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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 24, 2013 17:57:41 GMT -5
Trying to recreate the financial boom for the company that was the expanded FFVII universe from the ground up with FFXIII. It is because they planned all these spin-offs before FFXIII even came out and was a success that Nomura's team got straddled with Versus XIII and because his team was straddled with Versus XIII he and his team won't make KH3 until Versus XIII is done.
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Banecat
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Post by Banecat on Jan 24, 2013 19:34:10 GMT -5
Trying to market $60 games with $20 of gameplay.
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trollrogue
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Post by trollrogue on Jan 25, 2013 14:31:43 GMT -5
Still can't believe people who've actually played XII think it's a bad game....
That said I hope everyone involved in the multi-year delay of Versus XIII slowly burn in the hellfires of Hades for the exact same amount of time the game's been delayed since it was first announced DURING THE LAUNCH OF THE PS3 IN 2006
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Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 25, 2013 15:22:44 GMT -5
Effectively killing off Taito (especially in the NA market).
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 25, 2013 15:45:40 GMT -5
Still can't believe people who've actually played XII think it's a bad game.... That said I hope everyone involved in the multi-year delay of Versus XIII slowly burn in the hellfires of Hades for the exact same amount of time the game's been delayed since it was first announced DURING THE LAUNCH OF THE PS3 IN 2006 storyline-wise it's the best FF since 9. its gameplay on the other hand, while an admirable attempt to make combat seem more interactive, lost a LOT in its execution. plus having to play as a character who has zero role in the plot instead of the far more interesting real main characters, just for the sake of having another androgynous pretty boy really hurt the game too.
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Post by Legion on Jan 25, 2013 15:51:11 GMT -5
Still can't believe people who've actually played XII think it's a bad game.... That said I hope everyone involved in the multi-year delay of Versus XIII slowly burn in the hellfires of Hades for the exact same amount of time the game's been delayed since it was first announced DURING THE LAUNCH OF THE PS3 IN 2006 storyline-wise it's the best FF since 9. its gameplay on the other hand, while an admirable attempt to make combat seem more interactive, lost a LOT in its execution. plus having to play as a character who has zero role in the plot instead of the far more interesting real main characters, just for the sake of having another androgynous pretty boy really hurt the game too. I quite liked Vaan, it meant that when I went off and ran around doing my own thing, it didnt really matter because it wasn't like I was interrupting his day by going hunting or whatever. I can deal with Basch later, I have a big fat thunder turtle to go hunt now!
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 25, 2013 22:42:13 GMT -5
Any of the FF7 Spin offs. Advent Children probably shouldn't haven't been made
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Wait, what?
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Post by Dat Dude on Jan 26, 2013 0:02:22 GMT -5
XIII
It was bad...just so bad. I tried in vain to play it a few times for a more than an hour, but I just couldn't stomach just how wrong it was in every aspect of game design imaginable.
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Post by celticjobber on Jan 26, 2013 6:20:02 GMT -5
Other: "Final Fantasy The Spirits Within" -- that movie was a huge box office failure that damn near led to the ruin of the company.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 26, 2013 9:53:23 GMT -5
I still never understood the logic behind forcing Nintendo users to have to live with The Crystal Chronicles series as their only SE RPG. Every one of them that I tried sucked so hard, and this is what they saddled the best selling console with. I get that the Wii was not as powerful as the other consoles, but show a little pride, man. They should have just ran the Dragon Quest series through the Wii after they stopped supporting the PS2. That would have been acceptable.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2013 10:18:01 GMT -5
Oh, from a financial and PR standpoint, Final Fantasy XIV takes the cake. At least Dragon Quest X has the ability to become financially stable if you give it enough time.
I also voted for the company's relative inability to just head straight for Kingdom Hearts III, as opposed to their route of beating around the bush by remaking their three original titles and games driven to explain the obscure details of the franchise. However, Dream Drop Distance was good, but I still want them to actually get to the third true installment.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 26, 2013 15:50:20 GMT -5
Still can't believe people who've actually played XII think it's a bad game.... That said I hope everyone involved in the multi-year delay of Versus XIII slowly burn in the hellfires of Hades for the exact same amount of time the game's been delayed since it was first announced DURING THE LAUNCH OF THE PS3 IN 2006 storyline-wise it's the best FF since 9. its gameplay on the other hand, while an admirable attempt to make combat seem more interactive, lost a LOT in its execution. plus having to play as a character who has zero role in the plot instead of the far more interesting real main characters, just for the sake of having another androgynous pretty boy really hurt the game too. You didn't HAVE to play as Vaan Skywalker, though. Well you did for the early goings, but you could swap him out eventually. My preferred team was Fran, Ashe, and Balthier.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jan 26, 2013 15:52:15 GMT -5
Any of the FF7 Spin offs. Advent Children probably shouldn't haven't been made I thought Crisis Core was pretty good.
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J is Justice
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Post by J is Justice on Jan 26, 2013 18:42:34 GMT -5
storyline-wise it's the best FF since 9. its gameplay on the other hand, while an admirable attempt to make combat seem more interactive, lost a LOT in its execution. plus having to play as a character who has zero role in the plot instead of the far more interesting real main characters, just for the sake of having another androgynous pretty boy really hurt the game too. You didn't HAVE to play as Vaan Skywalker, though. Well you did for the early goings, but you could swap him out eventually. My preferred team was Fran, Ashe, and Balthier. He's the best char in the game when it comes to stats, though, so you pretty much have to use him.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jan 26, 2013 21:38:11 GMT -5
It took me a while, but I finally realized it.
The fact we haven't see a sequel to Chrono Trigger or Chrono Cross yet.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 26, 2013 22:15:23 GMT -5
I still never understood the logic behind forcing Nintendo users to have to live with The Crystal Chronicles series as their only SE RPG. Every one of them that I tried sucked so hard, and this is what they saddled the best selling console with. I get that the Wii was not as powerful as the other consoles, but show a little pride, man. They should have just ran the Dragon Quest series through the Wii after they stopped supporting the PS2. That would have been acceptable. The original Crystal Chronicles for the Gamecube was awesome, at least if you had a group of people playing. It took me a while, but I finally realized it. The fact we haven't see a sequel to Chrono Trigger or Chrono Cross yet. I agree we need Chrono 3 already
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jan 26, 2013 22:31:37 GMT -5
You didn't HAVE to play as Vaan Skywalker, though. Well you did for the early goings, but you could swap him out eventually. My preferred team was Fran, Ashe, and Balthier. He's the best char in the game when it comes to stats, though, so you pretty much have to use him. Or you can man up and not take the easy way. I benched him so fast and never looked back. I didn't even hate him as a character I just didn't want to use him.
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 26, 2013 22:44:33 GMT -5
XIII It was bad...just so bad. I tried in vain to play it a few times for a more than an hour, but I just couldn't stomach just how wrong it was in every aspect of game design imaginable. I really didn't think it was as bad as people say. Oh it had a ton of things wrong with it, but I thought the characters were quite well done, the world itself was pretty and interesting (they just didn't let you interact with it enough), the monster designs were amazing (first time I saw the adamantoises, I was stunned), and I actually came to like the battle system.
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 26, 2013 23:22:45 GMT -5
FF13's battle system is pretty good once you get to really get to play around with it. Problem is that it takes like 20 hours to let you really start playing around with it. The 20 hour tutorial killed my interest in the game. Well, that and the terrible characters. Which was pretty much everyone not named Sazh or Fang. I didn't like Lightning or Vanille, and hated Snow and especially Hope.
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 26, 2013 23:38:59 GMT -5
Fang was the only character I didn't really care one way or the other about. The others I generally liked and sympathized with (except Snow), and I think they did a better job than usual of actually connecting the characters and giving them a reason to adventure and continue adventuring together.
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