[quote]How about you explain something instead of just saying "no you".
[sub]I'm not the one trying to explain why the game's good. I don't understand the argument you're trying to make. Instead of assuming that you're just rapid-firing vague ideas, I'm giving you a chance to expand on them further.[/sub]

"the full breadth of the combat system."
[sub]Watched my dad 100% the game. It doesn't change at all. Some of the post-game requires a little more attention, but the strategy remains the same. Cycle the same three paradigms, mash A.[/sub]

"If you're gonna be a reductive ass about it"
[sub]That was my genuine summary of the points you seemed to be trying to make. Is that not what you were trying to say?[/sub]

No, that was Final Fantasy 2. And then again in Final Fantasy 3. And then even again in Final Fantasy 8 and 12 and 
[sub]...What? [i]What?![/i][/sub]

The best combat experience the series had to offer was 10-2. 6 wasn't even a good combat system. 
[sub]Oh my god.[/sub]

"Play the game better and you'll learn why it's good"
[sub][i]O h  m y  g o d.[/i][/sub]
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	I apologize, but I just... I just can't continue this discussion. There's not much of an argument to be had on most of the points that you choose to bring up, as they're very opinionated, or what I'd perceive as just plain incorrect. I also think that 'you're playing the game wrong' is only a valid defense of a game when somebody goes out of their way to intentionally break it. This would in fact refer to strategies such as [b]min-maxing[/b], or something like being able to walk through [i]Last of Us[/i] without partaking in a great deal of the combat; Speed running comes to mind, to be honest. The game boldly presents [i]mashing A[/i] as a viable and encouraged 'strategy' that [i]works.[/i] The focus is on paradigm shifts, which is a blatant simplification of what could have otherwise been a perfectly [i]ok[/i] combat system.

	At best, I can admit that the game is functionally [i]ok[/i] at best. As far as the story itself goes, there's no changing either opinion on that. I could concede that the storytelling is [i]maybe ok?[/i] But I think that the dialogue, pacing, exposition, characters, etc, are all completely terrible.

	I mean, like the game if you want. I was mostly curious as to what your reasoning behind enjoying the game was, and why that may be. I think I understand your perspective a little better now, even if I don't share it.