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Re:The Joy of Playing Grandia, on Sega Saturn by hombre_fatal on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @08:22AM (#46204664)
Starting off with 10min of exposition is too much and it’s lazy. You don’t even know if you’re going to like the game yet. Do some en media res story telling and get on with it.

Most games I don’t care about the deep exposition. I’m fine with a vague notion and then starting from the main character’s insertion into it where the gameplay starts.

Not letting the player skip it is just hubris.

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Re:The Joy of Playing Grandia, on Sega Saturn by YurgenJurgensen on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @05:56PM (#46211884)
10 minutes is a long time now? Is this what TikTok does to a person’s brain? Cartoon Network typically had 11 minute episodes, so you’re complaining that you don’t even have the attention span of a child.
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