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What should Square Enix do to make Final Fantasy relevant again?
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Triggerhappytel
Member
Bring back airships, knights, castles, wizards and Olde Worlde settings. No more annoying teens in lame sci-fi worlds.
This is my dream for XVI
Aeriscloud
Banned
Get XV out by next fall.
But all of Sakaguchi's games last gen were better than SE's efforts last gen.
But all of Sakaguchi's games last gen were better than SE's efforts last gen.
This and also have Amano do the character designs.
Have to echo the sentiment that Final Fantasy is still relevant, even if we don't always like it. Along with Dragon Quest and Pokémon it's like one of the top RPG franchises
FunkyLounge
Member
Let if rest in peace before ale the sub 13s tear all the remaining faith apart.
influentzar
Member
sorry pal, FFXIII-2 is enough for me, no more torture, please?
anyway, I'm still waiting for Bravely Default
and I love SaGa series except the Unlimited crap
anyway, I'm still waiting for Bravely Default
and I love SaGa series except the Unlimited crap
Avallon
Member
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
Canis lupus
Member
LO was more FF than XII and XIII. No doubt FFXV will be great, its made by Tabata and Tetsuya Nomura, Yoko Shimomura is a great composer, game has written awesome all over it. _O_ Its what comes afterwards I'm afraid of, Nomura will go back and make KH3, will the team from XIII come in place for FFXVI?
legacyzero
Banned
I gave both XIII and XIII-2 a chance, ya'know, for the love of the franchise. Came away with a big SMH both times. Although I would say that I did enjoy XIII-2 a tad bit more than the game before it.
I have little to no interest for LR. My point is, it's hard not to write the game off as garbage when not one but TWO games before it were pretty much just that.
"Fool me once, fool me twice" etc, etc.
influentzar
Member
sex sells is also a hell of a drug
Avallon
Member
Opinions all around. I enjoyed XIII and platinumed XIII-2. The ending of XIII-2 left me yelling at my TV screen: "WHAT??!?" and Lightning returns will wrap up the saga. I, for one, am interested in seeing how things play out.
influentzar
Member
If you notice that Fabula Nova Crystallis is actually XIII, Versus, and Type-0, then you know that they actually split the original game into 3, and make you pay for each, just like Starcraft
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Well if XV does terrible at least it will guarantee 2 sequels.
The last time they did this, the franchise lost close to 3 million sales worldwide. Final Fantasy IX was pretty much the worst main selling entry in the west (not counting MMOs) since the SNES days. People don't want Final Fantasy throwbacks. Final Fantasy Dimensions, 4 Heroes of Light, and Bravely Default offered a more retro feel in recent years and none of them exactly set the sales charts on fire.
The FNC games happen in their own universes and aren't related at all.
How.......DARE YOU?!
Boring game, slow ass battle system, amazingly long load times, shit characters and writing whose only saving grace are short stories far more interesting than the scenarios in game.
I don't know what "more FF" means in light of the fact that they're extremely different. In this case I suppose you mean game design stuck in the SNES era, since that's what LO was.
Nah. I guess we don't count their handheld output when talking about what SE has done? The World Ends With You > anything Sakaguchi in the past decade.
legacyzero
Banned
But the SNES and PS1 era was Final Fantasy at it's best....
Also this. NO MORE FUCKING SEQUELS. Let the Fantasy be "Final"
influentzar
Member
And my point is FNC are XIII, Versus, and Type-0. Not XIII, XIII-2, LR:XIII
To be honest, I enjoy playing Type-0 more than XIII, and still waiting for the fan-made translation, since the actual localization attempt are slim because PSP is dead
To be honest, I enjoy playing Type-0 more than XIII, and still waiting for the fan-made translation, since the actual localization attempt are slim because PSP is dead
It's nothing like Starcraft...at all...Starcraft 2 is one story split into 3. FNC is LORE, not a story, split into 3 different universes.
influentzar
Member
I was talking about the lone XIII in FNC suddenly split into 3
Well that I can't explain. That's all just bananas. I beat FF13 and I can barely keep up with the story...Haven't even cracked open 13-2 yet.
That depends on who you are talking to.
Starcraft 2 was planned as 3 installments. The Final Fantasy XIII sequels are just after the fact cash-ins to recuperate more of the sunk costs that went into developing FFXIII's engine and assets. FF13 was complete on its own. It's not the same thing at all.
legacyzero
Banned
I think 10 and 12 are two of the best Final Fantasies.
Opinions!
Can't argue with that haha
Ok, I meant to include the PS2 era as well, ESPECIALLY XII.
Screamapillar
Member
To help get FF back on track? Never has there been an easier question to answer.
Look at the development and direction in FFXIII and all subsequent games.
Now... do the opposite.
Bam. Fixed.
Look at the development and direction in FFXIII and all subsequent games.
Now... do the opposite.
Bam. Fixed.
So basically 13 and its spawn sucked. I think we have an accord.
You are entitled to your opinion I guess, but if LO is boring so is every FF ever. So you must choose wisely, your words.
Then again no, LO > TWEWY and any other SE game this gen.
So hiring him back might be a good idea, not gonna happen though.
I've got some baaddd news for you
IonicSnake
Banned
Look at FFXIII, say "let's not do this again" then look at the old FF games and use them as inspirations. I would love to see a FF9 type of FF but with modernized gameplay and next-gen graphics.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I'd take that instead. Because I'm selfish. And won't have to blow $300 for one game.
I forgot. We are getting sequels anyway.
Personally I'm fine with "ye olde" settings in the MMOs, I like it in ARR, but mainline games? Nah, I want all of them to look and feel different. FFIX feels like it tries too hard to get some of the old FF feeling but doesn't quite pull it off imo.
We're polar opposites then, because I disagree with everything you just said. Aside from it not happening. Which is great. Keep him away from the series.
So agree to disagree.
RPGCrazied
Member
Kill Lightning. They just need to back away from that universe. I really do hope Lightning Returns is it.
A lot of redeeming qualities it looks like in FF 15, but we will see.
They just need to back away from that universe. I really do hope Lightning Returns is it. A lot of redeeming qualities it looks like in FF 15, but we will see.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Better support XIV then.