LIKE MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THAT PLOT POINT is that it recontexualizes the infamous "laughing scene" to be really, really tragic. he doesn't know!! he doesn't know that she's sad because it's the last time she's going to see that place and he cheers her up anyway and HE DOESN'T KNOW!!

Vanillaware barely breaks even on anything and are likely using a bespoke engine they'd have to port themselves, instead of making a new game to keep the lights on

I haven't heard Love Shack in actual years and yet sometimes I still get the opening line blaring in my skull unprompted

also this series is not primarily turn-based. ATB is real-time. the boss can attack you while you're pressing your menu items. you have to race meters instead of being able to sit there and getting to think about what to do next. I will die on this hill!

also it continues to be annoying that people just ignore 11 and 14, which are both games that are good and doing well and are well-received, because they're MMOs and that doesn't count. as if that is fundamentally, radically different than going action-based lmao

it IS pretty jarring for Nintendo tho, given that they have such a reputation and image for quality control and just...don't do it for their eshop I guess??

I remember there being a lot of complaining about the Sony online store being similar, and it wouldn't surprise me if that was still the case 😅

oh dammit (affectionate), it has administration and creature raising in it. my weakness!

ahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

the most important thing to the FFXIV art team is clearly making my man look as cunty as possible and tbh good for them hahahahaha