Perhaps making the series into the new SaGa wasn’t the best idea in the world, but that’s getting ahead of myself. It amazes me that such a high water mark could bring a series down so fast with such a simple concept of action role-playing game you’d think it’d be a no-brainer on Square-Enix’s part, but the series has been put to bed due to a series of failures and frankly odd choices. However, its sequels and spinoffs never really captured the magic in the way that the second game of the Seiken Densetsu series did for a lot of American gamers of the early 1990s. It has a perfect combination of exploration, combat, and difficulty – only the magic system and the ability to grind (if you wish – it’s VERY tedious, though) keep it from the upper echelons of Square’s defining years. It was the first truly epic game I ever played, and even with its myriad flaws (which, in retrospect, are pretty obvious and definitely a turnoff for anyone who actually plays it now), I enjoy it now. My love and appreciation for Secret of Mana (or Seiken Densetsu II, for you purists) cannot be underestimated. Even with brand names attached, a bad game is a bad game. But, clearly, there’s a need for sound thinking that doesn’t involve contextualized criticism, nor some nostalgic look at the past. I’m not going down that weird road where we declare a game “evil” because it isn’t good, either. It’s not displaying sound judgment, that’s for sure. It’s an emotional argument because of nostalgic attachment.
People have been trying to justify video games as an “art form” for a decade or so, yet even the Smithsonian can’t figure out why without a breathless and problematic apologetic. i assume, though, that many people don’t think that way. If video game, in general, are “time-wasters”, then there’s no real difference. In the body of Christ, there’s a role for everybody, Why shouldn’t this apply here, as well?Īre some things as good as we remember? Or are we merely playing with our perception of “good” and “awesome” because of a brand name? Talk about taking a verse out of context to talk about video games! In the spirit of Romans 12, however, I find that I have a gift for iconoclasm, both in the frivoloties of video game criticism and in real life issues. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
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