"God Hates JRPGs"

I tend to lean more toward JRPGs, since they’re not bound by the social justice shackles a good bit of the major ones in the west are. They’re a bit more imaginative too.

JRPG art has always been weird. As graphics have improved they just get to show it off more.

what the frick is that ?

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but I lost interest when they stopped being about swords, and monsters, and quests and started being about whatever the frick this is

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I support those part of JRPGs.

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I was all about JRPG's in the 90's, but I lost interest when they stopped being about swords, and monsters, and quests and started being about whatever the frick this is

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That's actually one of the more fantasy-oriented FF games.

It’s called S-T-E-A-M-P-U-N-K.

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It’s called S-T-E-A-M-P-U-N-K.

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FF7 is steampunk, FF12 is not.

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"God Hates JRPGs" by HeavyCore

You could make the case that Basch/Ashe/Balthier are the main character. Vans is just the narrator.

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This is heavily debated in the fandom. I agree with your analogy although I dont consider it a bad thing. Many different plays and books are told from the perspective of the "common man" detailing the roles of the heroes. This is very common in literature.

Van and Penelo are basically "input characters" for the audience. I can see how removing Van and Pen would make a better plot, albeit the gameplay would need to be rebalanced.

For example, make the Guest character slot optional. That way you can put all 4 characters out at the same time and keep one in reserve.