At last, new details on Square Enix's next big Xbox 360 project. Although, calling Project Sylpheed a Square Enix project might be a mistake, as the game is actually getting input from four companies!
D+PAD Magazine writes:
The previous entry in this series talked about a few multiplayer games that offered something a bit different to the norm, but this journey into the depths of the 360’s back catalogue isn’t done yet. There’s a wealth of distinctly fun single-player experiences to be had that might not be triple-A titles, but have a certain charm to them. Quite often these games are flawed, but that shouldn’t stop anyone from playing them; they show that there’s far more to the 360 than just Gears, Forza and Halo and that’s worthy of praise in its own right.
Master Samo writes: "Gamers need to realize that when Final Fantasy XIII was announced, last year, as a multiplatform title, the subliminal message that was sent by Microsoft due to that announcement was quite clear. Regardless of whether or not gamers would actually admit it, the undeniable fact remains that such an announcement is destined to create a paradigm shift in the way people view Microsoft forever.
If you pay close attention to the Square-Microsoft relationship and its progression, you would begin to notice a pattern materializing before your very eyes. The pattern is more like water testing. Let me explain,..."
It's only the beginning? Only the beginning of what.....treating multiplatform announcements like huge revelations? Wait. No, because no one seemed to care when two of the 360's biggest game went over to PS3 (Ninja Gaiden and Bioshock). What is it the beginning of?
If it was the "old" Squaresoft, I would be angry at their current BS (like saying "we're a multiplatform company" and then not delivering). Unfortunately, Squarenixidos has become a terrible, money-grubbing company with barely an ounce of talent left.
If squares leadership is even slightly competent, they'll cut the exclusive xbox crap. It's obviously isn't working out for them.
great article master samo read the whole thing I thought it was very interesting
When you think of Square Enix, space combat doesn't exactly come to mind. I think of turn based battles, and feminine leading male protagonists. While Project Sylpheed does have the latter, it's not a turn based RPG. It's a space combat simulator, and it's really not as bad as you may have heard.
I've never heard of this game before, but now I'm interested. I'll probably get it off Goozex for a couple hundred points.
I think of flops & failure. They are no longer the once great Squaresoft. Square-Enix just makes crappy games now (at least for consoles). I'm sure FF13 will end up being garbage as well (and not JUST because it's being downgraded for the 360). If someone else develops FF13 then it will have at least a better chance of not flopping.
While I don't agree with anything you just said, I giggled at the first line. I love the open zone.
It's only crappy to you because FF13 went multiplatform and you're still sore about it.
Get over it.
No he might just have been disappointed that
Final Fantasty X-2 was absolute garbage
Final Fantasy XI was online and completely broke off from the series
Final Fantasy XII had a thin plot and a lame battle system
I think they can pull Final Fantasy back around, but I wonder if they are trying to do too much? We haven't seen any gameplay, only prerendered stuff and they are obviously creaking under the load of 3 games under the compilation - it's been quite a while since FFXII released.
Woow this is sad Project Sylpheed was develop by Game Arts.... Stop giving credit to S-E.
Im hoping Grandia 4 dosnt go on S-E list publish they dont have any respect anymore.
they still give credit to mistwalker as a dev company... Pretty sure artoon developed Blue Dragon and Feel Plus developed Lost Odyssey. Sure Mistwalker produced the games, but that only goes so far.
They come up with the game concept, story line, and music and then out source development duties to other developers.
Game Arts supervised the development of Project Sylpheed by SETA which was formed by the former Game Arts employees that made the previous game in the series. Square Enix was the publisher in Japan. Microsoft Game Studios published it in Europe and North America for Square-Enix which is why their name is still on the box.
-Death
I never said that Square Enix developed the game. They have their name on the cover, and I'm sure that is what caught a lot of peoples interest hoping that it was an RPG when it first came out. That's all.
I didn't mind it. Large space breasts, a decent story and gameplay. All for the low, low price of $9.99!
wow...4 companies. this better be a hit or else what a shame.
Too many cooks spoil the broth
im guessing it will be trash... microsoft just wants this so that they can sell the system in japan by saying hey look we got a square-enix game when really its not its just a crappy no-name company working on it and square slapping its name on. aside from that if i glanced at the article close enough i think it said it was a shooter? why the hell do we need another? we got halo and gears.
Kinda like FF:Crystal Chronicles for Gamecube. Had the SquareEnix Logo, but it only meant it was published by SE, not developed. I guess they're too busy with their PS3 (and possibly Wii) titles at the moment. So far SquareEnix has been giving Microsoft the finger (and a few slaps) so I don't know how that relationship is gonna fare. Releasing FFXI on the 360 was nice and all, but the game was already 4 years old and wasn't a true FF title. Hell, they didn't even bother to update the graphics.
I know they're making another MMO for next-gen, but the platforms haven't been announced.
Don't come on 360 news...such hypocrisy. I haven't seen any constructive comments on here besides DJ/specialguest(surprisingly). ..but if it was Ps3 everything would be fine and dandy. Better yet conversing on how things could be better and such.
"I Pity the Fools"