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This is a rant about how too many old school Final Fantasy fans are snobs.
snob: (noun) - a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field.
Every time I turn around, one of them is talking crap about FFX or FFXIII or sometimes FFXII (that’s more rare, though, for some reason) and basically saying that anyone who actually likes those games has poor taste and that Square Enix sucks and nothing past FFIX is worth playing.
Poor taste.
Let me re-emphasize that a moment here. If you are someone that enjoyed FFX, FFXII, or FFXIII, you have poor taste because an old school FF fan said so.
Now tell me, doesn't that fit the definition of snob?
I think so.
I prefer to think of it as different taste.
Different.
It’s been a little over a couple of decades since the first Final Fantasy came out. Of course it has changed over the years. Old school FF fans hate it now, but new generations of gamers like the new Final Fantasy games. So it's not that the game is bad, it's that old FF fans want the games to be something they aren't. If you play a game, take off the nostalgia glasses and enjoy the game for what it is instead of for what you wish it was.
tl:dr - If you used to love FF but hate it now - I'll respect that you hate them if you respect that I don't.
snob: (noun) - a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field.
Every time I turn around, one of them is talking crap about FFX or FFXIII or sometimes FFXII (that’s more rare, though, for some reason) and basically saying that anyone who actually likes those games has poor taste and that Square Enix sucks and nothing past FFIX is worth playing.
Poor taste.
Let me re-emphasize that a moment here. If you are someone that enjoyed FFX, FFXII, or FFXIII, you have poor taste because an old school FF fan said so.
Now tell me, doesn't that fit the definition of snob?
I think so.
I prefer to think of it as different taste.
Different.
It’s been a little over a couple of decades since the first Final Fantasy came out. Of course it has changed over the years. Old school FF fans hate it now, but new generations of gamers like the new Final Fantasy games. So it's not that the game is bad, it's that old FF fans want the games to be something they aren't. If you play a game, take off the nostalgia glasses and enjoy the game for what it is instead of for what you wish it was.
tl:dr - If you used to love FF but hate it now - I'll respect that you hate them if you respect that I don't.
