Thread:Valeth/@comment-4802891-20180703161311/@comment-4802891-20180714032825

I agree with that Ender. If I had to guess, I'd attribute my disdain of the FFVII compilation to poor timing. I liked Advent Children, which was the beginning of this whole thing, a lot (this version of Seph's theme is my favorite for that very reason) to the point that I preorder a Japanese DVD of the very first print. After that, it plummeted fast, way too fast, at a time I was against concept of spin-offs that destroy the lore for the sake of content.

I guess I grew out of this.

Well, the major difference with the Fate franchise for me, is that I care less about the story(ies) and mages, and more about how they would bring to life famous figures I know prior to the game. Final Fantasy is a series where the characters and story arcs are integral to each game (that was the whole rule brought out by Sakaguchi : one story, one game) so expanding one particular game will obviously make some characters evolve past their realization arc, and turn them into "abominations" for the sake of fanservice -- or create new rules that got out of whack (and FGO is being criticized for it... which I can understand, eventhough I'm ok with it). Thankfully, FGO was clever enough so far not to try and expand upon the existing characters' arcs, making their inclusion harmless to their core (Rin isn't Rin, Shirou isn't Shirou, Emiya Alter isn't Emiya per say etc.), although they are starting to use known elements too close to the original material, which could be harmful if mismanaged... like Kirei, being pretty much Kirei, or Kiara being pretty much Kiara but suddenly she is a Beast (I guess I can give this a pass?... As a collab, it was bond to have that kind of fanservice twists).