And yeah, the storytelling in Bethesda and Bioware games is generally shit, didn't say otherwise. Glad to know we're on the same page of FFXV matching that mediocrity or being worse.
We're not on the same page, because every FF is better than any of those companies games.
You're being delusional if you think FFXV doesn't take itself super duper seriously. They released a fucking movie that shows banal story shit that takes place before the game. But FFXV definitely doesn't take itself seriously
I'm not sure how it was banal. I don't see any other JRRPG or even WRPG mixing reality with fantasy. All western rpgs are mostly generic Tolkien fantasy or lame "humans save the day" Star Trek rifts. Few mix present day and fantasy. So I'm not sure how it was banal.
Kingsglaive was probably the most straight forward story ever to grace FF. It was not at all incoherent, it's also clearly not at all a reflection of the main game's tone. Will FF have anime drama? Sure, it will also have characters camping, goofing off, fishing, having dumb bro banter, taking selfies, and in general going on a road trip. This is a game that completely takes itself seriously? A game where one of it's characters takes millions of trip pictures? Please, the game hardly looks like it takes itself as some forward pushing movie experince or epoch making tale. It seems to only want to tell a story about some dude and his friends.
The "but it will have great combat and that's what matters!" mentality sucks a lot of ass because there's other genres of games where combat mechanics are much better. Why play FFXV just for the combat when I can do that with Bayonetta or Devil May Cry? RPGs need a great world, story, storytelling, characters, or writing to justify their existence. The Witcher 3 fulfills all those needs, while having fun but simple combat at best and simply serviceable combat at worst.
Well Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, and so on aren't games with a party and world exploration. This exuse is shit. Why play any rpg then because there is a non rpg with better combat all the time. Why play mass Effect when Gears is a thing? Why play Skyrim when Dishonerd exist? Because none of those games offer the combat+what a good rpg offers. FFXV looks like it will have a great world, a good enough story, and likable characters plus having actual rpg systems to mess with on top of good combat. The Witcher 3 hardly had all of that. On top of having the worst combat of which you spend over 80% of the game doing. Oh boy 80% of the game is piss easy roll or press counter garbage with some of the most boring rpg subsystems ever. Such a good game!
Characters look like weird and completely unrelatable people, even by Final Fantasy standards.
How these are the most down to earth looking FF characters? No one looks as crazy or strange as the cast of X. There's no rabbit girls. They all wear and can wear actual normal outfits. They all have real world hobbies and live in basically Tokyo. They all have clearly recognizable archtypes. This is the most restrained FF ever.
World building seems to be shit as well. We're going into FFXV with all of these elements looking like shit, I'm sure excited to be stuck with all this shit while fighting cool looking monsters!!!
For you I guess, but it doesn't seem like you like FF at all. So enjoy your garbage WRPGS then.
If I'm proven wrong, I'll happily admit it. But the mindset that people are being over pessimistic is some bullshit. Games looking really iffy before they launch is considered endearing now I guess.
You clearly don't like the game, the series, or the genre so I don't know why you're even here to talk about it.