Square Enix's NFT Game Is The Worst Thing I've Ever Seen

Square Enix deserves all the spoiled tomatoes fans and critics have thrown at them in recent years. Fantastic games like Final Fantasy VII Remake and PowerWash Simulator keep them in the good graces of most casual consumers, but it continues to release excellent gems and refuses to market them, only to complain when none of us get invested. It’s also one of the industry’s biggest supporters of cryptocurrency, and seems determined to exterminate all good will by taking us along for the ride.

[Bobertt]

Square Enix didn't even have the balls to enable comments or dislikes on the video.

[Gamereal]

Imagine having such a privileged life that you can say with such anger and vitriol that a video game is the worst thing you have ever seen.

Seems kinda petty to me.

[CrimsonWing69]

I kind of agree with you.

Let’s be real, I don’t feel this is where games should go. I do think it’s terrible for the industry and this all stems from the mobile game market, which pulls in the most revenue for the games market.

The thing is those come from casuals and kids mostly. The model doesn’t translate to console/PC gaming. That’s where we get microtransactions and GaaS from and it’s so rare that they work that now they’re seeking other ways to find whales. Now, we’re here at block-chain gaming and NFTs.

Couldn’t have a Parasite Eve Remake or sequel. Instead this is where their minds go.

Is it the worst thing in the world? Of course not, but it’s not the future direction I want this industry to go towards.

[Angyobangyo]

Relax, it’s the internet and the comment is simply hyperbole. No need to take digs at someone’s upbringing.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

You can't be that obtuse

Not everything is meant to be taken literally

[Noskypeno]

I just think the whole Crypto/nft is very unnecessary. I don't see how any of it benefits anyone except for scammers.

[anast]

Imagine being the Saint that shepards righteousness into the world. I think both are equally inane.

[Gamereal]

Ok, I agree that I probably should have worded this comment better, I basically only read until this quote from the article. "I say this from the heart: please go fuck yourself."

[SonyStyled]

I tuned out early into the read too. I’m not informed about the topic, but it didn’t seem like a read to greater inform for me based on the cuss word intro

[franwex]

Well, it is a video game website. One of the most privilege hobbies.

[sadraiden]

Maybe in the 80s, but in the 2020s, you'd be hard pressed to find a more affordable hobby. Even participating in sports or performing music is expensive.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@sadraiden,
This, video games are reasonably cheap compared to some hobbies, and moreso than traveling.

[sadraiden]

It's called hyperbole. You used it yourself when you reacted to a headline by saying it was filled with "such anger and vitriol".

[Hofstaderman]

As a huge Final Fantasy fan we should all bash these shameless excuse for homosapiens and boycott this title and any NFT cash grab attempt they try to throw at us. Bunch of sharks.

[Asplundh]

I'm pretty sure this ship will sink by itself.

[RpgSama]

Yep, it will fail miserably and then they will either have to force correct and/or regrettably will be absorbed by a bigger company.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I can't think of any NFT game that has succeeded, we can just wait this one out.

[Godmars290]

Just wait. After they pour millions to fix issues that never should have been there in the first place, it'll be worth getting.

[BandarHub]

NFT and the web3 technology is the future of the web and it something that we will be using in the foreseeable future.
What happened are these jornos have been bashing NFT without giving a clear explanation as to why it's a bad tech. They are so negative towards NFT because they could not predict, understand and control NFT.
I urge that you read up what NFT from non bias lenses are and the potential for it to be beneficial for web.
What mistake gamers are making is they are not creating a conversation with developers instead they are listening to these jornos who bashing something they don't understand.
It's important that we rely feedback to them how do we want NFT to be implemented and how to create a non evasive scenario. Open doors don't close them...this is the only way for this.

I for one will be investing and hold some of the games NFT.
I have been investing heavily in crypto, and NFT. Although it's volatile, the banks are unreliable as well.

[franwex]

It’s just another asset class, such as stocks, bonds, gold, real estate, etc. I personally have not dismissed it as an investment opportunity-but I’m not going to put everything into it. Also, not sure how it applies to games.

[BandarHub]

No, it has a practical use on web 3, it's is more than an asset. Right now owning an NFT from a company building on WEB 3 is incredibly valuable. Its like investing in Microsoft, Nike or Coca-Cola when they were new to the scene. But eventually, that NFT will give you access to many opportunities.

The way it will work is game in the future may revolutionize how we buy games.
For example, the NFT itself could be accessed to the game like a login. The game will be out there it all about purchasing access to it. Now you might be thinking isn't it how it normally works, you buy access to game. But here it is a difference, lets say you buy access to a game and then want to sell it. With web 2 you cannot do that but with web3 you will be able to sell that access back who want it. There are some issues here and there such as how many games will be available and who set the price afterwards.

These one of many examples,

[niiopi]

Your being disingenuous. NFT's are extremely bad for the environment, and if we continue down that route we will only continue to do horrible damage to the world we live on for what?

[BandarHub]

haahahha....What the Hell?
Mining bitcoin is not a does not harm the environment. Mining run on the GPU similar to how when ...you know play video games. By that logic does playing video games on you PC harm the environment?
Cant believe people actually fell for those silly articles....you are going to listen to them

[Yung-T]

I don't want to defend NFTs in gaming in general (atm all are cheap cashgrabs and abysmally implemented), but the environmental aspect is misinformation caused by a lack of knowledge about the sector.

There are different blockchains using NFTs and some of them are barely using more energy than a Google search per transaction, so flat-out saying all NFTs are bad for the environment is just incorrect.

[niiopi]

Under current circumstances, sure, not that damaging. However, with a bit of critical thought its quite obvious that if NFTs become lucrative then most businesses/companies will find a way to sell their "crap" and all those block chains will require servers to run 24/7 and to be maintained... which will be damaging to the environment.

[anast]

How do NFTs improve the gaming experience?

[Torunkz]

We keep asking the Dev's this question and they can't properly answer it. It doesn't IMPROVE the experience, it's just another method for them to gain money, and gamers play their NFT stock market where majority of players lose money.

[BrainSyphoned]

Strange, I want a Hogwarts NFT game all of the sudden.

[franwex]

So this game is an investment? Do I have to give it my tax ID? I’m confused about the point this game.

I understand the Crypto and NFT technology and how it may be implemented into a video game. For example-owning virtual real estate in ff14. It’s unique to the player and can get transferred to another player. As tech, not an investment-investment being an effect, not the purpose.

It seems that nfts as investments are the purpose of this game.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

Was thinking about abusing them on twitter, but no point no one ever responds or replies. Yet the tweet remains, very odd.

[GoodGuy09]

Square square square...

[Falloutxii]

Sony, just buy them already.

[Lexreborn2]

Devils advocate here, how many games have you bought of DLC that is not only non transferable but also useless if you lose the account/system. At least if you by NFTs typically they are assets that you can keep and even resell in other platforms.

I could come off bias because I invest in crypto. But, truth is I have made legit clean money in crypto that I have paid taxes on that has really helped improve my way of life. I’ve turned 2 grand into 30k and now I’ve turned another 2k into 10k. All from a platform that is “suspicious “ to others but has been fully credible to me.

If that make a game where I can sell an old skin I bought for 2 dollars for 10 or more because the games popular. I really don’t see the problem in that.

[Torunkz]

Good for you, majority of gamers aren't as lucky. It's playing stock market, we don't need this in our games. See how you talk about making money? That IS where your mind set is at. We want to enjoy games and by saying this I mean we want Devs to build a game THEN design a few ways to make a little extra money without hampering the game experience (such as making it extra grindy to make you want to spend). We don't want them to make NFT system then slowly build a game around it.

[Lexreborn2]

You act as if this is replacing all games, and overall mindsets change. Games have gone from nearly impossible to beat incomplete games from the nes/snes era with a ton of games not even being completed. To an era of 3D exploration fully realized landascapes and more than jumping from platform a to platform b.

Games also have a thing called Variety. If you hate mobile games guess what…. There is a multi billion dollar industry around mobile gaming that makes developers a lot of money and people CHOOSE to play them.

Did that kill the classic Mario/Zelda/Metroid game that releases on a Nintendo platform? Nope. Still get plenty of games from 3rd party devs and 1st party that aren’t mobile centric and “killed” gaming.

You saying “we don’t want” this and that, clearly some people do. NFTs would be perfect in a digital landscape like say Yugioh or magic the gathering. I hate that I spent 70 on duel links and I don’t own ANY of the cards I bought. I have no market place to sale them and would have to sell my account on eBay to turn a profit on digital assets I PAID for.

It’s why I haven’t spent a dime in Master Duel. But if they made ways to get cards from the grind and tokens I would be more inclined to consider spending if I could get a partial return in investment for that digital space.

You are getting a way to control and own your assets and people like you hate the thought? I would think it’s great they at least are putting thought into their NFT and not just throwing a half assed system in and leaving it open to predators.

So, I’m the end THAT is where my mind is. Having some form of ownership of digital assets I buy and a market that can help add value to where my money goes is better then say hoping a old game I bought has some vintage value that i spent 70 bucks on that I can sell for 40 in the future and maybe 50 bucks more then my initial spend if it had limited copies.