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Turbo edition is tops

@JohnnyMind the cool thing is that DQXI S is the definitive version. The option to flip it to old school graphics is a gargantuan boon.

@themightyant chibi can work, but it was something I struggled with playing DQIX. The overall tone of the game is far less serious than VIII so I struggled the whole way. I don't like when publishers feel that a game has to be chibi or less serious because it's a handheld release. (Could be a just me thing though)

@themightyant DQX is online and region-locked. (Heard there is an offline version, but also locked to Japan)

DQIX is locked on DS only, currently.

@Mauzuri it only kicked off the entire genre. No big deal

Played all except 5, 6, 7, 10.

@johnedwin I suppose, but that sounds like a PS5 issue. I've never had a single console overheat on me in my life, and They have always been stored in cabinets and do not get dusted nearly as much as they should.

@johnedwin With reports of playstation five's melting, it sounds like sony hasn't made a console that can run their games either.

Starting to think I should drop the backlog for tears of the kingdom already.

@Axecon With all of the remakes and everything, I thought everything was kind of creatively bankrupt in the gaming industry and perhaps the entertainment industry as a whole.

@Kilroy @TromboneGamer they have been... embraced.

Quality has suffered as a result.

Yeah, I'll put this on the wish list for if the back log ever declines enough.

Kind of need to check this series out and see what's up.

@Zuljaras Hollow Knight is all.
Can't stop until you Embrace The Void

... I've reached the pantheon of hollownest but I took a break and haven't gone back for it. I'm kind of afraid of it.

@HenryKibble that really sounds like Limewire, Napster, ftp, etc.

@HenryKibble Whatever you want it to be.

@Cashews sorry that's long, I don't run into kindred spirit square haters often. Cheers.

@Cashews Oh yeah we're totally on the same page. Even on the minus 2-3 scale.

I grew up in the golden era when everything squaresoft and enix did was great. The merger is the classic example of the whole being less than the sum of its parts. And they thread the nostalgia so heavy that fans think there's a Renaissance going due to... remaking all the golden era games?

I've been disappointed in their output for a long time, to the point that I kind of do gleefully relish in their expectations not being met. I feel like they, as a company, outright lie and retcon themselves, just like they constantly retcon their games... and always get a pass.

There's a long story I'll skip, But I recently started Live a Live. I can understand why that game didn't come over here before. It is across-the-board a 5 at best. Lower mids. But reviews? 8s and 9s, some say it's a "masterpiece".

But really, it's the fan base that is the worst. Rational discourse is impossible there because they just attack you when your opinion isn't what "it is supposed to be". The company and their games have become so core to these people's personalities that they can't even handle a difference of opinion.

I mean, when the merger happened and they went in their new direction of "identity crisis is our identity!$$$!", I went through a really weird phase of not knowing what to do as a gamer, and I pretty much stopped gaming for 15 years based on how bad that era (ps3) was. The pandemic brought me back and... shock really. But, yeah, I mean, I found other stuff to do with my life. Which I feel is much better than the alternative which is being one of their current cult members.

Out of curiosity, I was reading some stuff on square-enix the other day, and their top competitors are Ubisoft, EA, and all of these other huge studios. And I'm, like, when did this happen? They used to compete with Atlus and NIS!

They're not AAA material at all.

@duerer gotta put the J in JRPG, and it goes at the front!
So... Anime intros.

@Cashews So I'm wondering if you think (like I do) that there is a certain degree of positive bias towards square enix on these sites?

And yeah, I do agree with you. This feels like a veiled reaction piece to a game that isn't even on this platform.

Just gonna say in a capitalist society like we have, at the end of the day only the quality of the product matters to the average consumer.

I'm pretty sure the majority of us have figured out that these diversity programs and the like are just lip service from the company the same way they deal with pride month. It's a statement of alleviation.

Under the light for X issue?
Say we're committed to Y to solve X.
World keeps turning. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Sounds like a reasonably intelligent fellow who needs to have a discussion with SE on that same issue.

I'm not going to preorder a brand new franchise based on a trailer.

This might be my first foray into the persona series. 13 Sentinels softened my take on high school protagonists in games. Generally a pass. I have adult problems now. I don't need to relive that trauma.

You have to have some kind of threshold for the indie programmers. Otherwise anyone there will pitch their game. It's a roguelite soulslike metroidvania inspired by earthbound BTW.

So does anybody know if square is actually involved in this remake?

I mean, the game was originally a joint venture between nintendo and squaresoft... Squaresoft doesn't exist anymore, Not quite sure what happened to the properties in that merger, But i'm sure nintendo kept it all.

I have seen no mention of square in any official capacity.

Are you really sure he's not a prized pony? Did you check his genit...

IyK.... sorry children

I mean, the overall game play for Zelda has indeed changed, but it's got all the core DNA. You're still Link, saving Hyrule from Ganon with the power of the TriForce. There's a princess Zelda. But The Thing I always got from the series was they're kind of telling the same legend, It just differs based on who and where you are when you ask. I did that backwards but you know what I mean.

It did adopt the open world format to kind of evolve with the times but that's where I think the big difference is between franchises.

Zelda, even though it's on dated hardware, is at the front of the pack, giving people what they really want and tons of it. Some diehard fans are meh, but most love it.
FF has a VERY divided fanbase.

Even on the most top of the line hardware on the market right now, many reviews point out the dated design elements. (Shuffling arena to arena, empty open spaces, little reward for exploration) For me, for a while, i felt like final fantasy chases tails more than innovates and it resonates now.

But yes my score would soften if it wasn't attached to the franchise. I think everybody would have some kind of a different score if it wasn't attached to the franchise. Especially if they launched a new IP. There's always room for growth on the ground floor, but 16 entries deep? Just reboot it already. The Identity crisis extends far beyond Cloud at this point.

Sorry, something just exploded That wasn't supposed to so this is probably all over the place and only semi-coherent

Gotta go

@UltimateOtaku91 Because it sells itself as a final fantasy when it clearly isn't.

@UltimateOtaku91 @johnedwin No, it's just that it's a bad game. And we can actually say that here, whereas you get personally attacked at push square for doing so.

1-2-inch.
Keep it ta yaself

@EarthboundBenjy As an old school final fantasy fan, FF16 has no appeal to me at all and I will never purchase it.
It's an action game, it's not even an rpg.

And honestly, I don't know who they were trying to sell this to.
The final fantasy brand is huge but overall meaningless now. They will slap that name on anything.

@Zeroo big same. I hear a lot of good things, but that's a huge commitment.

I've been playing this game pretty obsessively since it dropped. And I will say that the 7 here must be because of switch performance issues. It's easily an 8 and a 1/2 to 9 on the PlayStation.

I know the genre is over saturated but this one is actually worth it.

This reminds me I have to get my all black set.

Yeah i'm with it.
I still need to grab have a nice death as well.
I think I'm gonna Plunge into the "roguelicks" (sic) because it's just a game that lets you keep progress after dying. Shuffling the board is okay, pattern recognition can't be everything.

But this has the proper aesthetics for sure. And I happen to be a fan of both HK and Ori

Definitely on the wish list.

Noob baby! good reviews on steam

@WiltonRoots It's a full blown action game with light rpg elements. It's not even an rpg anymore.

Man, they do these Sony versus Microsoft articles over here in the nintendo part of town as well? Can't escape em!

This article is better than pushsquare's where they just start talking about a major competitor's game... But this still neglects to mention that it's part of the crystar universe.

I'm really torn on this because the plot looks good. And then... I heard about Crystar. NIS is very hit or miss for me.

Chibi Scorpion humbly requests that you get over here... now if you would.

This sounds promising, I've got my eye on this.
I'm just in a situation where I actually want my backlog to disappear. I don't think it's a flex to have a ton of games I spent money on that I may never, ever even play. Most are excellent (Odin Sphere, TB Yakuza, Nier Reboot, for examples).

Sales and good Reviews could sway me though

@Gofixmeaplate I feel this way about every collector's edition these days.
Wait until they get to the point that it's all extras and a digital download code.

@FredsBodyDouble I agree with your overall assessment of the series. Accurate

The real focus of this article should be how the just dance twenty thirteen edition moved up five spaces.

In short, I felt like every final fantasy was an evolution to some degree, until now. this is a step backwards.

I'll go with a two week death pool bet before ToTK goes back up top.

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@nhSnork that Kefka is a bad dude though!

@Keyblade-Dan Those certainly are all words.
Maybe use some punctuation once in a while.

It's not a final fantasy. it has minimal rpg elements, no party system, BS skill tree, Enemies don't have elemental weaknesses? There's no status effects? The dungeons and dragons influence that defines the series is completely gone. Nice trash mobs THAT JUST STAND THERE.

A correction - Final fantasy hasn't been "turned based" since the NES. They use the active time battle system from FFIV onwards.
However every final fantasy has utilized some sort of menu system for Issuing commands as though you were a general marshaling troops. (Like 12 or 13) Until now.

The big changes in the series happened after the series creator left the company and it became corporate property. Fans have been saying ever since the series has lost its way and they still say that.

The 1st 10 games under sakaguchi are definitively final fantasy and the same with tons of similar elements.They didn't start going off the rails with innovation until the man in charge left and corporate had no idea what to do anymore.

Now you guys pretty much nod your head and agree that final fantasy is whatever corporate says it is.

But It's not.

Kingdom Hearts has final fantasy spell names and summons. Is it a final fantasy or is it kingdom hearts?

Basically, the argument boils down to how high your standards are or if you just swallow every pill they hand you.

This looks and plays more like stranger to paradise part two so why is it called final fantasy sixteen? They can't even keep track of what makes a main line entry and what makes a spin off any more other than sales expectations.

The problem is final fantasy used to innovate and spearheaded a genre. Ever since the merger they chase tails and claim they are being innovative just for copying other people and introducing the systems to their much more popular games. FF16 is the witcher ripoff and SoP was the Souls attempt. All mids compared to the other "sourced" games.

I mean if you like it that's fine, but don't come out here Trying to say this is peak Final fantasy unless you want people to think you're a clown.

Liking something is great, loving it is even better, but that type of self serving hyperbole does no good for anyone.

The problem with final fantasy discussions is you can never have an honest one because there are multiple sub-fanbases and the SE corporate-era fans (the worst ones) Will attack anyone that doesn't say it's a perfect game, and will rewrite history to fit with whatever they're trying to Say at the time.