Polish studio Forever Entertainment – the team behind the Panzer Dragoon remaster on Switch – has just announced that it has inked a new deal with Square Enix which will see remakes of "several" titles. All of these remakes are based on the same "brand", but that series hasn't been confirmed at the moment; it will be "made public in a separate report when the global marketing campaign begins".
Forever Entertainment's productions will include "a new graphic design", but the "gameplay and scenario" will remain "consistent with the original version".
Revenue "across all platforms" will be split equally between Forever Entertainment and Square Enix. Forever Entertainment will cover the costs of development from its own funds.
What series do you think this could be? And, given the fact that Forever Entertainment focused on Switch for its aforementioned Panzer Dragoon remake, do you think Switch will be one of the proposed platforms? As ever, we want to hear your thoughts, so post a comment below.
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One day, ONE DAY, it will be Chrono Trigger and Cross.
Not that Trigger needs a remake or anything of the sort, but I would love to see it in a new way
Welp FF1-6 have notably not appeared on the switch yet...
What is this ?
FF XIII on Nintendo Switch ? (Looking at the cover above)
I already have FF XIII PS3 and it wasn't really good FF game in my opinion. I rated it 6 / 10.
I don't even think to consider FF XIII Remaster after playing the PS3 version.
Dragon Quest seems the most likely, following the success of DQ11 they probably want to milk it a bit more with the older games in the franchise.
My google-fu did find that Pandemonium! is apparently a Square franchise. Now that I would like to see remade.
Terranigma and the rest in that series but I really just want Terranigma!
I would say Dragon Quest...I'd love to see 9 remake.
Terranigma?
Soul Blazer?
Act Raiser?
Illusion of Gaia?
7th Saga?
Bahamut Dragoon?
Live to Live?
@Avol I'd love to see it, mostly for some QoL upgrades that SNES can't offer, but visually I fear the game would lose it's charm if it were touched. Look at Chrono Cross.....
@Anti-Matter The 13 trilogy actually sounds pretty likely. It's got to be a sore spot for Square that they have a whole chapter of FF they can't endlessly resell, and it's not on PS at all of all things. Visually it holds up great, but that Crystal Tools engine is destroying it. They can't love that 3 FF games are currently XB exclusives.
C'mon please give me Kingdom Hearts Remakes
If I was going to wager a guess...it's probably the FF series (possibly 1-6) or Square has decided to double down. On the Mana series titles that was a huge franchise
@NEStalgia
I will not even consider FF XIII-2 PS3 for some reasons, don't even think about Lightning Returns. I'm already done until FF XIII.
Started from 14, i don't even care about Roman number Final Fantasy games anymore.
A lot of people talking about Square Enix bread and butter RPGs (Chrono, Final Fantasy etc).... But - SE have acquired a LOT of properties over the years from mergers and acquisitions that they've barely touched.
Given Forever's expertise on bringing Saturn / PS1 era games up to date - could it not be something more simple like Tomb Raider or Gex?
The Spyro / Crash trilogies have shown there is a market for games of this era repackaged and touched up - I could easily see a tomb Raider 1 - 5 touch up going down well. And - given they have no history of the franchise internally, SE might be more forgiving about handing the reigns over to a relatively unknown third party.
Who knows - I'd like FF13 on Switch but, this is just as likely to be something obscure, a franchise from SE's vault they had no plans for.
Hmmm. Keeping in mind that old Eidos franchises belong to S-E...
I'm gonna say Legacy of Kain.
@Anti-Matter
FF XIII had some nice things. I personally liked Snow as a try-hard wanna be white knight. I liked Shiva. I liked Odin. That's it. Lol
Well considering they are known to remake Panzer Dragoon perhaps they could remake Square Enix's Panzer Dragoon/Musou ripoff Drakengard series.
@AllieKitsune LEGACY OF KAIN. See my above post but this. I would 100% adore this over anything else. The original Blood Omen NEEDS a graphical touch up - and the others would all benefit from up rezzing a decent amount.
So many great possibilities! I’m hoping FF or Chrono Trigger series, but I’m doubtful. Either way, I’m excited!
I would love to see the older final fantasies and final fantasy tactics !
So, um... you guys really think that Square Enix will hand the keys to their most famous global franchise to Forever Entertainment? As in, a mainline Final Fantasy title? I mean, I could be wrong, but... Squeenix has a bit more in their library than that one franchise...
I wonder if that means the remakes will get some extra polish.
Final Fantasy IV remade with Octopath graphics. Final Fantasy V remade with Octopath graphics. Final Fantasy VI remade with Octopath graphics. Dragon Quest IV remake. Dragon Quest V remake. Crono Trigger HD remake. All announced on the same day.
You heard it here.
I'd like to think its Parasite Eve.
@Classic603
I was in chapter 11 on FF XIII and still have to drill my teams as there were tons of tough enemies at Gran Pulse. I started to feel less motivated with FF XIII than FF X/X-2 or FF XII or FF VIII or FF IX.
@COVIDberry Yeah, with their development/publishing record being spotty at best, Forever Entertainment likely won't be trusted with anything significant. People who are saying Legacy of Kain are on the right track, but I think those games are a little too big to hand the keys over to Forever. Fear Effect remakes have already been announced, right?
I just want Final Fantasy 9 remake on Switch.
It will never happen but I want it. A sequel would be nice too if course.
But if they can do Super Mario RPG that would be nice as well but that's definitely not very likely to happen.
A The Third Birthday (unofficially Parasite Eve 3)remaster would be great if it received a graphical overhaul.
It's pretty good looking for a PSP game as it is now, but it does show its age. It's just a really great action game, that I would like to play again with better graphics (it will probably never happen though).
Several remakes from the same brand so it's got to be a franchise with multiple games in it and on the older side too. I'm leaning towards the Tomb Raider PS1 games.
Ah yes! No one will mind you changing the ‘graphic design’ of a beloved square enix series.
@AgentGuapo It is comically overreaching to expect projects that ambitious out of Forever Entertainment, especially if they are going to be self funded. We are more likely to see something akin to a barebones graphical update to Tobal No. 1 & 2.
Soul Blazer / Illusion of [insert regional word] / Terranigma / The Granstream Saga
P L E A S E
@Anti-Matter XIII has grown on me. Honestly after delving into XV, XIII seems almost classic
But yeah, the numbered games.....they ain't what they were, that's for sure! Other, better series have replaced them for me. But they're still interesting to take a look at. (Definitely not XVI for you though!! I can't tell if I care much about that one either, honestly. )
Well I don't think they're remaking FF13. That still looks great.
XIII trilogy. Chrono Trigger/Cross. Errrr Tomb Raider PS1 titles?
I'd really like to see some older DQ titles (for example I never got around to playing 8 and many say it's the best one), or the SNES FF games, but I'm not holding my breath for neither.
It's probably some more recent FF I guess, since that's the big moneymaker.
@clvr I played FF IV (snes version) recently and it totally holds up. Great game.
That's an incredible deal for SE.
"We'll pay for everything, you don't have to do anything, and you get half the revenue."
I hope this works out for Forever. Hollow is among the worst games I've ever played, but it would be nice to see them grow and get better at making/publishing games. As maligned as the Panzer Dragoon remake was at launch, it was a step in the right direction.
@Anti-Matter
I haven't played XIII in what... 10 years now? But I just remember the lack of overworld, the crystal level up system being extremely rigid, Hope being annoying, the corridors being bland.
I liked the paradigm shift mechanics, the game looked and sounded beautiful, Lightning, Snow, the afro guy and the dark haired woman were all cool. It just felt bland, slow and dull to me
I would love remakes of the original PSP Dissidia and Dissidia 012 to come to the Switch. Instant buy for me, great games.
As much as I'd love to get Tomb Raider, Parasite Eve, and/or 3D remakes of Final Fantasy 5 and 6 on Switch, I've played several Forever Entertainment games and I wasn't all that impressed. We don't even know if any of these remakes will be coming to Switch.
Secret of Evermore.
Praying for them to finally show the Gaia trilogy — SoulBlazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma — the love it deserves. C'mon, Squenix!
I would love to see Parasite Eve hit the switch... highly underrated.
Aw man, it's finally happening, Tetsuya Nomura's masterpiece is finally coming to Switch: The Bouncer HD, LET'S GO, BABY!!!
@COVIDberry This. I don’t think Square Enix is handing over the keys to its major franchises to a developer with one high profile project under its belt that came out to be just OK after post-launch patches.
I think some Eidos franchise is more likely. Legacy of Kain makes the most sense.
Loads of great games that could come that have been mentioned , just hope it's not final fantasy 13 , awful game one of the worst FF, along with overrated 10 for me
Would love Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest 4-9 Final Fantasy 4-6 and Kingdom Hearts The Story so Far
@AllieKitsune Man, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain was so good. I hated the sequels that ruined all the grim-dark and made it look like vampires by Disney.
Legacy of Kain remastered would be thrilling!
NINJA APPROVED
Hopefully a comment I made a few weeks ago comes true!
“So, with SaGa and Legend of Mana coming to the switch, which older franchises of Square Enix (tactical, action, strategy or turn-based rpg’s) are we missing that they might revamp next?
I’d say:
Any that I missed?
Also, don’t sit on the franchises Deus Ex, Life is Strange, Nier, Kingdom Hearts and Tomb Raider, Square Enix! Bring m all over please“
I see everyone has forgotten about Einhander, but I’ll forgive you because it’s easy to lose oneself in JRPG hype.
NINJA APPROVED
So... Forever are a third-rate developer, so... What's there to get excited about again?
It is the 25th Anniversary of Tomb Raider this year...
As an rpg fan I am excited for this news, and can't wait to learn what games they are walking
The key word here is "Several." Since they've already tackled most of the SaGa games, and the Mana games. Dragon Quest does seem likely, although we've already seen ports of the first couple with updated graphics. Now if we want to get some hopes up, we could throw out Kingdom Hearts, but I'm gonna take a left turn and declare that there will be remakes of the Ogre Battle/Tactics games!
@Crockin I’m amazed they still haven’t gone full remake on FF6 or Chrono Trigger, just some of the best rpgs ever.
Maybe we might finally get the Final Fantasy 5 and 6 remakes that were supposed to do for DS after they did 3 and 4
As long as they make it to Switch/Switch's successor, I'll be sound as a pound.
@Swifthom Hoping for Gex, personally.
BRING BACK GEX! It's tail time!
@JeanPaul i really wouldn't be surprised if something like that was in the works. SE rpg's are really doing well on the switch, hopefully that leads to classic FF release of some kind
@Grail_Quest Gex+Glover crossover when
@Damo you troll, that header image nearly gave me a heart attack!😅 And much as I'd like to get hyped, Final Fantasy ports have seemingly been more of a Virtuos gig in the recent years, not really needing a "new graphic design". Perhaps these guys are tackling some other franchise... or maybe Final Fantasy indeed, but remakes of the older classics (say, V or VI in the vein of III and IV's remakes). Time will tell, though.
Maybe the Parasite Eve series? FF is out of the question, unless it is the tactics line. I also doubt Star Ocean, and the Saga series. There are some Mana games they could do. Xenogears isn't a series for them, so that is out the question. There are the Mushasi games, as well as Front Mission. Those are the big ones on the square side.
Enix side we have Star Ocean, which is doubtful since there were remakes of them already. Early DQ is possible, but they did remakes of most of them for the DS. Grandia, which Enix published, would be a great series to do, but I don't think SE has the rights to any of them except Grandia 3. There are the Actraisers, but only the first one is good, so doubt they would bother. Now, for another long shot, the Illusion of Gaia, Soulblaze, and Terranigma series. But, I think from the Enix side, the Valkyrie Profile series would be the most likely suspect.
@Vortexeo I wish it would be, but that isn't a series, just one game. Though, it would be smart to remake it and capitalize off of the success of the Xenoblade series. But, since it is a Japanese company, they are less likely to do that without the permission of Monolith, since they have a thing for honor. If it was an American company, it would've happened already. Money is thicker than blood...lol.
@nhSnork Would be nice to finally get VI with new graphics. They should just have the studio who made Octopath make VI with those graphics. But, since it is FF, remaking VI would mean remaking it with much better graphics than that.
@JeanPaul They have said, multiple times that they wont remake Chronotrigger because the creators no longer work for them. That type of honor / respect just doesn't exist in the business world outside of Japan (and I wonder how many other industries / companies are even like that in Japan). Maybe when SE gets a new president, or one of the creators dies, they will actually do something with that property.
@Friendly Lufia would be legit!
I'm predicting the unofficial "Gaia" or "Quintet" trilogy of Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma. These are all a blast to play and never seem to get the love they deserve, and are more than due for the remake treatment.
@Avol Really hoping for this. The Mana and Saga series have been getting a lot of love recently (though that might be the fact that some of those series regulars are still working for SE) and it’s a matter of time before the Chrono games takes some spotlight. A remastered Cross would be nice. Heck, throw in an official localized Radical Dreamers in that collection as well.
@COVIDberry "I mean, I could be wrong, but... Squeenix has a bit more in their library than that one franchise..."
Wait, does Square-Enix know this?!?!?!?! This revelation will change their entire financial forecast!!!
Seriously, though, it's very possible XIII trilogy is literally the only set of games they have using that ancient Crystal Tools engine built mostly for the PS3 Cell processor. It's trapped. It's probably not worth it to them to port the entire game to a new engine, and yet they're stuck right now with a 4k-running XIII trilogy that's an Xbox exclusive, arguably forever. And it's not a popular enough series to thoroughly remaster internally, yet they can't love having 3 mainline games locked away. They ported XIV to Unreal (the only other game using Crystal Tools) when they did the Realm Reborn reboot. So I honestly can't imagine the XIII trilogy existing without outsourcing it to someone. Granted, I'm perfectly happy with it on XB. But I'm sure S-E isn't.
@naxuu I would be happy with a straight ROM dump of those games at this point. These are hidden RPG gems and will stay hidden unless SE makes them accessible to current gen gamers.
I would love to see Star Ocean games ported to more platforms. Plus, we’re still waiting on a port of arguably the best game in that series, Star Ocean: The Second Story (or Second Evolution, as the PSP remaster was called).
But alas, I don’t think this is what will be announced with this developer. I think it’ll probably be something else.
@Anti-Matter Wait a minute... you play FF games? They can be quite violent... I'm just wondering, because you've said you won't consider violent games. I have no objection to you playing whatever you like, of course.
I'd be surprised if this is for FF as those would likely be in house. Heck, they even do the Mana remakes and re releases in house. This probably for Tomb Raider or some other Crystal Dynamics or Eidos IP. I know the Gex games weren't exactly great, but I'd love to have that trilogy on Switch.
it's not a popular enough series to thoroughly remaster internally, yet they can't love having 3 mainline games locked away. They ported XIV to Unreal (the only other game using Crystal Tools) when they did the Realm Reborn reboot. So I honestly can't imagine the XIII trilogy existing without outsourcing it to someone.
@NEStalgia The point about the game engine is most interesting (I missed that entire period in gaming), and I can totally see Square Enix wishing to extricate itself from as much actual work as possible. I agree also that "abandoning" FF XIII wouldn't match their current philosophy.
Only... the care and branding that Final Fantasy games require (in Squeenix's view) tells me that they'd have great difficulty allowing any redevelopment process to leave Japan, let alone allowing this to occur under the auspices of any but a very trusted partner of long standing. I read an interview in the last few years where a SE official claimed the following development mantra: "Final Fantasy is what happens when you strive for your best, when you always try to surpass yourself (as developers)". That doesn't sound like Forever, 8,000+ km away from the nearest Japanese overseer... and I think the franchise's image has improved quite a bit after FFVIIR.
I wanted to mention also that I find many of your posts interesting. It amazes me how we see many of the same things and can agree on the facts, yet arrive at such different conclusions
Heck, they even do the Mana remakes and re releases in house.
@KryptoniteKrunch The Collection of Mana was handled by M2. I found their effort to be somewhat less slick than the treatment the Sega AGES releases received, but adequate nonetheless.
Terranigma needs a remake.
XIII trilogy please!
Heard of reinventing the wheel, apparently they’re now reinventing the square.
@COVIDberry Haha, that is indeed interesting!
That's a good point about them not wanting it to leave Japan. Heck they even brought VIII back from the dead, though it's a cleaned up port more than a remaster, and represents a very different set of work with some very old tools than a quasi-modern game like XIII.
The other wrench in it is that XIII really doesn't need a total remaster. If you've seen the XB BC release it runs natively in 4k and looks basically like a modern new release game. The main failure is terrible performance at times with 15-20fps drops. Though I recall it performed batter on X1X than on XSX, so it may come down to some need for improvements in the newer emulation engine on the console more than anything. But yeah, it might be a game in need of more engine work than remake work. Nearly all the assets are fine as-is, and look better than Falcom's new releases. The FMV needs to be remade, though. That drops to low res.
"Final Fantasy is what happens when you strive for your best, when you always try to surpass yourself (as developers)".
That quote is gold though. If modern FF is their best.....what's their worst? The 3rd Birthday?
Personally I see modern FF is a sort of idea incubator where crazy ideas are tried in visually interesting games, and what sticks then gets incorporated into other games (not necessarily by Square-Enix. ) XIII, XV, each have interesting ideas that feel incompletely developed. 7r benefited from the ideas XV incubated and became a mostly complete FF....of course, it's had like 20 years to incubate... Maybe they can finally come up with a coherent end to the story this time.
@AgentGuapo thanks for the feedback!
If and when they port it to Switch I'll make sure to check it out 👍🏻
I have a PC as well but I really like JRPG's on handhelds, so that would be awesome.
Live a Live. Get me, Live a Live. If they can get a different art style for each level they're in. OMG I'd be done.
Seeing as Secret, Trials and Legend of Mana have made their way to Switch, could it be the rest of the Mana library? Maybe...just maybe...Secret of Evermore too?? Nah that'll never happen, I'm the only one who loves and remembers that game.
Yes ff13 trilogy please
Please be 1-6...XIII doesn’t need a overhaul.
Give FFIV and FFVI the FFVII remake treatment and I'm there.
FFXIII as a cover art for this article gives me no hope.....
Please be 1-6...XIII doesn’t need a overhaul.
@Ryu_Niiyama Do you really trust Forever Entertainment with those titles, though? (Not being rhetorical here - I'm surprised by how many seem willing to trust them...)
@COVIDberry for the NES/SNES games? Sure. Kinda hard to break and depending on perspective anything is an improvement over 8/16 bit graphics.
The panzer dragoon remake from my understanding after patches is ok to good depending on who you ask which is fair for the game it came from. Enough that the sequel was green lit.
I’m not expecting Grezzo level work here. Just a new paint job and making more games accessible on modern systems. Considering the dev pay out, it is in their best interests to do a good job.
But that’s also why I picked really old (wait, I’m a 90s kid, find a kinder way to say that) hard to mess up games.
That’s why I didn’t say XIII even though that trilogy is what I want most. That being said, if they dug into Enix’s publishing catalogue and pulled out the EVO games, I would scream so loud y’all would hear it matter where you are located.
Though I recall it performed batter on X1X than on XSX, so it may come down to some need for improvements in the newer emulation engine on the console ... Nearly all the assets are fine as-is, and look better than Falcom's new releases.
@NEStalgia Is this what people meant in saying that the industry in Japan is struggling? I always thought the problem was that Squeenix overextended itself in the wake of its success, and grew too corporate. I actually avoid watching "modern" FF stuff on YouTube, but now I'm curious to see what this looks like on XBox...
You know, I'm actually encouraged by this company's recent performance. In reading up on the industry, I discovered what I think (HOPE) was Squeenix's absolute nadir: the "Augment Your Pre-Order" scam for Deux Ex in 2015. That was much worse than the amputated, staggered releases of FFXV for me.
I see modern FF is a sort of idea incubator where crazy ideas are tried in visually interesting games, and what sticks then gets incorporated into other games (not necessarily by Square-Enix.)
ROFL Now that sounds entirely plausible! Hilarious! I'll be the lookout for that!
FF6! PLEEEEEEEAAAAAASE!!!!!!
[Reading furiously about the SNES "EVO" title]
@Ryu_Niiyama Hmmm... ActRaiser was also published by old Enix. Any similarities in feel? Some of the themes seem related. Always nice to see some real science percolate into gaming.
I'm a bit older than you, so let me say that the first six FF games are rather important to me. I'll make a confession - I stopped gaming before the PS1 really arose. (They were always present at house parties in the late '90s, sure; but when I saw the intro to FFVII for the first time, I swallowed my astonishment and decided not to let gaming tempt me back. A life-changing error...) I personally do expect Grezzo-level work or better for those formative titles (permit me my forlorn hopes!). At least let me believe for a while that SE takes their company heritage, and the heritage of JRPGs in general, seriously... I mean, they've gotten better about re-releasing stuff...
@Ryu_Niiyama Oh, and - good for you with the spectroscopy. It's kind of black magic, though. I'm trying to build up to doing photometry with my astrophotos on the side. But, uh, I don't even have a single sensor to my name yet. In undergrad they were pushing astrophysics types to Python, but I wasn't smart enough to sit in on those; "geophysics is computational enough!", thought younger I. Silly furball...
It almost certainly has to be either Dragon Quest... or Tomb Raider.
@Avol beat me to it.
If it's a European team then it's likely involving Square's western series. Also the Saturn was the first console that the first Tomb raider game released on.
@Anti-Matter
I thoroughly enjoyed the complete FFXIII trilogy. It was a great game. Sure there were things to nitpick, mainly the absence of a true antagonist. But we came to see that it could be done even worse in FFXV, so in hindsight FFXIII was quite alright.
FF VI remake would be a dream come true. Arguably the best game in the entire series.
@COVIDberry Japan's gaming struggles are more market based. The Japanese have that unique taste in games for which much of the gaming industry was built. But now the Japanese just don't buy many video games. The medium isn't very strong there anymore, and what little of it there is is locked into mobile, then Nintendo, and largely ultra casual games both (and a gatcha obsession). Xb never existed, and ps basically died there when vita ended.
That left Japanese devs in a bind with small markets, small budgets and no real market for the games they want to make. Plus minimal experience with developing for powerful hardware, as most were handheld and "old" hardware based. Big companies like sqeenix tried to go corporate and make "western" appealing games and it backfired. The games were too odd for western mainstream, but to mainstream for their existing western fans. It's taken years to get back on track, but I'm watching Sony pretty much implode their Japanese operations and ffxvi go all emo serious gothic and fear were reliving the 7th gen all over again.
There's one other series that this might be about: deus ex. Human revolution isn't available on ps4 or 5, and directors cut wasn't a real remaster, it was a wiiu port that they ported to other og consoles to save face as wiiu failed. It needs a remaster badly, it was ugly for it's time when it was new. Dx1 is truly ancient. Beloved but visually and gameplay doesn't hold up at all. Invisible war was mediocre but hasn't been available since og xbox. And isn't bc. Yet they're likely going to announce a final entry in the reboot trilogy soon. They probably want to sell the whole series, or at least human revolution and mankind divided along with it. It's hard to close a prequel trilogy when 1/3 the trilogy looks bad and isn't on the most popular platform and the og sequel looks and plays like a 20 year old out of print pc game.
@AllieKitsune
I did not know that! I thought for sure Legacy of Kain was buried. That is my all time favorite series. If someone active owns the right to this franchise, for the love of gaming, do make a sequel!
As long as they leVe Chrono Trigger and Xenogears alone, I don't care.
Still haven't played Chrono Cross. I've heard it wasn't nearly as good.
Dream Scenario:
What we'll probably get:
@Andee
"A prequel trilogy to FFXIII with an even younger, whinier Hope as the main character"
Ha ha! Good one
@TheFullAndy I’m not sure which company owns the rights to Terranigma. The game was developed by Quintet who hasn’t done anything since 2004. I’d love to see a remake of Terranigma, but I’d say it has a smaller market appeal than Panzer Dragoon.
Well, it's the 35th anniversary of Final Fantasy next year...
And it's 35th anniversary of Dragon Quest this year.
Since it's not even announced which series we are talking about here I would guess that planned release will be next year.
I would love new remakes of some of the older Final Fantasy titles. Final Fantasy 1-6 remade with more modern graphics and soundtrack. Something like the Octopath or BD2 style would work great for these titles.
Past remakes of these titles didn't really age all that well.
And the mobile versions of FFV and FFVI never looked good..
@HenFjo
I know Enix was involved in some manner before merging with Square so the hope is they have the rights.
I think there would be quite a decent amount of market appeal for the game especially as it never got a US release originally.
To be honest I would be happy if it was just a straight emulation of the game I just want to play it again on Switch!
@DaniPooo I really dug the DS remake of FFIV. With III I had no basis for comparison, having never played it, but I had played IV on the PS1, so seeing it with 3D rendered, fully voiced characters, and a more fleshed out script was great to see. I'd love to see them take that version and update it with Bravely-esque graphics
@Andee
I think III and IV was fine remakes for portable devices.
On the DS they were great.
But they really don't look great on the big screen.
If any remakes are made today I sure hope that they design them with TV in mind.
After sleeping on this, I am torn on what they could be working on. Since they are splitting the money with SE, but funding the development themselves, the franchise has to be popular enough to support that kind of risk.
Also, since they said the are going with a new graphical style, but the game play and story (scenerios) will be the same, then I would assume that the source code for these games might still be around for them to use. If not, then the undertaking of rebuilding the systems, as well as building the levels and creating all the graphics ups the budget of the project, which would mean it would have to sell a good number for them to recoup expenses on a split revenue plan.
I am guessing they pitched this to SE, and the projects are games they love, because they got the short end of the stick in the negotiations. There is no downside for SE, other than the remake being bad, which if that is the biggest concern then SE surely isn't letting them touch the FF franchise (unless it is the tactics series).
It's Bushido Blade.
No it's not, but it should be.
Don't they have to finish Panzer Dragoon 2?
@GamerDad66 Yes, which blew way past its OG release date of 2019.
This is not pleasing. After the botched 1.0 release of the first Panzer Dragoon remake, several updates improved, but not quite fully fixed, all the complaints fans had of the game;
I regret buying PDR at full retail at launch and won't buy Zwei at launch or at least not at full price. What would've been nice was if they offered the original PD as a bonus unlock. The idea they could do something like this to an SE franchise is disheartening. Then again, the recent remakes of 2D FF's with the soulless sprite redesigns were instant passes from me, so who knows.
Please please please please please remake the dragon quest games
I would love for it to be Vagrant Story, but something tells me it will all be MANA related.
I would love, a Dragonquest Joker. That game was really amazing.
@COVIDberry Hmm I think the EVO series is it’s own thing. You aren’t a deity or deity adjacent but instead you control your own evolution as you seek to become the pinnacle of evolution. The story is insane as you have Lucifer causing the mass extinction event that took out the dinosaurs and trying to return the universe to a state of lifelessness (first game) to an essentially king of the hill race between you and the final boss to become the mate of Gaia. Oh and Martians had an impact on evolution.
I wanna say its what Spore should have been but of course this series predates that game by decades. I’ve not played a game that gives the player so much meaningful control over the PC before or since. My opinion of course. I am willing to site nostalgia but I have replayed it recently and I still feel the same way.
I will admit to not having the same attachment to SNES FF that many people in my age bracket and older do. I preferred Enix’s games (and was devastated at the merger) even though I played most of the big square games at the time. Chrono Trigger was intricate to the point of being stifling and I felt DQ told loftier and often more personal stories (DQ V and VI were my faves) with a little less human rooted evil. Humans are horrible enough in real life so I have a leaning towards a big bad/unknowable evil rather than its true face in the majority of people. I can play both but need a break when the story is rooted human evil.
I actually don’t like science rooted games as I will notice flaws obsessively. Give me magic and dragons any day. I don’t read scifi either (even when written by a scientist) as I prefer fantasy or science/IT texts.
My school pushed the C family (which is still used in astronomy) but as I am not inclined to do code naturally (I have improved of course) I wish we had done Python instead. But there is a dearth in tech skills in the astronomy community so I am leveraging my work experience to gain a foothold.
The story is insane as you have Lucifer causing the mass extinction event...
king of the hill race between you and the final boss to become the mate of Gaia...
Martians
@Ryu_Niiyama STOP STOP JUST LET ME BUY THE GAME
I will admit to not having the same attachment to SNES FF that many people in my age bracket and older do. I preferred Enix’s games (and was devastated at the merger) even though I played most of the big square games at the time.
I felt DQ told loftier and often more personal stories (DQ V and VI were my faves) with a little less human rooted evil.
@Ryu_Niiyama I've never encountered this perspective on DQ and FF; thank you. I've not played any DQ past 4, so I have some catching up to do. I admit that I don't see this interesting contrast in the two series, but perhaps I can think about it some under the stars tonight. (Zelda has strong Buddhist and even Chinese roots, with Ganondorf being drawn directly from Journey to the West; Sakaguchi and Nasir Gebelli were influenced by many modern concerns for FF, including environmentalism. But I don't know the inspirations of DQ so well. Wish I knew Japanese...)
there is a dearth in tech skills in the astronomy community so I am leveraging my work experience to gain a foothold.
Awesome. I wish you all the best in returning to academia. Have you been gone for a while? I found the experience of returning after some years to be quite difficult (YMMV, of course), but your approach of arming yourself as well as you can is quite correct. (Not that you need my advice, I know.) I always found that academics (lifers, that is) are forever trying to pigeonhole people, whereas I was interdisciplinary from the very start. But that's another conversation...
(P. S. C is practically Latin now! It certainly doesn't hurt, right?)
@COVIDberry well C family so my focus is C++ and C# so still in use. But astropy is taking over so I am taking all the Python courses I can.
Edit: removed personal info.
So DQ is almost as special to me as Zelda. The funny part is DQ is influenced by wizardry and ultima, which of course are western influences. It’s western fantasy through a Japanese lens and as a Tolkien nerd, I think that speaks to me on a certain primal level. The funny part for me is I am actually not a fan of Toriyama’s art style. I detest Dragonball past the first Journey to the West series so I somehow love DQ despite not liking the art. It’s weird.
Keep in mind there are 2 EVO games and they look vastly different. The Lucifer insanity is in the first one. Technically the themes of evolution to become the pinnacle that Gaia will mate with is in both but it is on the nose in the second one. Or did you not want to know about it? I can’t tell if you are interested or upset that I told you (tone is hard to read in text).
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