but a game has different responsibilities than other mediums.
Responsibilities, sure, but there are some games I really do play and find myself almost (or, rarely, just as) enthralled by their storytelling capabilities as any good book I've read, and so forth. In FFX's case, I'd go just about that far, at least with certain key elements therein. So when X-2 arrived and really flubbed those aspects, it felt to me like that book analogy, even though I'd certainly agree with you that overall the game industry has other principle priorities and oftentimes for good reason.
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