Thoughts after finishing the Final Fantasy XII-2 demo that was released January 10.
"I am truly happy just to be able to send my child out into the world once again" - Hironobu Sakaguchi
Well Nintendo and Squaresoft is where he started. I totally understand why he doesn't want to do FF now. If so I'm happy for either a remaster of Last Story or a new entry/spiritual successor. Loved the battle system of Last Story.
Wish my parents bought me a NES as a kid I would have played the first FF game. But I was lucky to have a SNES I played a bit of FF6 and just went to Chrono Trigger. When the FF collection releases I-VI Collection Anniversary drops I will take my time to play each Final Fantasy.
I mean… this is kinda obvious. The original final fantasy and its early sequels were on…
Square Enix announced its financial results for the three-month period which started on April 1 and ended on June 30, 2024.
They need more exclusives. That's the smart thing to do for 3rd party developers. /S
Here are some concerns regarding FF 7 Rebirth:
1) Completion rate of Part 1: Can Square Enix expect those who haven't finished Part 1 to purchase Part 2 at $70?
2) Requirement of a PS5: If someone enjoyed Part 1 on PS4, is there a significant advantage in purchasing a PS5 for the game, especially when PS4 continues to release new games?
3) Exclusivity issues.
Final thoughts on FF7: Cherish and relish Part 3, as it's likely the last time Square Enix will undertake such a project. Anticipate that future remakes will be scaled down or merely remastered.
Sales are down because pixel remaster sold 2+million and FF16 sold 3 million+ during the same time period last year and i don't think any big(or any?) square enix game released from april to june 30th of this year.
I am not sure why some sources put this in a negative light. Square had no major releases this quarter so it makes sense the sales would be less. What's good is than they found a way to lower their expenses to increase their profits given that no one was laid off.
The Square Enix CEO has recently confirmed in a shareholders' meeting that it is still working hard on multiple small-sized games.
I thought they said they were focusing on bigger games… so, we’re staying the same now?
Well I don’t mind more HD-2D games.. preferably something like FFVI, Chrono Trigger, or Xenogears.
I actually enjoyed the demo MUCH more than I thought I would. Especially since now when you change paradigm's you don't have to wait and watch everyone switch the first time you do it in a battle.
I really wanted to give FFXIII-2 a chance, but it has reminded me why I didn't like FFXIII...
I don't know about you guys but I think there are a few things that need to change on Japanese RPGs, It kind of bothers me now the over-acting of some of their characters acting more like cartoon characters than actual humans; that got old a few years ago. I also don't like to be forced to go back and play the same enemies a million times before I can face the final boss.
I can respect this guys opinion on the game. However I also have an opinion about the demo I have played.(This is my opinion and I can understand if you don't agree with me but don't start bashing me and calling me a hater after I played the whole freaking demo!)
The quick time events actually help the still boring battle system as it has me more engaged to do something other than hitting X the entire time. However, the battle system is still not fun at its core. I am still only hitting X the entire time and not changing my pentagram to heal. Which makes me feel SE thought XIII was too hard (for some odd reason). I lost interest in the gameplay very quickly.
As for the world in the demo, it is a definite improvement from XIII. A lot better. Very Final Fantasy like. That's a good thing. So that is +1 in my book. At least they took something from the criticism and actually improved on it.
As for the characters, I still feel Serah is a weak character that was poorly written. I can tell the voice actress did her best and she did great, but the character herself is a poorly written character and that's kind of sad. Noel on the other hand seems like a very strong character that was actually well written and his lines were delivered great. Might actually be the one character out of XIII and XII-2 that may become iconic. I really liked him.
As for the story from the demo I played, I can already tell it's going to be all over the place. I just could not bring myself to care about what was going on. Granted XIII's story is not much to go off of but you would think they would have done a bit better.
At the end of the day, this demo did not convince me to buy the game. While Noel is a strong character and the area I ran around was interesting, the gameplay wasn't great and the story still seems to be a mess. But that's just my opinion. I can see people who liked XIII would like this game but people who didn't like XIII I really don't see where they would really enjoy this game anymore than they did XIII.
So far, I'm enjoying this demo. The amount of customization I'm already seeing is pretty deep. Or rather, the amount of options you have is pretty extensive. It feels to me a little like an MMO.
I can't comment on the story much, as there doesn't seem to be much of it revealed just yet, but as for the gameplay, I feel almost overwhelmed by the choices I'm being presented in a demo.