Ah, I had no idea about that! I had noticed that you could change the equipment by talking to them (Which as I said in the post, kinda irks me because you have to go one-by-one rather than having them all in one handy menu.), but I had assumed that the item inventory I had was for the entire party. That's kinda cool, even if unpredictable.
Yeah, I think the inmersion into anime and Japanese culture has had something to do with things changing. That, and as I said, the fact that a lot of the original "videogame generations" are older now - companies are realizing that while "kid" games are still fun for a lot of us, we also want to see things that reflect/appeal to the "grownup" world. Or something.
And yeah, the rating system seems a bit inefficient/arbitrarily handled at times. At least it's not the government regulating it, though - that would've likely been worse, possibly even killing the industry. That's why I'm not too hard on the companies' decision to self-regulate, even with its flaws.
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Date: 2007-08-20 07:55 am (UTC)Yeah, I think the inmersion into anime and Japanese culture has had something to do with things changing. That, and as I said, the fact that a lot of the original "videogame generations" are older now - companies are realizing that while "kid" games are still fun for a lot of us, we also want to see things that reflect/appeal to the "grownup" world. Or something.
And yeah, the rating system seems a bit inefficient/arbitrarily handled at times. At least it's not the government regulating it, though - that would've likely been worse, possibly even killing the industry. That's why I'm not too hard on the companies' decision to self-regulate, even with its flaws.