Square Enix announces Ardina (browser game)
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silver.tongue
Member
They are getting these stupid announcements out of the way in order to focus on a hardcore gaming TGS right, guys?
Wyndstryker
Member
More browser games.
Imagine the meltdowns if FFXVI was a browser game.
Imagine the meltdowns if FFXVI was a browser game.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I really hope all these otaku-bait games bomb horribly (fat chance), so SE will realize that it's not the way to regain success. But who am I kidding, people will eat this garbage up.
I never thought I'd want Wada to come back.
Broder Salsa
Banned
That's so moe
MaschinenZimmer
Banned
Maybe FF15 will be their last big console game. Then we get DQ 11 for 3DS and from here on we will only get smartphone and browser games and the FF HD++ whatever editions.
They will leave the consoles and PC games to their western studios like Eidos, I assume.
They will leave the consoles and PC games to their western studios like Eidos, I assume.
The Silver
Member
What an insidious looking game.
Winterfang
Banned
In early Anime characters had different colored Hair to differentiate them, in the case of Artists that draw everyone with the same face/body type.
So are any of these kinds of games going to be the basis for classic, well-loved and fondly remembered series, or are they cash grabs? Is the world of Ardina well-thought, with a backstory and a history, as well as a future, or is it a throwaway world that just exists for the purpose of this game?
There we go, that's the question that I've been pondering, do they take pride in their art?
...but at the same time I think "Well, if it's cheap, quick, and addictive fun, there's no harm in that." So long as the worlds and stories they create for their more substantial games aren't affected by the ills of their mobile kinds of games, all will be well.
edit: Hah, unrelated, but I remembered the jiggling breasts in Xenoblade, a Nintendo JRPG of all things, so I conclude that having waifus and jiggling breasts does not necessarily mean a Japanese game developer doesn't have pride in their work. It's just for fun.
There we go, that's the question that I've been pondering, do they take pride in their art?
...but at the same time I think "Well, if it's cheap, quick, and addictive fun, there's no harm in that." So long as the worlds and stories they create for their more substantial games aren't affected by the ills of their mobile kinds of games, all will be well.
edit: Hah, unrelated, but I remembered the jiggling breasts in Xenoblade, a Nintendo JRPG of all things, so I conclude that having waifus and jiggling breasts does not necessarily mean a Japanese game developer doesn't have pride in their work. It's just for fun.
So it wasn't just me that noticed this...
Particularly the green-haired guy in the back looks like he just... doesn't belong.
Overall ,I don't know what to make of this.
Man, that is like the shopping list of usual fetishes and tropes.
<standard fetish league>
Loli
Shota
Catgirl
Bishounen
Wounded girl (google suggests "Kegadoru"?)
<cookiecutter league>
Fairy/Snake/Insect/Devil/Slime girl
Knight girl (could be a boy too, maybe move up to above tier?)
Mysterious Archer / Ranger / Rogue guy who is probably emotionally distant and dark and broody
Did I miss anything?
Hrm. Dunno.
Seems like your average moneymaking scheme. Oh well. I am thankful that I needn't feign interest in or even pretend to play this.
<standard fetish league>
Loli
Shota
Catgirl
Bishounen
Wounded girl (google suggests "Kegadoru"?)
<cookiecutter league>
Fairy/Snake/Insect/Devil/Slime girl
Knight girl (could be a boy too, maybe move up to above tier?)
Mysterious Archer / Ranger / Rogue guy who is probably emotionally distant and dark and broody
Did I miss anything?
Hrm. Dunno.
Seems like your average moneymaking scheme. Oh well. I am thankful that I needn't feign interest in or even pretend to play this.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Browser game...the hideous art...farmville looking shit...
God SE
God SE
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
So while Wada was in they got to the point where they said they would be done with social games on web browsers.
So restructure happens and they change their mind to go back to social browser games?
Makes sense.
Wada was the lesser evil I guess.
So restructure happens and they change their mind to go back to social browser games?
Makes sense.
Wada was the lesser evil I guess.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
I know there's big business for these games, but its still pretty sad to see a once mighty company resorting to so many mobile/browser games while smaller companies like Atlus or NIS even localize the most obscure niche titles with voice acting. Even Bamco is localizing their games.
RedlineRonin
Member
How the mighty have fallen
legacyzero
Banned
Square enix pls stahp.
Yeah, who would have thought...
Browser game...the hideous art...farmville looking shit...
God SE
Please Stahp making these ugly creepy moe games square enix and the rest of japan.
Inafune king was right!(also his part of that problem since he contributes to these type of games).
I really just hope that these don't fulfil their financial expectations either and they'll be forced to restructure again. I mean I'm not saying don't make browser and iOS games but don't make ONLY browser and iOS games. Putting your CFO in charge after the CEO resigns because of bad performance is also the dumbest move ever.