Xander
@xanderhworks.bsky.social
Very tired furry who makes art and rambles about video games. 🔞 Sometimes NSFW.
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27
🏳️🌈
He/Him
Art commissions open!
Header image by emdeejaydraws.tumblr.com
PFP by @notoxen.bsky.social
The twink is ever lurking…
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The twink is ever lurking…
Hmm…I feel like you’re the type to play with your food…
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hmm…I feel like you’re the type to play with your food…
What kinda cake are we talking? 👀
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
What kinda cake are we talking? 👀
Yeah the knock on effects of Spirits Within bombing can be felt throughly FF for years after the fact.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yeah the knock on effects of Spirits Within bombing can be felt throughly FF for years after the fact.
Oh very true, Square’s borderline untenable dev cycles were a problem for a while.
VII is kind of a miracle that it emerged as complete as it did, but FFIX, Chrono Cross and Xenogears all bear similar signs of rushed production and lots of cuts.
Going HD was just the breaking point.
VII is kind of a miracle that it emerged as complete as it did, but FFIX, Chrono Cross and Xenogears all bear similar signs of rushed production and lots of cuts.
Going HD was just the breaking point.
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Oh very true, Square’s borderline untenable dev cycles were a problem for a while.
VII is kind of a miracle that it emerged as complete as it did, but FFIX, Chrono Cross and Xenogears all bear similar signs of rushed production and lots of cuts.
Going HD was just the breaking point.
VII is kind of a miracle that it emerged as complete as it did, but FFIX, Chrono Cross and Xenogears all bear similar signs of rushed production and lots of cuts.
Going HD was just the breaking point.
You can definitely tell 13 struggled with the Crystal Tools engine. It’s a gorgeous game with neat combat but there were a lot of constraints and limitations made to reach that fidelity.
12 is an impressive game but you can practically SEE the scissors marks from were Matsuno left mid development.
12 is an impressive game but you can practically SEE the scissors marks from were Matsuno left mid development.
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
You can definitely tell 13 struggled with the Crystal Tools engine. It’s a gorgeous game with neat combat but there were a lot of constraints and limitations made to reach that fidelity.
12 is an impressive game but you can practically SEE the scissors marks from were Matsuno left mid development.
12 is an impressive game but you can practically SEE the scissors marks from were Matsuno left mid development.
No but for real, there’s a Pokemon fan game that is basically this.
Except they also made it a Fire Emblem ROM hack.
Except they also made it a Fire Emblem ROM hack.
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
No but for real, there’s a Pokemon fan game that is basically this.
Except they also made it a Fire Emblem ROM hack.
Except they also made it a Fire Emblem ROM hack.
They literally gave him the Future Redeemed Rex treatment.
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
They literally gave him the Future Redeemed Rex treatment.
I suspect something else is har-
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I suspect something else is har-
What a lot of quote en quote ‘modern’ FF shares in my eyes isn’t that they’re ’the bad ones’. It’s that they’re really damn bloated.
12, 13 and 15 especially all feel like their ambition got out of hand. And it results in games that are solid, but with obvious issues born of hellish production.
12, 13 and 15 especially all feel like their ambition got out of hand. And it results in games that are solid, but with obvious issues born of hellish production.
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
What a lot of quote en quote ‘modern’ FF shares in my eyes isn’t that they’re ’the bad ones’. It’s that they’re really damn bloated.
12, 13 and 15 especially all feel like their ambition got out of hand. And it results in games that are solid, but with obvious issues born of hellish production.
12, 13 and 15 especially all feel like their ambition got out of hand. And it results in games that are solid, but with obvious issues born of hellish production.
12 is solid for what it is but I do kind of lump it in with 13-16 because I think it shares a lot of similarities.
A massively impressive scope and lavish production that immediately runs headlong into ‘oh shit how do we make something this big and cutting edge as an actual game’?
A massively impressive scope and lavish production that immediately runs headlong into ‘oh shit how do we make something this big and cutting edge as an actual game’?
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
12 is solid for what it is but I do kind of lump it in with 13-16 because I think it shares a lot of similarities.
A massively impressive scope and lavish production that immediately runs headlong into ‘oh shit how do we make something this big and cutting edge as an actual game’?
A massively impressive scope and lavish production that immediately runs headlong into ‘oh shit how do we make something this big and cutting edge as an actual game’?
Oooo, what’s your theme song?
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Oooo, what’s your theme song?
Like, the bar somehow gets LOWER than ‘we should meet the maniac war criminal halfway’ and ‘don’t worry about the energy crisis cause it’s so far off that who cares?’
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Like, the bar somehow gets LOWER than ‘we should meet the maniac war criminal halfway’ and ‘don’t worry about the energy crisis cause it’s so far off that who cares?’
I haven’t played this game yet but calling it ‘most neolib’ Pokemon game when XY and SwSh exist sends a chill down my spine at the idea it can get worse.
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I haven’t played this game yet but calling it ‘most neolib’ Pokemon game when XY and SwSh exist sends a chill down my spine at the idea it can get worse.