You hear about it all the time: Everyone’s moving to the cloud. But what does that mean, exactly?
We took the question to James Mielke, Director of Communications for gaming’s newest player in the cloud services arena, Shinra Technologies. Established last year by former Square Enix president Yoichi Wada, Shinra takes its name somewhat ironically from the evil corporation that opposed Final Fantasy VII’s hero, Cloud Strife. But this Shinra’s intentions are anything but menacing, as Mielke explains.
TNS: Expedition 33 was the wake-up call Square Enix needed, telling it turn-based RPGs are still popular, but that shouldn't have been the case.
True, but if it does get it through their thick skulls, then that works.
Although, the Dragon Quest 1 + 2 HD remakes will be turn-based and (the worst kept secret) Final Fantasy IX remake should be turn-based I would imagine. Let's see if any newer games go turn-based too.
While it is true that Sqaure Enix has moved away from turn based games compared to how they were in the past, there is a good reason for it.
Older gamers will know this but during the ps2 era, we were flooded with turned based games from Japanese studios and this created a form of fatigue back then going into the next generation.
When Square released FF13, they received heavy criticism for making the game turned based like every other FF game and not doing enough to innovate. This is why they made FF15, FF7 Remake and FF16 have real time combat. It gave the series a fresh spin and has brought in new fans to the series.
I personally would be happy with either turned based FF or the real-time combat version we see today.
Dang wish I saw your post before I made mine because we definitely feel the same way lol
Yeah hit the nail on the head but its like ww2 games we get hundreds of them then a decade of nothing and people start missing them i think we're going to start seeing them return
Claire, dragon quest even yakuza have seen turn based return
Only need to look at their own game DQ 11 approaching 10 million to show there's a market. And that's not as big of a name as FF
Another article about Expedition 33 and Square Enix and turn-based games? This is starting to sound like propaganda.
The game didn't sell because it's a turn-based game; it sold and is enjoyed because it's a really freaking good game that released completed at a good price without gamer drama attached to it. No Mtx, no wait-until-it's-patched, minimal bloat, a self-contained story, no multiplatform BS. Just a solid original game that absolutely nails what it intended to do.
Maybe try actually listening to the fans who have supported the series for decades. This habit of ignoring your core audience just to chase people who were never interested in Final Fantasy in the first place makes no sense. And when that approach fails, doubling down on it is beyond baffling.
The battle system has never been the main reason non-FF or non-JRPG players stayed away. Gutting the series’ identity to chase a broader market doesn’t attract new players. It just alienates the loyal ones.
Keep going down this road and we’ll end up with Final Fantasy Fortnite abomination or a F2P Battle Royale game.. Oh wait…
Do not miss the Final Fantasy IX lottery commemorating its 25th anniversary and see the new merch release by Square Enix.
I’m hoping Xbox Showcase will be where the Remake gets announced… freaking all this stuff with FF9’s anniversary and still nothing on the Remake…
Square Enix announced its financial results and the continued strategy for the Medium-Term Business Plan that will span two more years.
For all his talk about innovation in hybrid cloud computing, it sounds an awful lot like something I'd heard over a year ago - from Microsoft.
Nice article though; it really gets into why this tech is so significant to the industry.
Shinra is a perfect name for it, considering it aims to take control away from the consumer.
OH GOD NOT AGAINT. The cloud is back
This is something different than Microsoft version of the Cloud.
"The other thing we’re doing is empowering indie developers to create things they never knew were possible. We’ve been developing what we call our Community Cloud Development Kit, which enables even the smallest development teams to create truly stunning games. The man responsible for the CCDK, Kengo Nakajima, has created a game called Space Sweeper, which I like to describe as Gauntlet-meets-Smash TV-meets-MMO-twin stick shooting madness."
This sounds very nice. I still dont think these companies can compete vs the Open Source Community. They can run their games/ web apps on any linux server for a lot cheaper $$. This is why Microsoft is going Open Source with .NET Core (somewhat open source)
Good things are coming ahead
It won't