John McCarroll writes, "Final Fantasy XIII-2 is nothing if not a pleasant surprise. It's not perfect - the characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is asinine, and the overall plot feels like a bunch of episodes of Quantum Leap strung together. Despite these flaws, however, XIII-2 manages to provide some significant improvements over its predecessor, making it much more like the JRPGs of yore. With its fast, entertaining battle system, interesting monster-collection elements, streamlined leveling structure, and high production values, Final Fantasy XIII-2 should fill the desire of those looking for a solid RPG."
Yuji Naka was fined $1.2 million and given a suspended jail sentence for the crime.
I find his comments around how Balan turned out to be very insightful as to why the game is trash. He basically apologises for its existence
can you please give some of us who don't know anything about this, a summary of what happened?
Balan was knowingly rushed out by S-E, it had an extremely short dev cycle and was fairly low budget.
Naka was the game's director until near the end when he was fired or perhaps he quit, I forgot.
@Chocoburger Yeah they did fire and replace him which caused him to unload a bunch of rants about the company. The project only existed because of Naka in the first place, he convinced Square to give him one shot at making a platformer. They gave him an opportunity but pulled the rug out before he was done for reasons not explained.
The top producer of Square Enix flagship Dragon Quest franchise is stepping down from the role, following delays in developing the next installment of the popular series.
Please o please don't turn dragon quest into final fantasy square enix we dont wont that. Dragon quest works well just as it I. Plus you'll piss off Japanese fans to.
Hopefully they don’t. From this it doesn’t sound like that is the case and development is just taking too long.
Square Enix will be releasing three new manga titles later this year, all of which are available for pre-order now.
Score whores will probably complain about it being "5 points lower than FF13" but these are written by different authors.
rpgfan is website I visit a lot. You know what? I would've paid 60 dollars for the game if it came with the 4cds and artbook. This whole monster collection thing sounds fun, but it isn't anything special imo. A direct sequel, but it feels more like a beta to me where they are still in the process of testing new gameplay.