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Square Enix is Already Making the Case for Another Turn-Based Game After Final Fantasy XVI

Final Fantasy XVI is a welcome departure but Square Enix has plenty of great turn-based titles to use as inspiration for the next game in the series.

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LordoftheCritics809d ago

Those few titles can benefit from being turn based.

The next FF title will improve upon real time combat.

raWfodog808d ago

I will be very surprised if FF goes back to turn-based combat. I feel that SE has shifted FF to permanent action-RPG status while still having their other titles turn-based. Something for everyone to love.

Eonjay807d ago

These articles are just for show. The very moment that Square announces a turn based Final Fantasy, they will find some arbitrary nitpick and they won't stop till they have destroyed the game.

sparky77809d ago

No way they go back to turn based unless FF16 bombs either critically or commercially which I don't see happening. They haven't had a turn based game since 10 it's best just to leave Atlus to that since they are pros at it.

DarXyde808d ago

Atlus are indeed pros at it, but the fact that evolution of turn based combat is still feasible is exactly why they should go for it. Valkyria Chronicles is another one, though that's along RTS lines.

They absolutely should pursue turn based in the future.

andy85808d ago

You say that but Dragon Quest is still turn based so SE are still pros at it too

Eonjay807d ago

As someone playing Live a Live and loving it, I can confirm that Square is still making turn based and that the obsession with Final Fantasy has nothing to do with turn-based games at all.

Whxian807d ago

so the best example you could come up with is essentially an old game that was remade while retaining the gameplay?

shinoff2183809d ago (Edited 809d ago )

Lots of us still prefer and enjoy. We're looking for a little more then just button mashing with an occasional change.

Ff would still sell millions upon millions no matter the combat.

Dq11 was better then any ff since 9 or 10 imo. I get maybe the younger audience just can't focus long enough without losing interest but I feel square should try.

-Foxtrot809d ago

" Ff would still sell millions upon millions no matter the combat"

Exactly which is why I don't get Square not doing it

The brand is that powerful, just do a turn based game

Eonjay808d ago

One imagines that they do research to get a feel for what the wider audience has an appetite for. Armed with this knowledge they set out create a product that will be both unique and successful.

FinalFantasyFanatic807d ago

^This, they can basically do anything with the game and it'll still sell, Look at the last decade or so, the quality doesn't really matter that much.

goldwyncq808d ago

Action RPG =/= Button mashing

Do you consider Dark Souls a button masher game?

Daeloki808d ago

"I get maybe the younger audience just can't focus long enough without losing interest but I feel square should try."

Generalizing just a tad there arent you? I personally do prefer "button mashers" as you so graciously phrased it, some of my recent favourites being Elden Ring, God of War, Ghost of Tsushima and FF7R. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy turn based games. However, as long as FF games tend to be, I do believe action rpg is a better format. Long turn based games run the risk of getting stale after a while, especially if the combat doesn't introduce new stuff along the entire game. It's not about the focus necessarily, it just get's repetitive. That said, everyone has different tastes and preferences. I mean I get that maybe you in your age can't keep up with the fast paced action games anymore.

Chard808d ago

VI and X are my favourite FF games but their turn based combat has very little to do with that. Much like random battles I had to tolerate, I'm don't mind if I never play another turn based game.

XiNatsuDragnel809d ago

We need parasite eve 3 or remake.

Yui_Suzumiya807d ago

Don't you mean Parasite Eve 4? Parasite Eve 3 came out on PSP a really long ass time ago.

XiNatsuDragnel807d ago

Oh yeah parasite eve 4 with jrpg elements and re4 og tank controls that'll be brilliant.

TricksterArrow807d ago

That is considered non-canon, just a spin-off.

Flawlessmic809d ago

I'm happy either way to be honest.

Ff16 right now is my most wanted game so if that lives up to yoshi ps standard the preview then I'll gladly take more of it.

As an old school final fantasy fan I'd also be stoked for a proper big budget turn based ff however I think those days are long gone.

Bravely default and it's sequel are great though so would love to see a larger budget BD title

Hofstaderman808d ago

As apprehensive as I am regarding the battle system I’m hyped to space. Two and a half months left and the few European magazines has the game on their covers. Can’t wait any longer.

Flawlessmic808d ago (Edited 808d ago )

I hear ya but it the dev from dmc 5 handling the combat,so the combat system really couldn't be in better hands, add yoshi p and his team, how great the game looks, the epicness of it all. Being able to fight eikon vs eikon that I grew up summoning, the setting. Mann I'm so pumped.

Ff is gonna be proper back with this one, different yes but each final fantasy has always been its own game, now the battle systems are catching up I'm happy for them to switch it up game from game.

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Sony Faces Class Action in the Netherlands Over Allegedly Inflated PlayStation Store Prices

Mass Damage & Consumer Foundation in the Netherlands has filed a class action against Sony for inflating PlayStation Store prices.

dveio1d 9h ago (Edited 1d 9h ago )

My personal opinion:

Manufacturers and publishers have indeed inflated the industry.

From $700 million development costs for games like Call of Duty, to digital (store) prices for games and DLCs, online multiplayer fees on consoles (why can you play Helldivers 2 online for free on PC but not consoles?) or still preventing sell/lend digitally purchased games.

Sometime in the future, this bubble will collapse.

They should know better, but they just can't help themselves and suck even the last penny out of our wallets.

BeHunted1d 7h ago

Because Sony knows people will be forced to pay those prices for single player and multiplayer games, not everyone prefers PC gaming. Sony also has a monopoly on PlayStation digital games. In 2019, they stopped allowing retailers and game key sellers to sell PlayStation digital games, making them available only through the official PlayStation Store

anast1d 9h ago

The Dutch gov. wants a piece of the pie.

Eonjay1d 8h ago

They should be suing the individual publishers increasing the prices to $80 instead of suing the store. There are plenty of publishers still selling game for like $50 with much success (like E33). But this proves that the publishers are the ones setting the prices.... so again nothing changes because they aren't even going after the main offender. How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD? Sony being the number one store in the market doesn't mean that publisher have to charge us an arm and a leg. Again the industry is laughing at us because consumers never get real representation. Just these fake platitudes that are meaningless.

BeHunted1d 6h ago

"How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD"

Because Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly, I can purchase Call of Duty at a huge discount from CDKeys or other gaming retailers. The only way to purchase digital PlayStation games is through the PlayStation Store.

djl34851d 5h ago

Weird, I swore GoW, Stellar Blade, Horizon Zero Dawn, TLoU, etc. were on the steam store....uh.....

BeHunted1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

@djI3485

I'm talking about PlayStation games that you can only purchase on PlayStation. I can purchase Steam and Epic games from 3rd party retailers and key stores.

"Sony to stop selling full-game download codes at retailers"

https://www.videogamer.com/...

Killer2020UK1d 7h ago

About time. There is zero fair reason why digitally distributed products that you cannot recoup any value when you want to dispose of them, should be priced higher than that of physical copies that entail all of the costs and the benefits of owning.

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SEGA has accidentally revealed 6 years of sales data for some games

SEGA has made a mistake on one of their PDF forms which has inadvertently disclosed full sales numbers of some of the company’s key software releases.

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Phoenix0293d ago

Don't forget they've put a lot of these on gamepass and ps plus so you can add that money to it. Good to see Sega going strong

shinXseijuro3d ago

Happy for sega ! I was expecting some kind of showing of their newer games at game fest but maybe they’re keeling it for TGS? Crazy taxi and jet set needs a trailer or something soon !!!

Runechaz2d ago

Release Phantasy Star 5, Shining force 4 or Skies of Arcadia 2 and look at the number after.

jjb19812d ago

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaay-ga. Good times.

The Wood2d ago

whoops....there's actually a SEGA m2 now.........;)

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Final Fantasy XVI for Nintendo Switch 2 Possibly Hinted at by Developers

Square Enix has been expanding its multiplatform releases, including Final Fantasy XVI. A port for the Nintendo Switch 2 may be on the menu.

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repsahj4d ago

Let them, additional sales will help them for their other FF projects.

Levii_923d ago

I was about to make fun of this so hard until i read what you've said. I gotta agree, let them.

shinXseijuro3d ago

Making fun of games being more accessible to a larger audience only to strengthen the IP for all the fans in the long run is plain stupid! Let’s all keep it real , aside of Nintendo exclusives are pretty much a thing of the past with all of the games coming to Pc . If everything comes to PC and can be played everywhere on the go there’s no longer an incentive for one to hold dear to a brand in particular when they all end up being able to play the same games .

Extermin8or3_2d ago

In principle there's nothing wrong with this. In reality this game struggles at times on the ps5, now with better optimisation that probably shouldn't be the case but then to go from there to running onnthe switch 2 which is similar innpower to a base ps4.... it is going to run like shit.