After the emergence of Final Fantasy XV, many thought the game that had stumbled out of development limbo resurrected the franchise, where it surpassed over six million units in sales on the day of release, breaking a series record. There is also some stipulation that this ambitious title is not the new flag bearer for the series, but quite the opposite.
Although the series still bears the same theme of the hero’s story, where the hero first discovers themselves, and slowly we are introduced to the antagonist, the hero’s vision, and the hero accepting their fate, Final Fantasy has become what some fear is reality: art created with good intentions gone terribly wrong.
Celebrate Final Fantasy IX's 25th anniversary with the latest merchandise, including figurines of Zidane and Vivi, and a range of t-shirts.
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…
Check out the fresh Final Fantasy IX artwork released for its 25th anniversary, alongside new Japanese bios and merchandise!
I just hate how ever since FFXII, Square Enix can't seem to give us a new mainline Final Fantasy title without it suffering some kind of development hell
the problem with SE and FF series is they wanted to please everyone, then ended up with few pleased. the turn base formula is the best for JRPG, and its what made final fantasy 7-10 to shine. as soon as they let go of the Turn Based attack system, the game went downhill. Aslo, the fact that they tried to westernize the franchise, it lost a lot of its Japanese appeal. just look at persona 5. it reached the peak of JRPG with a turn based system, and without try to change its arts to western style.
Square Enix just screwed up on the successful parts of FF series.
Also, they incomplete games hurt the series. FF7-9 had 3-4 CDs. they were huge in their times. FF10 was a full disk DVD game. the rest were incomplete or short.
SE just lost their ball.
Their worst enemy is SquareEnix making bad decisions.. Look what happened to Kh3, where is it? This is almost a dejavu of vs13.. Now they're just milking the franchise until it runs out steam, with no new creativity except Yoko Taro and Tabata's team..
I think FFXV has great ideas and is a big step in the right direction regarding FFXIII, which, TBH, is not that difficult (FFXIII-2 was already better than XIII). That being said, it's a very flawed game with some major pacing issues, some of it derived from it's unnecessary open world. :T I can still find enjoyment in it though.
Final Fantasy's worst enemy is bloated development budgets, poor direction, and an emphasis on aesthetics over content.