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Author: bbbmoney
Posted: November 23, 2011 (09:24 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
As I said, I fully expect to see something like an HD brush over, that takes very little work indeed, I agree. I thought you guys said FFVI with Advent Children visuals, which is wooaaahhhh. Simple handheld remakes and touch ups do not equate to rebuilding an entire game to HD console standards -- that's a shaky analogy. It's a huge undertaking, and not necessary considering their new games still push the usual amount of units. There problem isn't sales, it's inefficient development time while attempting to break into the new market. A call back to the old forms of game design would only hurt them at this point.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: November 23, 2011 (11:38 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I thought Square was onto something with XII, as the world was probably as close to a meld between JRPG and western ones (vast, open exploration, loaded with secret bosses in the Marks, Rare Game, Espers, etc.). To me, the main weakness was that the actual plot was pretty generic. I cared more about hunting down the next high-level mark than I did about doing things like challenging Vayne for ownership of the world or whatever. But, I could also say that about a game like Oblivion. What was more interesting: the "save the world from demon-god invasion" main plot or things like the guild storylines or even random exploration where you find wilderness caves and settlements and see what mischief you can get into there? I thought FF XII was a solid game that with some refining, could be a good launching pad for the franchise to really reinvent itself.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: November 23, 2011 (03:30 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I hold to what I said in my review of FFXIII. Which was basically what Rob just said.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: November 23, 2011 (03:49 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Just reread Suskie's review. I'd forgotten how awesome this paragraph is:
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Author: espiga
Posted: November 23, 2011 (05:02 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
When I try to picture the next FF game I would actually play, I get little images in my head. I picture the vibrancy of the world of FFXII, with the more fairy-tale story telling of games pre-FFVII,
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Author: honestgamer (Mod)
Posted: November 23, 2011 (05:29 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV should have been released as Final Fantasy Online and Final Fantasy Online 2, respectively. They do not belong in the "main" series, not even a little bit. Square-Enix was stupid for beliving otherwise not once but twice.
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Author: espiga
Posted: November 23, 2011 (06:35 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Can you offer a compelling reason why they don't belong in the "main" series? As it stands, FFXI is a finer game than any of the "main" series and--to me, at least-- encompasses more of the "Final Fantasy" feeling than any game to carry the title in the past decade.
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Author: honestgamer (Mod)
Posted: November 23, 2011 (07:07 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Actually, I'm going to nuke the original version of this post for now. I'll edit in a better answer shortly.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: November 23, 2011 (08:28 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Reading through this thread makes me realize how much I hate Roman numerals.
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Author: zigfried (Mod)
Posted: November 23, 2011 (09:06 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I would contend that FFXII was an MMORPG for lonely people.
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Author: jerec
Posted: November 24, 2011 (02:49 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The level of disappointment I still feel for FFXIII amazes me. I still want to jump in and complain about the game some more, but then I remember I wrote a therapeutic review to get it all out of my system. I'm still interested in FFXIII-2 but I'm understandably cautious.
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Author: joseph_valencia
Posted: November 24, 2011 (11:55 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Han Solo is arguably the least complex character in Star Wars.
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