Kotaku: "It's been a long time since I've heard people get excited—really, genuinely, can't-stop-talking-about-t his excited—when it comes to Final Fantasy, but here we are. Square's newest game, a striking contrast to E3's cacophony of shooters and cars, has created the type of buzz that only a series like Final Fantasy could. Conversations with RPG fans in Los Angeles this week have usually come around to the same topic: 'Did you see that trailer? Holy sh*t, right?'"
Here are the games that will be leaving the Extra and Premium tiers of the PS Plus subscription service in the month of May, 2024.
Absolver Downfall
Abzu
Adrift
Ashen
Elex
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X | X-2
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
How To Survive 2
I Am Dead
Jotun
Last Stop
Minit
Moster Jam Steel Titans 2
My Friend Pedro
Observation
Sundered Eldritch Edition
The Artful Escape
The Messenger
This Is The Police
This Is The Police 2
World of Final Fantasy
Gary Green said: With my fondness for (most) Final Fantasy games and my side goal of finishing off games in my collection with loose ends, a return to Final Fantasy XV seemed inevitable. It also serves as my third Final Fantasy platinum trophy after VII and VIII, a reasonable substitute since Final Fantasy IX is nigh on impossible to master.
Final Fantasy 15's director has revealed why he left Square Enix back in 2018.
Hajime Tabata famously resigned from Square Enix two years after Final Fantasy 15 shipped in 2016. In a special livestream at the time, Tabata announced his decision to resign from the company, cancelling three of four new story-focused DLC episodes for Final Fantasy 15 in the process.
Man inherited a train wreck and was expected to release this game in under two years after it spent a better part of a decade in development hell. At one point there was even plans to make FFXIII Versus a musical. He did what he could.
Whatever the behind-the-scenes went on over the many years, at the end of the day it was a radical change in direction that I could not go along with. Also why I never bought 16.
I like what I saw, but what I saw wasn't FF - it was an action game.
Nevermind that they've apparently already begun planning direct sequels before they've even released the game.
Did I miss something? Was the actual - remaining - fan reaction positive towards FF13?
Why are people so surprised about FFXV, especially the gameplay it was always going to be a Action JRPG from the start.
I'm sick of all the supposedly "fans" bashing Final Fantasy and saying it's not an RPG. Go back to your classic turn-based affairs because you have no place in current times. Final Fantasy has ALWAYS been about change; no two installments are the same. This will be as much an RPG as any other in the series. Quit your whining!
oh yeah final fantasy was really impressive... not.
FF is a dead franchise and has been for years. FF13 was bad but FF15 looks even worse. Now they don't even make RPGs anymore. Just more action games. I don't expect them to make a REAL Final Fantasy anytime soon. It's going to be linear FF games or Kingdom Hearts clones with a FF title slapped on the box from now on.