I was big on GTA on PS1, GTA 3 and San Andreas being my favourite. My own expectation has put me off the games. Even now that dynamic open world Pokémon adventure still eludes me. By the time Wii came out it was quite evident that sort of game would not be a priority.
Then I was banking the GameCube would provide the ultimate Pokémon adventure but that never materialised.
When I saw Pokémon Snap on N64 I thought it was near reality to have a fully 3D adventure, but it did not happen. Back then I always imagined how the game would look on a console. I used to be a big Pokémon fan in the Game Boy Color days. GC: It’s been years since most Japanese role-players, including Final Fantasy, have had random battles. To be fair, it’s not just a problem with Final Fantasy but Japanese role-playing games in general and I can quite happily get along with computer role-playing mechanics just fine. I keep looking at Chrono Trigger knowing it’s not quite the same and feeling that I’m probably missing out on tons of great stories by not being able to get over their mechanics. I have also tried to play Final Fantasy 7 and I never even got as far as getting out of Midgar and I’ve also given 8 a bash and it all comes down to the same random battle nonsense that you have to put up with. I think the most I have played of one was halfway into 6 but for some reason, I didn’t continue past that point. I’ve tried so many times to play through the Final Fantasy series and no matter what I do, I can’t enjoy them because of the random battles.
I used to enjoy playing those games as a student in the noughties and they are great fun in an arcadey way, but I haven’t played any of them seriously for years now and have come to find the way they fetishise warfare at times to not sit very well with me anymore. Lastly, I’m at an age now where I’m coming to not like Call Of Duty very much at all. The way Rockstar have handled the series since GTA 5 has soured me further on it. I appreciate the size of the maps, the music, the satire, and those other elements that give the games so much personality and texture, but the gameplay just feels like an afterthought, which I don’t like. I just thought it became a bit of a one trick pony where the world building was the only selling point. I sort of fell out with the Grand Theft Auto series after GTA 4.
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