Square Enix announced today that Final fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will enter the Closed Beta phase for PC on Monday, February 25, welcoming the most loyal fans into the fully-redesigned, massively multiplayer online (MMO) adventure.
Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."
I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.
About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.
I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.
Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."
What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.
Final Fantasy XIV fans can now properly benchmark their PCs and check out some of what's coming to their game this summer.
Apparently i was invited to the Alpha back in Dec. Well luckily i checked my email today and noticed all alpha testers automatically get into beta test starting with phase 1.
Signed up long ago to test for the PS3 version of FFxiv, never heard back before the game flopped... just recently signed up for the PS3 Beta of ARR, haven't heard back as of yet.