Final Fantasy X-X2 remastered - Only for young gamers?

My problem is that once you get the best weapon for even one character out of your party you will rape any of the common bosses in the game.

I killed the last boss in the game with two moves which really took away from any challenge in the game.

There are well made mature anime like Monster and Master Keaton but those are few and far between.

Most anime fans don't seem to like realistic characters or realistic thought provoking conflicts.

I found it weird that most JRPGs feature 15-17 year old kids as the main characters and the average age of the gamer who buys this stuff is well into their mid twenties if not older.

That is one of the reasons I can't get into JRPGs anymore.

I understand what the words mean I just don't see this game as being for a younger audience, that's all. It might not have mature content but I don't think the story was written with 13 year olds in mind.

@mfpunch: lol uh yes it was ALL ff games were, most square Enix games were. I repeat most JRPGs heavily influenced by anime.

Japanese anime = Cartoons

I think it's common sense that anything heavily influenced by x will have qualities of x. The common misconception is that most gamers are 30s which is true, but that is the general statistic. If people actually read the breakdown of that statistic, many would know the reason the cast are often teenagers is because the majority of consumers who own JRPGs are actually kids.

It is not strictly a preference. Just like how newer FFs have better graphics they also don't have random encounters. it is a linear progression of something becoming better. It is one thing to like one art style to another but it is arguably not so much a preference to say you like the same art style done worse Some things are objective, other things are subjective.

@final_lap: As I understand your comment, you mean random encounters are objectively worse than visible ones. I would like to know why you believe that is true.

If this were the 1990s you would be correct but a lot of 20 and 30 somethings own JRPGs now since they grew up with them.

Same goes for anime in Japan.

A lot of anime is purchased by 20 to 30 somethings who actually have the money to afford it.

I wouldn't recommend FFX. It's a shitty Final Fantasy and an even shitter JRPG.

Considering you have a Vita, you'll have access to far better FF titles on PSN such as V, VI, VII, VIII, IX. Seriously, those are all better than 10.

And yes, Tidus is an annoying, whiny, little bitch.

The thing about the voice acting is that it was praised by even most adults back in 2001/2002. And a big reason why was because, by early 2000's gaming standards, the voice acting was as good as it gets. The difference isn't just that we've grown up, but that we've gotten used to higher-quality voice acting over the years. It's a bit like going back to watching 80's blockbusters like Star Wars or Indiana Jones, which are full of cheesy dialogues by today's standards, yet most adults back then loved those dialogues.

However, I think a bigger issue is, like most JRPG's, FFX was localized and dubbed into English, rather than being a native English-language game. As a result, there is always going to be a cultural disconnect. A lot of expressions and mannerisms that are "normal" and "realistic" in Japanese culture would seem "unusual" or "unrealistic" in Western cultures, and vice-versa, since many Japanese gamers had similar complaints about WRPG's like Mass Effect, such as the characters behaving in a "peculiar" or "unrealistic" manner. From a Western perspective, FFX is probably one of the most jarring examples of this, since FFX is far more loved in Japan than it is in the West, either because the Japanese script and voice acting was much better than the English localization, or simply because FFX culturally resonates with Japanese audiences more than it does with Western audiences. Most teenagers wouldn't notice or pay attention to the cultural differences the way adults would, so we wouldn't have picked up on the peculiar cultural differences back then like we would today.

And finally, I think you are under-estimating what teenagers are capable up. Up until the 19th century, there wasn't even any such thing as "teenagers" or "adolescence", but most people were considered "adults" the moment they hit puberty. It wasn't until the early 20th century that the concept of "adolescence" started gaining popularity, largely due to the increasing life expectancy of the average human being at the time. When it comes to combat in particular, up until the 20th century, most soldiers were teenagers. Even in the Vietnam War, the average age of a soldier was reportedly only around 19-20. And while the average age of Western soldiers have increased since then, a lot of developing countries still involve younger fighters, especially in Middle-Eastern conflicts which frequently involve teenage fighters. In Japan's case, despite having the highest life expectancy in the world, it seems like they still haven't moved on much from the traditional view of teenagers being adults.

I've heard better voice acting in games that are older than FFX.

I also know of Japanese mannerisms and expressions and I know how to speak it so I've even played the Japanese version and while the voice acting is better the script is not by much.

And I see no problem with kids being soldiers or treated as adults but I do see a problem where the kids are somehow much more intelligent and powerful than all the adults who have decades of experience.

Video Games as a whole have not improved story wise.

The most well written video game stories came out before FFX.

Perhaps, but how many of those were dubbed games like FFX? The dubbing quality for most games wasn't that great back in those days.

It's not just language, but culture as well. In Japan, FFX is arguably the most popular game in the entire FF series. The script seems to have resonated with Japanese audiences much more than Western audiences. And it probably has to do with FFX arguably being the most "Japanese" game of the series, from the Japanese-style setting and Shinto-like religion to various little Japanese morals and cultural references that most Western audiences might not pick up on. For example, that cringe-worthy laughing scene was something most Western audiences just didn't "get" and found just plain embarrassing, yet it would make sense to audiences in Japan, where school life and especially working life is usually more difficult than in the West.

Actually, it's not uncommon for inexperienced teenage fighters to beat experienced adult soldiers on the battlefield. Throughout history, there have been many occasions when younger, inexperienced, teenage armies defeated older, experienced, adult armies. And even today, we sometimes still see battles like that in the Middle East, with teenage guerilla fighters often beating experienced adult soldiers. It might be hard to believe for most Westerners today, since we tend to treat our teenagers like immature kids, but a century ago, teenagers were usually treated like adults here in the West. And this is still true to some extent in Japan today, with teenagers there usually having a greater work-load and more responsibilities than Western teenagers.

But yeah, I kind of agree that RPG stories were better back in the 90's. But a lot of the great stories back then were usually written (like novels), rather than voiced (like movies).

The modern day scenario you use is not the same as a gun may take some experience to use but it takes very little compared to the experience needed for a sword.

And there may be exceptions to the rule but those exceptions usually have a reason which tends to be underestimating to blind luck or unfair advantages.

And your example is using armies when I am talking about individuals.

An army of well trained soldiers could be crap if their leader is an idiot.

Unlike an individual a large force will rely on authority for what decisions they make.

My argument is about an inexperienced individual who barely has any training with a sword going against a veteran who has 2-3 decades on the battlefield.

And really that is just one pet peeve I had which I could ignore if there weren't more things that bug me about the current situation with most JRPGs.

I wouldn't mind seeing new JRPGs that are as good as Suikoden II.