FinalDasa

It can be hard to admit your own mistakes, let alone the mistakes and misfires in something you love. After having recently finished up Kenobi I discussed it with some friends. They disliked it, I came around to it by the final episode. Yes, it has quite a few flaws, but overall I enjoyed the ride and bumps.

That got me thinking about Final Fantasy 8. A flawed experience to be sure but there's no denying that the story is absolutely bonkers. I mean when you're riding a rocket to a space station only to accidentally free an evil time sorceress who aims to unleash a hellstorm of monsters and combine all of time and reality into one world to rule over, then maybe you look past some of the minor flaws.

So which games do you enjoy despite their batshit stories? Are you like me and secretly pained when someone says something bad about Kingdom Hearts? Are you entrenched in FF7 lore and can recite way too much about Project G?

Which games are you all too willing to grab hand in hand and plunge off the deep end with?

Also, please spoiler out any story spoilers you include, thanks!

Women should have rights.

I mean his number one goal is money. He owns the production company putting on the Summer Games Fest and the GOTY Awards every year. He built up some credibility in the late 90s and early 00s and has steadily used it to sell himself to corporations that want his connection with 'gamers'.

And really if you're a smaller dev/publisher, or a larger one not looking to spend the money on a lengthy stream, then why not toss him a trailer and several thousands of dollars?

But as you point out it's inconsistent when it comes to Keighley. The pacing of the announcements blows and the corporate influence is grossly overt. When E3 finally went away I never thought I'd want it to return but Keighley being the arbiter of gaming announcements isn't an upgrade imo.

I should really play Dragon's Dogma huh

Added some of Grubb's comments/clarifications to the OP. Thanks to those on the Discord and subreddit for organizing that stuff so I could steal it.

We still going? Hell yeah. Let's toss out "Wanderlust" from Every Time I Die. ETID just had a MESSSSSY break-up, so I'm still trying not to think about it. Fans of AEW might recognize their guitarist...

I guess it all depends on what gets skipped over and what doesn't. Bigger topics like abuse or labor issues should absolutely be discussed. But GB has always waited until those issues were fully vetted or bigger discussions in the industry at large to talk about them.

So if it's handled well and no one is stifled or stopped from discussing it when they want to, then as long as it's being discussed that's still a positive imo.

Seems like something I'd grab every 6 months or so just to catch up with any exclusives I didn't get around to playing or didn't have $60/$70 worth of interest in.

@looterjennings: I love the idea of a sequel album and considering how great I think Colors is, Color II gets really close to the original. I like that they continued some of the concepts from the original but also brought in more of their newer stuff along.

Gonna lock this one up. Someone else linked to a Dan is Back appreciation thread. Let's focus on expressing our feelings that way, through positivity. Yes Dan and Jason came on during trying times and Dan is returning during a time of change again, but that doesn't discount the incredible work everyone else does.

Remember it's all a team effort.