Okay. Warning: There are opinions written here. I know, appalling.
Am I the only one not bothered about a) the playable cast of Final Fantasy XV being all-male, and b) Prompto’s new design?
The playable cast being male literally does not matter to me. I just saw someone on my dashboard saying that they refused to support the FF franchise any longer because of the male-dominated cast of XV. Just stop. If you’re going to stop supporting a generally brilliant, well-designed and beautiful set of games which are known for their in-depth characterization and wonderful storylines simply because one of the games has more male characters than female characters, why were you a fan in the first place?
Think about it. What first drew you to the FF games? The characters, the plots, the graphics, etcetc, right? Are you really going to refuse to support the games now that an installment happens to have a cast consisting mostly of males? Seriously?
It’s also a fact that a lot of FF game casts consist of mostly white playable characters. Did that bother you? Did you refuse to stop playing then?
Speaking as a female, I do not see how the gender of characters in one of the installments should affect your love of an entire franchise in any way. I understand why it would bother people — yes, it’d be nice to have a female playable character again — but not enough to stop supporting a thing you love!
Another argument I’ve seen is that two of the known female characters, Stella and Luna/the unnamed black-haired girl, look like identical twins due to “lazy designing”. Do they? Do they, really? Because I don’t see it.
look anything like this?:
That is not “lazy designing”. One thing the FF franchise can not be accused of is lazy designing. Graphics have always been an extremely beloved part of the series, and I personally find them to be absolutely gorgeous.
As for Prompto’s hairstyle; yeah, his old design looked great, people thought he was ‘hot’, yada yada. But here’s the thing; why the hell does his hairstyle matter? Does it affect the gameplay? Does it affect the story? Does it affect the characters’ personalites? Does it affect your enjoyment of the game overall? No! I am literally speechless at the fact that people are threatening not to buy the game and sending hateful letters to the designers over a character’s goddamn hairstyle. It’s fine to prefer his old design! It’s fine to dislike his new one! But for Gaia’s sake, don’t stop supporting a franchise and a company because of your preferences regarding a character’s hair.
Designs change. Characters are finalized. Games are developed. Get over it.
tl;dr: Don’t become a fan of something if you’re willing to stop supporting it over something as simple as a character’s hairstyle. Final Fantasy XV will not be perfect, and it will not please everyone — but what it will be is a stunning game with beautiful graphics, a detailed plot and fascinating characters — isn’t that enough?
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