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Final Fantasy Shaping Up For Big Things In '09

As far as things go, 2008 was actually quite a busy year for Final Fantasy, but the majority of the coverage took place on the handheld consoles. That's where 2009 comes in. It's time for the big boys to flex their muscles.

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GWAVE6015d ago

I find it interesting that all this muscle flexing is taking place on Sony platforms...

kewlkat0076015d ago

It's a shame they are getting these games....

Gue16015d ago

Yeah, life is not fair kewlkat007... I'm still waiting to play my first Square-Enix game on my PS3 since 2006. =(

Maybe that's the root of all the hate from Sony diehards to S-E?

-Moron = \

Blademask6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

SE has made a bunch of terrible games, look at them. They are terrible. Defend all you want but Too Human has been more entertaining than most SE brainfarts.

SE also was the only real link anyone has had to the FF series. They were the proverbial glue that tied the nostalgia of the FF world to the PS3. They were pretty much going to pull a GG/QuanticDreams/Insomniac/Evo lutionStudios/KojimaProduction s and use the PS3 to make a game that we truly havent seen before with amazing gameplay coupled with amazing production values.Say what you will but more people argue over PS3 achivements, than any other console. Hell, look at N4g. Its all PS3 news. Its why people bought the console in the first place, there are a few games that I personally wanted to see graduate from the PS2 to the PS3.

After news of it coming to the 360, combined with all of SE's terrible unreal engine games on the 360, and the clear exclusive performance divide between the two consoles. There really is nothing to look forward to anymore. The graphics will definetly be lowered from a potential of a Uncharted/Motorstorm2/Killzone 2/MGS4 to whatever the core 360 can handle. Which looks like Gears. Unfortunately since EPIC isn't developing, no one is going to see the creators of the old "graphics king" make another title. I am a person that sees that somewhere between Gears and GTA4 is what the 360 can handle. And that the PS3 can handle UT3, GTA4, and Killzone2/MGS4/GT5P/Uncharted/ Motorstorm2/WipehoutHD/HeavyRa i n/Infamous. Final Fantasy pretty much raises the bar for gaming. I dont see this happeneing with being degraded to run on the 360. The 360 has had no bar setting visuals or any technical advancments since the release of Gears.

SE was a big fish in a little pond, but now. There are others, and others that are making RPG's better than they have. Valkyrie Chronicles is one of those others. It blows every this-gen-SE-attempt out of the water. I am sure it will be a decent game, but FF7 was more than just a game. Its fair to say with the PS3 you are looking at gaming+. I will spend my $60 dollars elsewhere on those games that truly bring amazing gaming. If FF13 is made on the PS3 the way it should be. I'll be right there in line with everyone else, as I was with MGS4. However if its crippled at all because it has to run on a core 360, I mean. Thanks, but I'll take some really good convincing to buy the game. I just don't see it being a posibility, only time will tell.

SE is doing what they want to do to make $. Which there is no problem in that. But its getting to a point to where you are just buying stuff because there is no other options to buy. SE pretty much has to prove to me that their white engine is going to be very impressive on the PS3 as well as a good battle system and story--which used to all be staples that you wouldn't even have to question--. Because based on their -this gen- track record, its been a disaster. 2009 has too many games for the PS3 for me to bother with some f`d up bungle.

SSCOOLCHEA6015d ago

we hate traders . especially when you downgrade the ps3 version with a shotty xbuts version.... off my list for 09. thats why i dont buy mutiplats...mutiplats = crappy ports.......still have killzone 2 , uncharted , infamous so who cares about square.

mephman6015d ago

So you won't be getting Echoes of Time either then? :(

resistance1006015d ago

The problem is, its been a while since Square released a really top notch game.

I don't doubt that FFXIII will be great, however i'm taking a step back from this one and will see how it pan's out rather than the usual get first in line on the FF hype train like i normally do

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Six Times When Games Turned Into A Horror Game

Ever play a game a game only to discover at some point it transforms into a horror game? No? Well Netto's Game Room shares six games that do just that!

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P_Bomb49d ago

Immediately thought of the El Dorado zombie dudes in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

raWfodog48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

Not necessarily a ‘horror’ moment, but I remember feeling really tense and anxious when the Flood were first introduced in the original Halo. I never felt more on edge or nervous in that whole game as that moment. I think it was the whole buildup that something terrible was coming but you didn’t know exactly what.

Another non-horror game that had me feeling it was Subnautica. The deep dark depths, and knowing that sea monsters were lurking nearby, had me jumping at every sound.

NettosGameRoom48d ago

That scene where you first see them attack is pretty crazy!

Relientk7748d ago

I remember being scared of the Asylum level in the most recent Thief game from 2014.

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Final Fantasy and SaGa series veteran Kazuyuki Shindo leaves Square Enix after 27 years

Kazuyuki Shindo, who worked on games including Legend of Mana, Final Fantasy XIII, and SaGa: Emerald Beyond, has left Square Enix.

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Final Fantasy XV Datamine Reveals Hidden Chapter 14 Scene That Was Cut

A new datamine of game files from Final Fantasy XV has revealed a cut scene from Chapter 14 that didn't make it into the final release.

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gold_drake183d ago

always liked 15, but the development was shch a shitshow. it could have been so much more.

but Tabata did a good job with what he had regardless

DivineHand125183d ago

Ff15 was a missed opportunity from square as they transitioned from turn based to real time.

One of the issues is that it was 30 fps. The combat mechanics required precision dodges to activate Noctis teleport ability and it was difficult to do at 30 fps. I am glad they rectified that in FF16. The story and flow also felt like it went through a chopshop similar to how some live service games end up when they are trying to meet a deadline. Those extra episodes they sold as dlc should have been in the maingame.

FF15 is one of the weaker entries in the series.

Z501182d ago

Dodges don't activate the teleport ability. Teleport was R1 + O. Dodge was just the O button. Explain the Black Hood (the item that automatically Dodges for you)

TheNamelessOne183d ago

Ah yes; FF XV.
The beginning of me coming to the realization the series was no longer for me.

Michiel1989182d ago

16 was a lot better, I think 15 was just a big mess with how development went and all. The music though, one of the best in the series, probably the only reason I finished the game.

Cacabunga182d ago

At least FF15 had RPG elements . 16 was just an action game from beginning to end.

Michiel1989182d ago

I rather have a good action game than a bad rpg with 2 button combat

Cacabunga182d ago (Edited 182d ago )

Then call it something else then FF. I got scammed with FF16. Nothing of what i expected it to be.
Even the action is bad in it, especially after the demo section where absolutely nothing happens until the very end.

FF15 isnt a great game but it has some variety at least.

CrimsonWing69183d ago

That initial trailer with the Leviathan fight was the game I wish we got. The actual retail release was watchdogged to all Hell and while there’s enjoyment to be had in the game, it’s such an incomplete product and so many elements feel so slapped together without any cohesion.

Like, don’t get me wrong, I loved fishing, cooking, and the first third of the game, but I much rather they made a story that didn’t feel barely there and the the last third of the game didn’t feel so rushed and unfinished.

Becuzisaid182d ago

Every time a party member left for a period of time screamed future paid dlc. It was horrible.

Imagine Dagger and Steiner making the party go to sleep in Lindblum in FF9 disc 1 and then taking off to Alexandria by foot themselves, but then never playing their side of the adventure in disc 2 when they smuggle her through the South Gate in pickles, take the cable car and fight the Waltz, head to Treno and start the quest to find Supersoft. They just eventually reunite with the main party in the future without explanation of what went on in their adventure.

Or Sephiroth's backstory in the famous Kalm flashback being added as a dlc pack. Same goes for Vincent, Cid, or Yuffie for that matter.

Oh and anything to do with Jenova, the Ancients, Aerith, her mom and Gast, shoved into a 2 hour CG movie or 5 hour anime ministries that's considered required viewing for anything in the main game to make sense or have characters actually be interesting.

I enjoyed FF15 at the time, and finished it, but it's bright spots are marred by a bad development cycle and a worse marketing scheme.

CrimsonWing69182d ago

What’s sad is when I watched a vid on the entire story (that wasn’t properly told in the actual game)!it was really solid and could’ve been one of the most epic stories in any FF. I think a lot of the compilation and cross-media stuff really f*cked it all up.

gurp183d ago

FFXV was underrated in my opinion
I have played all of the final fantasy games, and I loved this game
turn based to me takes too long, I like active battle
the extra dlc and chapters should have been included in the original release, but it is nice that they fixed the game later

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