Defensiveness is inevitable when the first full-game preview comes from an outlet that described FFX's feature list as follows: "puzzles which involve little thought, but rely on systematic time-consuming trial and error, unbreakable animation sequences that initially impress, then subconsciously irritate; interminable FMV sequences immediately before unpredictably deadly boss encounters; infinite numbers of unavoidable, non-threatening random battles; an utterly linear room-by-room progression mechanism; and, in Tidus, perhaps the most irritating lead character Square has ever conceived, a squawking, petulant teen who it's near impossible to care for." They then went on to say that the voice acting "renders the pathos comedic, the comedy dead, and since emotion is meant to be the series' driving force, it butchers the whole game" and to describe the game as a whole as a "bloated false prophet come to steal away your time."
There's nothing disgusting about making excuses for the flaws perceived by a source who's almost objectively out of touch with the game's primary audience. It's only natural, really.
There's nothing disgusting about making excuses for the flaws perceived by a source who's almost objectively out of touch with the game's primary audience. It's only natural, really.