Square Enix is revealing a new RPG called LAST IDEA

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AnthonyDavis1904d ago

Sounds like a title for mobile shovelware

Eonjay1904d ago

It sounds like Final Fantasy. Final...Last Fantasy...Idea.

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Gaming1011903d ago

Haha, yeah it seems like there is a literal translation of final fantasy in last idea.
Either that or Square Enix is literally out of ideas. If FF15 was any indication, they aren't wrong -_-

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Tech51903d ago

"The Last Ditch Effort"

on_line_forever1904d ago

Iam still hope someday Square Enix cooperate with fromsoftware to remake VAGRANT STORY or at least remake parasite eve 1 & 2

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pietro12121904d ago

If there's a Vagrant Story remake it should be developed my Business Division 4 and have Yasumi Matsuno return as writer/director.

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Dragonscale1903d ago

Vagrant Story was great, still got it on my PS3. A remake with a similar combat system and the risk breaks would be awesome.

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-Foxtrot1903d ago

Sounds like what someone working on Final Fantasy would call their game if they left and create their own studio

Final - Last

Fantasy - Idea

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Chaosdreams1904d ago

Still can't get over how stupid this name is. lol

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isarai1904d ago

Yeah i cant help but feeling like it sounding like something Mega64 would come up with

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annoyedgamer1904d ago

Final Fantasy 13
Last Idea 12

Next to be announced: The Conclusion 2

zodiac9091904d ago

@AnnoyedGamer Followed by The End 12

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IMissJimRyan1903d ago

Last Story

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Goldby1903d ago

@Zodiac

Followed by of course

Endgame origins: the beginning

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shinoff21831903d ago

I mean last idea used to be a good series until 12. 7 and 9 were really good imo!

bloop1903d ago

And the final game in the series:

Ok it's over now: That was literally our last idea.

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Godmars2901904d ago

Or how likely literal.

DafunkyRebel1904d ago

it's code for Final Fantasy

King_Noctis1904d ago

We have Final Fantasy. The Last Idea goes hand in hand with that.

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bmf73641903d ago

I mean, Final Fantasy was named the way it is because it was Squaresoft's last attempt of avoiding bankruptcy

Godmars2901903d ago

And now its their last idea.

Or rather, "Final Fantasy" has been their last original idea and they've been recycling it ever since. Though of course, that's far from fair of me.

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S2Killinit1903d ago

Well, Im going to reserve judgement on the name because after playing the game we might feel that it’s ingenious. So it might be one of those situations where the name gets new meaning from the context.

Yui_Suzumiya1903d ago

It's the last idea they could come up with though 😁

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TheGamez1001904d ago

Mobile

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shammgod1904d ago

I hope not, but it’s square, so it’s like a 99% chance it will be

rainslacker1903d ago

Might not be. Mobile underperformed for them last year, and the mobile bubble is on the down slope right now

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Razzer1903d ago

Yep. The game's artist has apparently worked primarily in mobile games.

https://www.polygon.com/201...

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aarogree1904d ago

I'm in stitches, and if I don't stop laughing, I think I might need stitches.

chris2351904d ago

sounds like a biopic in gameform about the gaming industry. just kidding.

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RaidenBlack21h ago

better sell than close

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Sonic18812h ago(Edited 2h ago)

How is it going to sell well when it's also releasing on gamepass 🤔

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Sephiroushin2h ago

Meant better to sell the studio and not closing it 🤦🏻 not to sell more games….
and games are sold anyways, you can buy it on xbox (not recommended if you got gamepass) but many pc gamers prefer to buy on steam than deal with the xbox app or pc gamepass!

On a side note to OP, the sales of studios wont happen though, especially when they want to retain the IPs, and well nobody is gonna buy a studios without its IPs; the other publishers that want a certain dev from the studio that are closing on their team can try to grab them as soon as they see they notice of the studio.

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RaidenBlack25m ago(Edited 17m ago)

@Sephiroushin
Well hypothetically speaking, Ninja Theory can be sold to Sony at a lower rate sans the Hellblade IP.
Sony can then welcome them to work on the Heavenly Sword IP, which they still own.
Will be a nice proposition for Sony who can continue to offer a God of War-like hack n slash in their portfolio via Heavenly Sword 2, whilst Cory Barlog & co. decides to take a break from the God of War IP & venture some other genres.
On top of that, Ninja Theory was also interested in a sequel to Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and such Sony can come to a deal with Namco Bandai regarding the Enslaved IP.

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Lightning7720h ago

Because they're next come next year. HB2 won't hit some impossible metric within MS so they're getting axed in 2025. Leave gaming now MS.

XiNatsuDragnel11h ago

Ninja theory might as well be gone in 2025 at this rate

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notachance3h ago

Every xbox studio is in danger now because there’s just no way they’re gonna rake in big money from game sales because of gamepass, even CoD was rumored to not come to gamepass because it would canibalize their sales number.

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neutralgamer19921h ago

If they are smart they don’t put COD on GP day one. It’s one of the best selling games on yearly basis

Hofstaderman56m ago

Satya will make sure that doesnt happen. As you rightly put it; why kill the cash cow?

But then again, it is MS after all.....

Rynxie3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Ninja theory games were never big sellers. I could be wrong, but I doubt hellblade 2 will sell millions. I would rather they go independent and make heavenly sword 2.

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solideagle3h ago(Edited 2h ago)

heavenly sword is Sony owned IP. this will never happen as original didn't sell enough...

Wikipedia: "In 2008, it was reported that a sequel to Heavenly Sword was in-development at SCE Studio Cambridge, but was canceled due to Sony no longer seeing it as a commercially viable product"

SimpleDad2h ago

Hi-Fi Rush scenario: released on Gamepass - no sales, release on PS5 - handful of sales, than an email from dr. Phil:
- we so proud of your creative and immersive world and you will always be in our hearts...
but you know where the door is.

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andron2h ago

Original Ninja left already.....

purple1012h ago

xbox has closed more studios this year, than they have released games. let that sink in

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Barlos2h ago

I mean, it doesn't matter how good it is, if it's on Gamepass then it won't sell.

If I were working for Ninja Theory or any MS studio i think I'd be looking for another job. I wouldn't think anyone would be safe.

Profchaos1h ago

I just don't know how tango and arkane got shut down when Microsoft let toys for Bob leave the stable.

There would have been room for people to work on cod surely.

Alongside that 343 hasn't done anything worthwhile since well ever they hemorrhaged money developing the slipstream engine which was so bad it's not even being used for the next halo game and they butchered the one good franchise Microsoft had yet they get a pass

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fsfsxii1h ago

We are witnessing the death of xbox lets gooo
I hope the people affected land on their feet asap tho

SimpleSlave1h ago

Hardly any games and a whole lotta closing down studios. I didn't realize Microsawft was spelled Embracer Group. Weird...

PassNextquestion1h ago

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice after selling 500,000 copies turned a profit only 3 months after it's launch. Hellblade sold over 1 million copies by June 2018.

Gamepass won't help a game like this as it's single player that takes about 8 hours to finish. Cheaper just to get a month of gamepass finish it and play other games aswell.

romulus231h ago

I get why they did it but NT should have never allowed themselves to be bought by Microsoft. If MS shuts them down it's a complete disaster for xbox. If it happens hopefully the very talented people at NT land on their feet somewhere new, quickly.

ocelot071h ago

I really hope the Xbox fans that are interested in this actually buy it and not rent it. Or if you are on the fence try it for a hour on gamepass if you enjoy it buy it. If you don't fair enough uninstall.

I don't expect anyone who has no interest in supporting this. I'm not as I couldn't get into the original.

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