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| RelmArrowney | Comment 1: 2009-09-26 22:14 |
| I'm sad to see no more Star Oceans, but if his brilliance is imparted in these games, anything sculpted by his hands will be a delight. When you work on something with such a big name, it's important to know when to quit. I'm honestly more grateful he quit now, on such a fantastic note, than milking the series and making extraneous games that even the most obsessed player won't finish... | |
| fleetingsight | Comment 2: 2009-09-29 17:48 |
| I totally agree with RelmArrowney on this one. As someone who loves to create things, it's hard to choose between expanding the timelines/worlds which have been established (like the Star Ocean series), or going off and taking that plunge into the creation of a brand new one. Expanding on something has many advantages, as any fanfic writer will tell you, since you're sure to find people interested in your work who already know a lot of the background, and you can put old things in a new light, and make people go "huh, I never thought of it like that before", or "it's cool to see that it happened like that!", or "you know, I've always wondered about that". On the other hand, there's so many things one must be careful of, as any good fanfic writer will tell you. I don't think I'll go into all the things one must avoid 'cause people have already written so much about it, but suffice it to say, there's the weighty risk of ruining it for people, and especially for one's self, if one cares enough about a series. And at the commercial level, the dangers only become harder to avoid. But a fresh, new start comes without all those advantages+disadvantages. It can be intimidating, but many times, it's a very healthy thing to do. Of course, some people stick with one world most of their life, with beautiful consequences (e.g. J.R.R. Tolkien), so it's different for everybody. So yeah, it's a hard decision, but I think he did the right thing for himself and the fans. | |
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