Well pointing out that I said installment is just arguing the semantics of it. Yes it's marketed and thought of by most as a series, that doesn't mean that it actually is in any traditional sense of the word though. The English language is pretty limited when it comes to describing things sometimes, if you'd rather suggest a different word for me by all means..Originally Posted by VeganZombie
And yes, I think we essentially were agreeing there. I feel the FF name is more used as a means of advertisement than anything else. Quite a few of the games in this "series" could have gone by entirely different names and stood just as well on their own, which Quiji himself pointed out earlier in regards to XIII specifically. I "disputed" (I actually said i agreed with what he was trying to say) that at the time with Quiji though only because the entire "series" does share recurring themes and the subject matter at the time was that it wasn't very "FF" because it lacked in that regard, and as far as those themes go I felt XIII deserved the FF name (in my honest opinion) as much as any other title in the "series" did.
That very loose shared connection of recurring themes (and until recently, mechanics) is the only thing that's really keeping it a "series" by any sensible means. I don't really want to go into a debate about this further though, that's not what this thread was about. I'd rather move this to an entirely different thread if the discussion is that important rather than clutter this one, honestly.
More than one game series has done this too, yea. I treat them in much the same respect as well though. I keep an unbiased view and respect\love\hate each game in its own right.
