"Does anybody else see what has happened to Square Enix? I remember Square Enix being a major graphical power house back in the day, with the gameplay and story to match the spectacular graphics. As a gamer, how cool was it the first time you laid eyes on Sin in Final Fantasy X? Or what about how you genuinely felt sadness when Aeris died in Final Fantasy VII? Yeah I know the answer; Awestruck is how you probably felt because those were some of the most memorable scenes in gaming history. However, if you look at Square Enix nowadays it appears that they have lost their way. Square Enix was once one of gaming's most elite publishers. Now the majority of their games are not hyped anymore, and there not that well received by critics and gamers alike. What has happened to Square Enix?"
-TheGamerAccess.com
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Alex Donaldson: "Hindsight is a hell of a thing, however, and in the years since Final Fantasy XIII, my respect for the decisions its developers made has skyrocketed. In the two Final Fantasy titles since we see both the brilliance and the folly in alternative approaches - and in Final Fantasy VII Remake, we get a more nuanced understanding of what FF13 was trying to accomplish from many of the same development leads."
FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.
I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.
I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.
Gotta take off the nostalgia glasses. It's the worst FF. Shiva as a bike, I mean come on.
Shiva as a bike is strange but saying FFXIII is the worst FF is not at all a fact, that's simply your opinion.
When I got my series X a year ago, I bought FF13 for nostalgia reasons but ended up being disappointed. When I first played it around the time it launched, I didn't have a lot of experience with final fantasy games, so I enjoyed it. Fast forward to when I played it again, I found that the game had many unnecessary filler moments instead of just giving us meaningful content.
The game is also very linear and a quote on the article said it best. "It is like a sewage pipe that leads to the ocean until it opens up on Grand Pulse."
The story didn't make much sense either and I believe it is my mistake as I played the FF7 remake on PS5 prior which is a night and day difference in terms of pacing, storytelling and likeable characters even though cloud is aloof.
Probably was a mistake to play any of the golden era FFs first (e.g. FF6 through FF10), it makes it harder to enjoy some of the FFs that aren't as good. I think FF12 was where major issues with the series started becoming apparent, and it just got worse from there.
I didn't really care for it that much, the only saving grace was that it had a better story than 15 (overall it was better than 15) and possibly 12, and even then, you had to read some of it through primers, like reading a book. Plus the battle system was reasonably fun for what it was, even if it was more the spectacle that was exciting for me (e.g. summoning). And to be fair, the 13 trilogy got better with every games, I still don't like Snow though.
Ff13 is only good if you haven't played a ff before, or any other games that are decent for that matter.
It is in fact no way the best Final Fantasy game, it's one of the worst
Linear corridors, Cutscene, Fight, Cutscene...rinse and repeat
Dialogue and characters are pretty bad, especially Lightning as the main FF hero, they literally said they tried to make a "Female Cloud" and they failed.
Story was pretty awful
I could go on
I think the only alright thing that came from the game was the music.
That's not a fact that's your personal opinion. The game sold 11 million copies between its 2009 release up until 2014 including critically reviewed as an 8 out of 10 or an 80 out of 100. The game does have some issues but it's not at all a fact as one of the worst FF games.
i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.
i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.
but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.
but i like 13-2 more :)
i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy
Xbox kinda did. Besides the video files of course which are still best on PS3 due to bluray.
XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!
I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.
Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5
Square Enix sold out. They lost a lot of their original talent, they leaned too heavily on their flagship franchises, they shoveled out a lot of mediocre and glitchy games, and the company is being run by a complete fool. They have been alienating and dividing their fanbase for the past several years and spoon feeding them hum-ho games.
True RPG gamers moved on to other companies such as ATLUS, Nippon Ichi, Bioware, Intelligent Systems, Level-5, etc a long time ago.
FF13 and FFV13 look pretty phenomenal from a graphical standpoint. But I didnt have fun with FF12 so I got angry at square. Honestly the only games that I would really look forward to buying from them is Kingdom Hearts 3 and some kind of spiritual successor (or sequel?) to Chrono Trigger/Cross.
Edit: Ok, how the hell did I get a disagree? Can someone reply saying what they disagree with? LOL there is nothing. Fool.
Disagree all u want but its true.
they really lost that spark that made rpgs now it seems like every little idea they get they slam it to the ground what happened to games like final fantasy 3 (6)in the us or 7,man the talent the has left the building bring back squaresoft.
Lazy remakes,console games with performance issues,delays,announcing vaporware(Agito XIII,One Goal Spirit),closed theaters and refusing to remake the games everyone likes such as Parasite Eve or Vagrant Story.Not to mention their titles are flopping like flapjacks at an IHOP.
Square Eix are just a bunch of dinosaurs who are making all the wrong decisions.Star Ocean 4 is good and is not made by SE.Its made by Tri-Ace and I applaud Tri-Ace for that,not Square Enix.
The only decisions I have approved from SE was the announcement of FFXIII on 360 and Dragon Quest 10 on the Wii.Other than that,I see little else they have done that has satisfied the quality RPG gamer.
And now they announce a merger with Eidos,who has also performed poorly with Kane & Lynch,Tomb Raider Underworld,and Shellshock.
blech!