Final Fantasy Hacktics

Nope, you did not get my point at all. I'll be more concise, and I'll take Shakespeare as an example since you brought him into the discussion (I'm more a Raymond Chandler guy actually  )

Let's take Macbeth. In 75 minutes, you will have seen a lot of powerful scenes, great dialogues, some clever lines, and a few mysteries slowly unfold (i.e. the witches's predictions).  THAT's my point. Game of Thrones has the pacing of a melodrama in comparison, with a LOT of character in every episode with very little actual development.

I was more talking on a ... quality level. It just stroke me as strange than the 75 minutes (nearly the running time of a movie !) left me with so little to chew on.

First, FFT has GREAT melodies for characters and events, while GofT's only episode I've seen has stocky ambiant music lacking any charm. No leitmotivs for important characters, no grandiose themes.

On to the story : For some reasons, GofT's first episode made sure NOT to put forward any important event around which to weaves the plot. There was nothing to keep my interest for a second episode, unless you count boobies and that predictable kid's death as "riveting developments" ! I mean, I've been watching 75 minutes of grim people exchanging mostly banalities and very very little exposition ; No "mystery" to unfold, no real sense of where's anything going ! And no character to really be passionated about, as they ALL get pretty much equal screen time and in their dialogues.

I've actually talked about GofT with my siblings - who watched through countless hours of this show - and really, they couldn't persuade either me or themselves that the show was really worth all (or half) these hours . It's habit forming, just like these soapy afternoon melodramas. One gotta know what all these characters are going to do next .

I mean sure, FFT script could be vastly improved, especially if one was thinking of adapting it to the silver screen, but there are actually very clever, enthralling scenes straight from the beginning. Take this example : Delita, Ramza's best friend whom he thought death in a life-changing event, kidnaps the princess of Ivalice , an action which could brings great instability to the Kingdom. You get questions, politics and emotions straight from the get-go. 

In the end, I guess it is my expectations which ruined the experience. Seventy-five minutes man, SEVENTY-FIVE MINUTES ! I wished for leitmotivs, emotions, mysteries, politics... yet all I got was some kind of

If I ever get another 75 minutes free, I'll just re-watch Duck Soup or sumting

I was looking through the Web for some place where people would know about both GofT and FFT, so I came here.
Tried the GofT subreddit before, but none of the posters knew anything about FFT, and so thought I was completely mad to write "Final Fantasy" along "Game of Thrones". 

And I was actually disappointed, as I was expecting the dialogues and the music to trump those of Final Fantasy Tactics (1997), given its high-production cost.

So yeah, both FFT and GofT are similar in themes as their plot portrays countless murders, secondary characters, conspiracies, revolts and backstabbings in a medieval-fantasy setting. Yet, I was much more enthralled by FFT's plot progression. The plot is "tighter", focusing strongly on Ramza/Delita/Ovelia with all their own musical leitmotivs ; seventy-five minutes of FFT's plot uncovers a lot more of events than the equivalent in GofT.

Anybody here actually sat through GofT ? Your opinion would be frankly appreciated ! I don't care about spoilers, I've always been fine with them.


P.-S. The visuals were awesome though, when CGI wasn't involved