It is soon going to be six months since the reveal trailer of Final Fantasy XVI. I'd like to think they have something new to show soon but I've realized that it takes at least six months for games to have enough vertical slices to have something new to show so what do I know
Did you know Square paused development of FF13 for six months to make the FF7 technical demo for the PS3. Six whole ass months wasted for a graphical demo just to have people begging them for a remake for 15 years. Imagine what FF13 would have been with six more months.
And now, funnily enough, Final Fantasy XVI will have to against FF7 Remake. One new game against 20+ million of nostalgia-starved players. Talk about a fair fight.
Final Fantasy VII is one of the most incredible game I have ever played and I dearly hope that FF16 annihilates it out of relevance.
The shadow of this game has been too overwhelming for the series and it can only thrive when it is put to rest.
The shadow of this game has been too overwhelming for the series and it can only thrive when it is put to rest.
When you reach a point where the philosophy behind your main character of a brand new Final Fantasy is "Cloud but woman", you have to leave something behind and jump ship. and i LIKE lightning
Everyone can tell me it doesn't matter and they should just deliver what fans want, but when a series is failing to bring new players for a decade, it is time for change. They can't keep catering to us, there needs to be a new game that brings people in just like it brought us in
This is why even though I believe FF7R is far better than I expected, it's just delivering on what people wanted out of nostalgia.
People have to realize they weren't excited for FF8, 9, 10 and onwards because they were nostalgic but because it was something NEW.
People have to realize they weren't excited for FF8, 9, 10 and onwards because they were nostalgic but because it was something NEW.
But now the cycle of fans' need isn't about something new but being validated about what they played before. I am also a part of this
So now I feel like we are much less interested in the new than we are the old. FFXVI being a new game is barely something to talk about now
So now I feel like we are much less interested in the new than we are the old. FFXVI being a new game is barely something to talk about now
I'm concerned about the future of the series even more now than I was back then because we are at a point where FF16 could very well be an excellent game. Amazing mechanics, story, music, and world.
And people could still be like "ok cool, where's FF7R part 2? Where's FF10-3?"
And people could still be like "ok cool, where's FF7R part 2? Where's FF10-3?"
How do you recover from this as a series? Do you just accept becoming the nostalgia dispenser? It's worrying
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