A common refrain I hear is “I have no clue what is happening, but the game is fun”. Did Japanese game writers just drink massive amounts and throw shit at the wall? :D
I don’t think there’s a single JRPG that I can remember the actual plot except the general gist.
Or is there some strange cultural reason these games had labyrinthe writing and just strange plots?
Maybe a JRPG historian can shed some light on this?
That sounds delightfully hilarious. It amazes me what game writers come up with. I was going to say I wonder what equivalent literature that is that level of crazy, but thought better because I knew better. But I guess it’s the batshit insane of game writing that is weirdly specific