Thoughts for Final Fantasy 15

11d ago ... Final Fantasy is a great franchise, but lately the games seem to be more and more scientific in their approach to actually building a game, and not so much the gusto that we all saw way back when. In the early days, it was about creating a game that gamers wanted to play, and there weren't a lot of bells and whistles when it came to creating a game. In the early days it was "go to the Chocobo...

April Contest Winners!

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I want to use my imagination again!

20d ago ... We have lost appreciation for good art design and graphical fidelity along with the ability to enjoy a great story time and time again. I sat at home today and played through another round of Final Fantasy XIII-2 and realized at that instant we have reached a point where graphics are no longer the determining factor in games. As I sit in awe at “Academia -500 AF”, which is one of the final loca...

Nintendo Has Most Certainly Won The Next Generation

28d ago ... Nintendo, the creators of the game industry have already won this new generation with the Wii U. With its clearly vast library of games and incredible exclusives like Halo 5, Final Fantasy XVII, Uncharted 7 and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 8, it has already bested the test of time and has shown us what a next gen system is truly capable of, rendering the upcoming Nextbox and PS4 obsolete and dea...

Are JRPGs dying? (How Japan can be relevant again in the West)

36d ago ... It was with a sense of awe that I booted up RPGs back in the day. These games felt so new, so fresh, so full of depth and exciting possibilities. Growing up, my dad was an engineer who always happened to have a great PC, and thus I was introduced to a lot of Western RPGs like Ultima and Wasteland. However, it was the RPGs on the NES, SEGA Genesis, and SNES that really captured my imagination, g...

The Ideal Final Fantasy VII Remake

38d ago ... In the history of videogames, Final Fantasy VII stands as one of the most important. This is a self-evident truth I don't need to elaborate on. However, a lot of people acculturated to the empty, graphics showcases that comprise "next-gen" videogames, don't really understand the importance of Final Fantasy VII, let alone how damn good it is. A lot of people can't get past the retro-ness of it,...

Should Console Games Move on to Art, While Mobile Games Take Their Place?

61d ago ... All these touch games - Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Racing Moto - Aren't these technically true video games, at least by definition? Brilliant games such as Final Fantasy VII, Dark Souls,Journey, or Xenoblade Chronicles - What "Gamers" love about gaming in general, well, really aren't games - they're much more. Of course, millions of gamers would kill me for saying what I said in the first sen...

What if all Final Fantasies Were Connected?

74d ago ... The original Final Fantasy was Squares last effort in staying afloat in the video game market,Hironobu Sakaguchi was given the task to pull on Squares last resources and create a game. This game was called Final Fantasy (believing that it would be Hironobu last game). A note in the image shown it connects Oerba with Fisherman's Horizon and Costa Del Sol. The game was an overwhelming succe...

Is this what Nex Gen Graphics will Look Like On PS4 & the Nex Xbox?

96d ago ... --Watch the video below and then come back up and start reading-- What are you really expecting from Nex Gen? Well that video below is were I hope we are going.. Because it looks like Graphics on the Next Gen Consoles are going to be a significant jump from current Gen game play. Just look at the FINAL FANTASY REALTIME TECH DEMO for proof. ( http://youtu.be/UVX0OUO9ptU...

Do not blame Xbox for Final Fantasy 13.

101d ago ... Hi guys. I am a huge Final Fantasy fan, but I wouldn't say I am as nuts about the franchise as some people. Sure, I have a cool avatar, but I can't give you the most in depth information on Square like other members of this site. I can't list all the game designers, composers etc included in the Final Fantasy franchise. What I am sure of is that I love the games and that is what matters most. I...

Remember that Miiverse debug menu?

101d ago ... Shortly after the Wii U's release in November of 2012, a NeoGAF user by the name of Trike found a way to access some sort of debug menu for the Wii U. Listed on the debug menu were a bunch of games titles: Super Mario Bros. WiiU metroid Zombie Yoshi's Island Wii U Flipnote Studio Donkey Kong Wii Fit Soul Hackers resident evils metal gear solid Final Fantasy 3 Dragon Quest 10 Fa...

Is the JRPG genre dying?

184d ago ... Just take a look at this data I compiled using Gamerankings and VGChartz. It doesn't look good for the JRPG genre... Why has there been such a sudden decline? Is it because of Xenophobia? I wonder what Western RPG's are doing right that Japanese dev's aren't. Maybe Western RPG's are easier to get into and more suited for casual gamers. American RPG's have adapted to the market? On the oth...

Why Remake Final Fantasy Vii?

292d ago ... Final Fantasy Vii has sold almost 10 million copies to this day. It's a cult classic and it's many peoples first Final Fantasy title. Fans have been clamoring for a remake of Final Fantasy Vii. Does the game really deserve a remake? When players first popped the final fantasy vii disc into their ps1 they were greeted with great visuals, (for its time) great gameplay, and memorable FMV clips...

Final Fantasy 7 is NOT overrated

296d ago ... Seems these days there's always an user in a Final Fantasy 7 related article commenting how the game is overrated and whatnot. In my opinion these are probably people whose first console was a sixth generation console (ps2/xbox/gamecube) or maybe old n64 fan boys that were unable to play Final Fantasy 7 way back when. First of all lets do the visuals, Final Fantasy 7 came out in 1997, 15 yea...

What happened to JRPG genre this gen? And how to fix it ?

310d ago ... Final Fantasy VII came out in 1997. Fans treated the game as if it was sacred, the game was one of the finest Final Fantasy games ever. Back then, Japanese role playing games (JRPG's) was the genre to beat. 15 years on and JRPG's have lost their charm and appeal to so many people, or has it? Intro's aside, lets get straight to the point… Developers have made their mistakes, this is the s...

Switchin' Over

322d ago ... I've always been a Playstation man. Even when I was not a man. When I was but an infant, I rejoiced in having days of fun, running through the jungle as the little orange Bandicoot known as Crash. Memories of shedding actual tears as the evil Sephiroth took away one of my beloved Final Fantasy party members, while the most heartbreaking music played in the background. Then I witnessed the tr...

4 Better Alternatives To A Final Fantasy 7 Remake

376d ago ... Final Fantasy VII was hands down one of the most memorable games ever made. Its graphics, for the time, were groundbreaking, the storyline was vast and deeply immersive and the One Winged Angel song was perhaps the best song ever written for a video game.It is no wonder that people want it remade, but perhaps Sony's decision to never do it is a good thing. After all, think of all the other poss...

Why I think there should NOT be a FF7 remake

404d ago ... Hey guys and girls. For the longest time one of the hottest topics on the web is the hope of a Final Fantasy 7 re-make. I admit I saw that infamous tech demo years back and it blew my mind. Of course people got confused and branded it as a trailer which pretty much resulted in a bunch of fanboys running wild when they realised it was simply a tech demo and Square-Enix had no intentions of a rem...

What makes a good Final Fantasy game

405d ago ... Most would agree that FF4-10 were good Final Fantasy games, and the pinnacle of the series was FF6-10. But what do most of them games have in common that FF11-14 dont (or lack)? Discluding the online games we can observe that FF6-10 all have the following (in order of least importance):

Top 10 JRPG games that are not FF

407d ago ... I made a blog post before of the TOP 10 JRPG's here: http://n4g.com/user/blogpost/ranma1/519805 5 of the games were Final Fantasy, here are the Top 10 JRPG games of all time discluding Final Fantasy. Honourable mentions: 16. Xenoblade 15. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together & Ogre Battle 64 14. Skies of Arcadia 13. Chrono Cross 12. Pokemon Cyrstal 11. Grandia