIII was that in the first two chapters you have no access to paradigms or the crystarium. I get that they wanted to introduce the battle system one step at a time, but they waited too long. I was getting bored with it by the middle of chapter 2, but once I got to chapter 3 my enjoyment with the game rose exponentially, and had fun with the game the rest of the way.

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@PrimeSynergy said:
 Can I just say for the record that when Brad said (and I might not be quoting this to 100% accuracy) "it sucks that it takes 20 hours for this game to get fun," I'm surprised by the lack of reaction from anyone else on the Bombcast. Like you said Pin, after T-W-E-N-T-Y fucking hours, I don't think you can say the game suddenly gets good. At that point you're suffering from Stockholm's syndrome. "
This is definitely what bothers me the most about Final Fantasy 13, that in the time it takes to get good or for the tutorial bullshit to really end, I can beat both Uncharted 2, and Arkham Asylum on my first playthroughs, and have a much better time. 
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" @haggis said:
" @Hailinel: No, just aware of it, as I'm sure most people who are fans of JRPGs are. As for the typical subset, think lolicon. "
Whatever you say, chief.  You're projecting sexual deviance onto a character that does not engage in any sexual activity at all over the course of the game. "
Disagree with me if you like, but you still haven't said anything of substance. All I'm claiming is that she is the embodiment of a specific stereotype I find irritating. I never said she did anything sexual in the game. Everytime I answer you, you move the goalposts. You could however offer an argument that I'm wrong, but in the end it doesn't matter. I don't like the character and you seem to. Oh well.
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Quite honestly I'm surprised your still chugging along the game if you really didn't like a lot of the battle mechanics or the story :/  I enjoyed the game because of the really fast and lean nature of the battles.  But then again, I've heard weird things like people beating FF13 because they really like the game's story.   
 
Aside from some cinematic boss battles, don't expect the game to get too much better unfortunately.

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@haggis said:
" @Hailinel: No, just aware of it, as I'm sure most people who are fans of JRPGs are. As for the typical subset, think lolicon. "
Whatever you say, chief.  You're projecting sexual deviance onto a character that does not engage in any sexual activity at all over the course of the game.
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@Hailinel: No, just aware of it, as I'm sure most people who are fans of JRPGs are. As for the typical subset, think lolicon.
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@Hailinel said:
" I didn't have any problem with the first twenty hours.  The story was moving along at a good pace.  Things were happening.  New abilities were becoming available as I progressed.  It's hardly the bland tutorial people claim it is. "
Exactly. Haters gonna hate.
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" @Hailinel:  "You're projecting an idea onto others through some rather wide leaps in logic:  Pretty Teenage Girl + Cute Voice + "Skip to My Lou" Run Animation = Obviously Designed For Sexual Predators "

Um ... that's your logic, not mine. Who's projecting again? Vanille's characteristics are in line with a typical subset of Japanese hentai. Since the developers are Japanese, I'd find it difficult to imagine they didn't know that when they were creating the character. I'm "singling out" Japanese because the game is made by Japanese developers and the character is based on a stereotype found in some subsets of Japanese porn. So, what's the problem here?
 
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" Sounds like he's mad you called out his love of Japanese children! "

Perhaps. Most likely he just doesn't know what he's talking about. "
What typical subset?  You're billing yourself as being amazingly versed in the genre.
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@Hailinel:  "You're projecting an idea onto others through some rather wide leaps in logic:  Pretty Teenage Girl + Cute Voice + "Skip to My Lou" Run Animation = Obviously Designed For Sexual Predators "

Um ... that's your logic, not mine. Who's projecting again? Vanille's characteristics are in line with a typical subset of Japanese hentai. Since the developers are Japanese, I'd find it difficult to imagine they didn't know that when they were creating the character. I'm "singling out" Japanese because the game is made by Japanese developers and the character is based on a stereotype found in some subsets of Japanese porn. So, what's the problem here?
 
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" Sounds like he's mad you called out his love of Japanese children! "

Perhaps. Most likely he just doesn't know what he's talking about.
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Once I saw a self-proclaimed JRPG lover who wanted the old style JRPGs back berate FF13 because it took 60 hours to finish. There's one in every village. I'm happy they made a 60 hour long game that lacked filler corridors, never once did I feel like something was put in there to delay me and increase the playtime, but then again, Japanese designed game.
 
Vanille has a honest to god tolerable Japanese voice, which was completely unexpected, there's less moaning and grunting moving around in it too. Wtf localized version?
 
As for the pedo/ebo talk, ever look at Snow and Serah together? Yeeeesch that looks wrong

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@haggis said:
" @McGhee_the_Insomniac said:
" @haggis:  Pedophilia is being attracted to pre-pubescent children. Vanille does not look like a little child. She acts more cutesy at the beginning of the game more than later in the game. Besides, even though her voice is cute it is also not that of a child. So everything you've said makes no sense. "
Okay, then, a Japanese ephebophile, then. But I find semantic arguments over this to be thin gruel. My point is that she's an adult acting like the popular Japanese stereotype of childish behavior, so that older men can lust after her without feeling like pervs.
 
Her voice certainly is that of a child. And so is her behavior. And everything I said makes perfectly good sense. Like the character if you want, but it's hard to deny that she was created with a certain cultural stereotype in mind. And I find it off-putting. "
Sounds like he's mad you called out his love of Japanese children!
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@haggis said:
" @McGhee_the_Insomniac said:
" @haggis:  Pedophilia is being attracted to pre-pubescent children. Vanille does not look like a little child. She acts more cutesy at the beginning of the game more than later in the game. Besides, even though her voice is cute it is also not that of a child. So everything you've said makes no sense. "
Okay, then, a Japanese ephebophile, then. But I find semantic arguments over this to be thin gruel. My point is that she's an adult acting like the popular Japanese stereotype of childish behavior, so that older men can lust after her without feeling like pervs.
 
Her voice certainly is that of a child. And so is her behavior. And everything I said makes perfectly good sense. Like the character if you want, but it's hard to deny that she was created with a certain cultural stereotype in mind. And I find it off-putting. "
Why are you singling Japanese people out in particular in your attempt to insinuate deviant sexual preferences?  You're projecting an idea onto others through some rather wide leaps in logic:
 
Pretty Teenage Girl + Cute Voice + "Skip to My Lou" Run Animation = Obviously Designed For Sexual Predators
 
What.
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Stopped playing when it got all free roamy. I'll probably finish it one day, game is just so flawed.