In case of E33, I’m mostly surprised how much mainstream popularity it gained despite being a timing-based JRPG. Is that not weird? I find that to be a small miracle how popular it got given the pretty niche genre.
(Admittedly I also found the E33 combat system to be rather dreary, but the story was an unquestionable ride.)
I think it got good press as jrpg and was well advertised on several platforms. Timing based attacks was possibly not related to all of this.
For me personally as friend of jrpgs it was as much a burden as it was an addition and I just wish there was a toggle to do it automatically for people like me who can be biologically incapable of pulling of timing at all times. So a little bit sad about that.
In case of E33, I’m mostly surprised how much mainstream popularity it gained despite being a timing-based JRPG. Is that not weird? I find that to be a small miracle how popular it got given the pretty niche genre.
(Admittedly I also found the E33 combat system to be rather dreary, but the story was an unquestionable ride.)
I think it got good press as jrpg and was well advertised on several platforms. Timing based attacks was possibly not related to all of this.
For me personally as friend of jrpgs it was as much a burden as it was an addition and I just wish there was a toggle to do it automatically for people like me who can be biologically incapable of pulling of timing at all times. So a little bit sad about that.