I was having a fantastic time, barreling through the game with a cast of characters culled from the Big Book of RPG Cliches. There’s the kid with the destroyed village, the last-of-her-kind with special powers who must save the world, the amnesiac with a mysterious past and the former soldier of the evil empire. In short, I’m trying to say that I don’t believe for a moment that in a game this self-consciously playing with classic JRPG formulas didn’t do a single thing without thinking it was charmingly retro or innovative and interesting.
Which is why absolutely everything about the Florem arc can fuck right off.
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