Aeroprism wrote:My whole point was: are we discussing sad stories or are we discussing our own ability to make sad stories after being handed a few silent images?
Aeroprism wrote:Just like PS2; you had to make a deliberate effort to make it sad. I'm talking about games that deliver tear wrenching tales whether you want it or not.
Zio_Falz wrote:What comes to mind is the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. What I say about PS2, I also share some of the same sentiments for that film's elements. But others, may not.
What you're describing is dark and mysterious, not sad, but as you say, perception is everything. I have never felt an overwhelming sadness while playing PSII. There is always motivation to continue playing despite the odds; there is hope, however dim, that Algol can still be saved. Never once does the game pause to get maudlin, as many later JRPGs do. I don't agree that it's a sad game, but I do respect your differing perspective, just to be clear.Zio_Falz wrote:Someone, I believe Tanith, said the game is colorful. But my perception was that it wasn't very colorful at all. They made good use of colors, but a colorful game to me, at that time, is Super Mario World, or even Zelda ALTTP if we keep it to RPGs only.
PS2 has a brilliant use of color. But it was, I believe, quite heavy in its use of "darker"colors. Shades of dark green environment, blue hero and water, dark blue hero uniform, grey tunnels, town pavement and dungeons, brown dungeons too, a lot of the team wore dark colors in general, The Dams were rather dark except the yellow one which still had a bleakness to it, Shure in general was industrially dark--- even black, Dezo's white snow had a bleak and emptiness in it's use of white. In terms of color, I find rather than being a symptom of the Sega Genesis' capabilities, PS2 was dark compared to PSIV. But again, subjective.
Additionally, while I love the music, I also find much of it to be dark. Some pieces are even like a funeral dirge, notably "A Prologue", "Violation," "Power", and others. Yes other tunes in the game are upbeat, but still dark sounding. The Boss Battle music, and Noah have upbeat tunes, while still keeping a darker tone.
PS4, on the other hand, is very bright and vivid in terms of story, graphics and music, especially if contrasted to PS4.
Over all, the game, the color, the music, if not outright "sad"--is still undeniably "dark" if not "bleak."
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