Have you actually played Jade Empire, this time or just more random PS2M opinons ?
I've never played it but I hate the colour green therefore it is the most shit game ever and the main characters are all into beastiality.
RPG
Role-Play Game
I hate use of the term action, but for the sake of gun monkeys you have to bring everything down to the lowest level. ARPG's to me, are regarded to be stuff like Tomb raider and Legacy of Kain and while I define an ARPG as something that you play a role without much background thought (stats, menu's, parties) the industry has a much weirder standards that are contradictory and confusing.
Kingdom Hearts is straight up RPG with some Action fusion, making it downright fun to play and your team mates are automated which makes it quite fun and you can customise it to suit your play style (Donald can just as easily be pure healer or pure dmg as a mix).
But ofcourse you can't see past the Disney characters cause that's for kids, right ?
Tbh, adult game players play ALOT of retarded-ass games (see: The Simms) that in my opinon aren't worth the CD's their printed on but these guys eat it up cause it's fun, so whatever.
At the end of the day Kingdom Hearts gameplay is fun fast and easy to understand (my brother completed it at age
but works on a majority of levels. Yes, the storyline is centered around childrens cartoon characters but it's a fucking good story and is well put together. Nomura made a success with a subject that everyone was like 'wtf ? disney ?' with and the popularity of it continues to grow whilst the popluarity of Squares other cash cow Final Fantasy is in decline.
The core of the game is awesome and if the 'engine' of the game was put to other material (of a more 'adult' nature) it would fucking rock.
Also,
There was nothing wrong with the Squall character either, like majority of males in the media, he has a fear of commiment, not surpising considering he was somewhat abadonned by his parents (Father estranged and Mother deceased). He joins the military at the age of 15 and it seems that everyone he gets close to ends up getting taken away.
His mother, His 'big sister', Edea (his alternate mother figure) it's a natural reponse to avoid pain, your hand will (unless you have some serious mental disorder or will agianst it) retract automatically from a burning surface without command. Having someone then losing them hurts, therefore getting 'close' to anyone is a bad idea as it only leads to more pain down the line.
Also at the time the story takes place the guy is 17-18 (I can't remember exact ages) he's not the most confident guy in the world, that is isolationist in nature and all of a sudden this pushy chick is all over him but in the background there is some shit going between her and this dickhead he hasn't liked for ages. Yeah, it's like flare of 'stay the fuck away from that' in your face. Also your teacher who is like 2 years older than you is after you but she might as well have 'DAMAGED GOODS' written on her forehead.
But I'm sure you where all samurai cocksman at age 18 with all your shit in gear and crazy chicks where fawning at your feet that you had no idea how to deal with given your poor relationships with everyone and anyone up until this point and you still banged them, so yeah he must be gay! THAT'S IT! HE'S A FAG! cause his realtionship with guys is clearly MUCH BETTER, that has nothing to do with the fact that they aren't hitting on him or anything and therefore are easier to deal with, bar Seifer who is a grade A dick.
