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BlackScythe0 posted...

You're asking why people liked a relatively classic jrpg when there is a distinct lack of those.

Pretty much. It would have been extremely unremarkable if it had released on the SNES in the mid-90's (well, aside from the graphics requiring some manner of wizardry to pull off on a SNES, but we'll assume they're downgraded accordingly for such a hypothetical), but in a world where turn-based JRPG's have been largely neglected (Squenix themselves didn't expect it to do well because they'd convinced themselves nobody wanted such games anymore), it scratched the itch very nicely. The story is thoroughly meh (mildly interesting until they seemingly gave up on writing anything new to fill the last half of the game), but the combat and class systems manage to both satisfy the yearning for a classic JRPG while also keeping things fresh and interesting such that it's not relying entirely on nostalgia.

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