DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Ehh a lot of their mid tier stuff is also shit. Look at Diofield Chronicle, Saga Emerald Beyond, Valkyrie Elysium, and the Tokyo RPG Factory games for some recent examples. I seriously don’t get why they keep funding all this ugly, unappealing, half-baked shit.Well, I appreciate the breakdown, but it kinda misses the point. Most publishers deal with that by having few hits, but square keep producing dud after dud on their most expensive games. He said publisher spend a lot to guarantee game will be a 10/10, but square managed to do the opposite. They created a studio just to promote their engine, but the game they created was... Forspoken.
Isn't weird that hitman struggled so much while under square, but io interactive did just fine living solely from it after they split?
It's also funny to consider how they are very good at making mid size experiences. Their pixel remasters are a success, and so is their 2d-HD games and remakes. Their MMOs are also successful. It's only their AAA games that always fell short of expectations.
Meanwhile you got something like Chained Echoes made by a single developer + looks 100x more appealing than all those games.