28th May 2004, 8:49 PM
Oh absolutely, but I was saying that Chrono in particular is easy to project yourself on to since he never speaks and has an easily acceptable character. Just a kid who practices wooden sword play, owns a cat and lives with his mom in a big town governed by a kingdom; He has no backstory just for the ability to project your own on to him. Other than that, the only action he does without your consent is sacrificing himself for the other characters, but at that point in the story you're willing to do that to save them. When you play as Marle for example, you know you are Marle and she has a backstory, you feel different and act different (factually, you know she's a healer and not a fighter) and you fight differently.
Cloud, for example, isn't as easily accepted. It's more difficult to project yourself on him because he has more of a character than Chrono does. He has his own voice and way of talking, likes and dislikes, so in reality Cloud offers up more of a role playing experience than Chrono does.
So since Chrono has no character, he's easily the best focal point of imprinting your own ideals.
OB1/ Almost all good games have beautiful art. I never meant that no game has art or story. I was talking specifically about games like Worrowind that are stat building games and let you do anything without guidence or scope. ICO has guidence and scope, so does Zelda and other good games. But games such as Morrowind are a part of a new genre; The non-game.
Cloud, for example, isn't as easily accepted. It's more difficult to project yourself on him because he has more of a character than Chrono does. He has his own voice and way of talking, likes and dislikes, so in reality Cloud offers up more of a role playing experience than Chrono does.
So since Chrono has no character, he's easily the best focal point of imprinting your own ideals.
OB1/ Almost all good games have beautiful art. I never meant that no game has art or story. I was talking specifically about games like Worrowind that are stat building games and let you do anything without guidence or scope. ICO has guidence and scope, so does Zelda and other good games. But games such as Morrowind are a part of a new genre; The non-game.