Totally is. FFVII was a watershed moment for JRPGs on PSX. Same is true for Trails on PC.
It’s just that recognition in the West for FFVII was instant. Meanwhile, due to localization, it took more than a decade for Trails to get recognition.
Maybe this is a better comparison: if FFVII is The Beatles, then Trails is the Velvet Underground. Beatles sold massive copies immediately. VU took awhile, but now everyone knows they’re just as impactful as the Beatles.
That’s a bad analogy. I just asked 4 of my friends (25-65) if they knew who the Beatles were. Everyone said yes. Then I asked if they knew VU, everyone (including myself) had no clue who that was.
Oh boy I’m glad you said that because I didn’t want to sound like an idiot. I’m 40yo and I have no idea who the VU are, nor does comparing them to the Beatles make me excited to look them up.
Auto-correct changed “glam” to “glamour”, and now lemmy.world won’t let me make the edit.
Anyway, here’s my further opportunity to say that The Beatles changed the world by being everywhere. The Velvet Underground changed the world by changing the people who mattered next.
And if this motivates you to go listen to the Velvet Underground, then I’m jealous—because I wish I could hear the VU for the first time all over again.
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Totally is. FFVII was a watershed moment for JRPGs on PSX. Same is true for Trails on PC.
It’s just that recognition in the West for FFVII was instant. Meanwhile, due to localization, it took more than a decade for Trails to get recognition.
Maybe this is a better comparison: if FFVII is The Beatles, then Trails is the Velvet Underground. Beatles sold massive copies immediately. VU took awhile, but now everyone knows they’re just as impactful as the Beatles.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
That’s a bad analogy. I just asked 4 of my friends (25-65) if they knew who the Beatles were. Everyone said yes. Then I asked if they knew VU, everyone (including myself) had no clue who that was.
This isn’t going to be as big as you think it is.
bytesonbike@discuss.online 7 hours ago
Oh boy I’m glad you said that because I didn’t want to sound like an idiot. I’m 40yo and I have no idea who the VU are, nor does comparing them to the Beatles make me excited to look them up.
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
And you just made my point for me. 🙂
The Velvet Underground are the most important band you’ve never heard about. In many ways, bigger than the Beatles.
Because the Velvet Underground were the precursors to glamour, prog, punk, new wave, noise, alternative, and grunge.
Without the VU, there’d be no David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Sex Pistols, or Nirvana.
And the VU were making that kind of music in the ‘60s. Commercial flop, but almost everyone who heard of them started a band.
If you haven’t heard of the VU, you should watch that Apple Music documentary about them. Of course, after you play Trails in the Sky.
ratten@lemmings.world 3 hours ago
All I can say is, if your taste in video games is anything like your taste in music, then I’m right to stay far away from anything you recommend.
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Auto-correct changed “glam” to “glamour”, and now lemmy.world won’t let me make the edit.
Anyway, here’s my further opportunity to say that The Beatles changed the world by being everywhere. The Velvet Underground changed the world by changing the people who mattered next.
And if this motivates you to go listen to the Velvet Underground, then I’m jealous—because I wish I could hear the VU for the first time all over again.
ratten@lemmings.world 3 hours ago
You have no perspective on what makes good art.
You are a consumerist at heart.
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 7 hours ago
What do you mean they won’t let you? There’s no time limit on edits.