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[RurouniZel]

Not enough Lightning, apparently.

 

[DR2K]

Good, they don't have the talent to make worthy sequals. Do them when they get bought out by a better company.

Give me HD updates of the older games though.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Speaking of VP... I'm curious how they'd even make a new game.

They kinda wrote themselves into a wall didn't they? They'd have to do a prequel or... totally retcon the shit outta things.

Prequel.

VP3: Hrist

Lots of stuff to elaborate on.

 

[Nairume]

Wait...Valkyrie profile is a "casual" game and Drakengard is "hardcore"?

AND...AND, they think there's more of a market to sell a sequel for Drakengard over VP3?

I don't want to live in this world anymore.

Everybody can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the implication isn't as much that they think Drakengard has more of a market as much as it is they think Drakengard has more of a market that will definitely buy the game.

 

[thuway]

Chrono Trigger
Seieken Denetsu
Terranigma

All easy to make 2D RPG's on relatively small budgets, yet, fucked over.

 

[Eusis]

Good, they don't have the talent to make worthy sequals. Do them when they get bought out by a better company.

Give me HD updates of the older games though.

Two of those three are tri-Ace games though and I'm not sure they lost most of their staff (there IS an issue with them handling cinematics, but VP2 fared better than IU/SO4 so maybe they're just better with more down to Earth stuff?) and SaGa's creator is still at SE and has always been the eccentric, not too widely beloved series of theirs. There's definitely better examples for "they don't have the talent anymore" than those three.

 

[Terra_Ex]

You know, I like Drakengard well enough (though Nier was better in every way) but it's hardly a fit replacement for what VP3 could be. Hell, pretend SO4 didn't happen and take another shot at that. Then again, with SE's current plans it'd probably end up as some social bullshit disgrace to gaming.

 

[Hobbun]

SHOCKING NEWS, they are busy making games for smartphones..

This.

Besides, even if they were making them, they would be developed 'regionally' and we would never see them.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

We might finally get that sequel to Chrono Trigger, ya'll!

Spoiler

will be terrible, iOS exclusive

 

[Eusis]

This.

Besides, even if they were making them, they would be developed 'regionally' and we would never see them.

That worried me, but now that I think about it... I wonder if it's possible they develop games specifically with some regions in mind, than just translate the rest over as the extra sales would be a cherry on top? Maybe I'm just being stupidly hopeful though, Bravely Default did get skipped over but I guess if that still sold very well anyway it'd make SE give pause to how good of an idea it is to leave most of their Japanese output in Japan.

Or they're going to get into otaku pandering crap and we won't be missing a thing.

 

[Annubis]

What happened for SO4 to be SO4 anyway?
I mean really...
Because if that's what we can expect from tri-Ace nowadays, I'm not sure I'd want them to touch anything anymore.

 

[Soriku]

Hrist am cry :/

 

[The Praiseworthy]

So... the only JRPGs we are getting from SE are, Final Fantasy XIII Games?

 

[Meccanical]

.

 

[Nairume]

So... the only JRPGs we are getting from SE are, Final Fantasy XIII Games?

Well, that, phone games, 3DS games, HD ports, and FFXV.

 

[SteaG]

So if tri-Ace isn't making SO or VP, wtf are they working on? More Lightning projects? FUCK OFF S-E

Hopefully, they are working on Infinite Undiscovery 2 for Xbox 720!

 

[MechaX]

They did do those fairly recently.

Well, this is true. I mean, 3rd Birthday and Front Mission Evolved essentially killed both franchises, but they did do them.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Well, this is true. I mean, 3rd Birthday and Front Mission Evolved essentially killed both franchises, but they did do them.

Motomu Toriyama's fault too.

 

[badgenome]

Good. Means they're working on Chrono, Mana, and Front Mission.

 

[Diablos]

I don't know what to say.

That image is perfect.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Good. Means they're working on Chrono, Mana, and Front Mission.

For mobile platforms.

 

[RPGamer92]

Versus must be a huge ass game

 

[Syril]

I'm shocked this is my shocked font.

 

[Meccanical]

Good. Means they're working on Chrono, Mana, and Front Mission.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Goodbye best RPG battle system, we hardly knew you.

 

[Riposte]

Maybe they are too busy making a new Remnant game to make a SaGa game.

 

[BasilZero]

Mobile games and the continuation of FFXIII....

 

[Ahasverus]

Truer words have never been writen.

 

[Nairume]

Goodbye best RPG battle system, we hardly knew you.

Man, they didn't even talk about Grandia

 

[freddy]

I'm not working on those games either.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Man, they didn't even talk about Grandia

I really should play Grandia. Is there one on PSN that is Vita compatible you or anyone would recommend?

Star Ocean is a tough battle system to top though.

 

[fates]

I dunno I kinda see this as good news.

It means they won't be ruined by incredibly lazy, awful iOS microtransaction cash grabs.

 

[DragonSworne]

Remember when Square used to be your favorite game company?

 

[Vashetti]

The producer also noted that in recent times, it is easy to see what sells and what does not, and games for casual gamers are beginning to decline.

 

[Vandiger]

Someone needs to make a Kickstarter Japan. Would love to support reviving some long dead brands.

 

[Labadal]

They're not working on games in those series because they are working on the Chron and Mana series? *mad laughter*

 

[ADPolice]

They can cancel their entire lineup as long as they release a next gen Kingdom Hearts featuring Pixar and Star Wars characters. Forget FF13 versus and the rest of that crap, KH3 please.

 

[GhaleonQ]

Well, yeah, Tri-Ace is having weird times. It's sad, though.

 

[fates]

Remember when Square used to be your favorite game company?

Yes, and that's why these threads get like this. The decline of Square Enix has been a painful thing to watch for a lot of fans.

 

[Veronica]

Controversial real talk: Change name back to Square, appoint Masato Kato as Creative Director of entire company, restart XenoGEARS, rehire Sakaguchi and Uematsu, reassemble Dream Team for future CT project. Fund experimental projects, i.e. The Bouncer, Einhander, Tobal, Brave Fencer, etc.

Stick Nomura back to doing background touchups on games.

Instant win.

 

[Weiss]

Coming up: More Lightning!

Remember when Square actually made games not called Final Fantasy?

 

[TEJ]

Who actually wants another Star Ocean title though? They can't make any titles that take place after SO3, the last hope was ..... not very good.

and with the twist from SO3 it's not like anything you'd do in the game would actually matter.

 

[fates]

Controversial real talk: Change name back to Square, appoint Masato Kato as Creative Director of entire company, restart XenoGEARS, rehire Sakaguchi and Uematsu, reassemble Dream Team for future CT project. Fund experimental projects, i.e. The Bouncer, Einhander, Tobal, Brave Fencer, etc.

Stick Nomura back to doing background touchups on games.

Instant win.

While I like those people, I don't think Sqaure Enix's answers are in bringing back old talent to try to repeat past experiences. They need fresh, inspired talent. Remember, we didn't play these games by Sakaguchi, Horii, etc. because of who made them at that time, we played them because they really grabbed us. They need to find people who can do that magic again.

 

[Negator]

What the fuck does Square-Enix even work on anymore?

 

[Meccanical]

What the fuck does Square-Enix even work on anymore?

 

[MagiusNecros]

What the fuck does Square-Enix even work on anymore?

All that is mainstream.

Little do they know not touching anything other then FF and DQ means none of their other fantastic IP's will ever be mainstream.

Ergo, do something with them.

 

[Akainu]

What the fuck does Square-Enix even work on anymore?

Ruining your hopes and dreams.

 

[Skilletor]

Who actually wants another Star Ocean title though? They can't make any titles that take place after SO3, the last hope was ..... not very good.

and with the twist from SO3 it's not like anything you'd do in the game would actually matter.

lol @ caring about the story.

Star Ocean has an amazing battle system. That's all I want. Different situations for me to explore an awesome battle system.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Tri-Ace's main programmer dude leaving makes a ton of sense now.

 

[MechaX]

Remember when Square used to be your favorite game company?

It's weird because I don't dislike XIII all that much. Hell, I can even get around Toriyama sinking two of my favorite franchises if the rest of the company did good work. But The World Ends With You was almost five years ago at this point.

And it just makes it really depressing when I realize that the only things I'm excited about on SE's non-Eidos side are HD Remasters of decade-old games.