User talk:Kaimi/Magic

Really?
Relevant topic from 2009.

Of course, I was wrong about the Rebirth elemental system at that time since I had conflated it with the Force elemental affinities held by each character who could use it, which is part of the storyline and had no particular effect on gameplay. But even if you put this aside, this game still does not have a standard 8/10-element system that can sort spells cleanly into any particular Aseliaverse element. It is VERY inaccurate to sort spells into any particular element unless you intend to sort them into -every- category they were placed under in -all- of the games. Establishing "typical" elements or "themes" heavily biases things toward Aseliaverse primacy, which is simply intolerable. While some games feature elements that are directly analogous to each other, this is an exception and never a rule. All of the elements in each game have a different set of features and connotations that distinguish them from the same-named elements of other games.

...etc. And Light(ning) is the ubiquitous example of why this whole sorting idea is pretty much impossible -unless- you present every game's elemental system on an individual and equal basis, which effectively means separate listings for Lightning (and every other element for consistency's sake) as it exists in -every- game that isn't sequel-bound (excluding Destiny PSX and Destiny PS2/2). That means you need like 10+ sections labeled "Fire", another named "Flame", another named "Burn", and whatever the newer games use since I don't ever intend to touch any post-Xillia game.

Double-Hitting Mamako~ (talk) 03:11, June 22, 2019 (UTC)