FWIW I needed to explain to my bf who has never played it before why it’s so popular and that for many it’s like their “first Final Fantasy”

and it’s a game that makes me feel warm and tingly inside but even I think the glazing is out of control

My bad, he was executive producer on those games but Sakaguchi is credited for creating FF and FF8/FF10 have strong influences on E33

Xenoblade 3 is one of my favorites to compare to it just based on narrative and cinematography, but I’d argue that playing FF8 or FF10 directed by Sakaguchi (the guy the E33 director thanked on stage) would be the most relevant

It’s my GOTY but it IS frustrating that people are passing by all the JRPGs that are just as good because they are “anime” imo

I don’t hate it tbh! I find it fascinating in a car crash kinda way

she had her own vision