How the mighty have fallen?

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ZenfoldorVGI said:

You know...you wouldn't expect it, but I'm one of the few posters on this forum who really likes Square-Enix, still, and feels they've gotten a bad rep.

I think that FFXII was amongst the best in the series, and I feel that most of their large talent has moved towards the long-term development of XIII and Verses. They certainly don't put out masterpieces as often as they did in the PS1 days, but game development takes longer now, and game designers are being spread out between platforms in order to collect money over many titles, rather than several big tentpole titles. FFVII:CC and FFTA were both fairly good games, and the FFIV remake was remarkable.

Just...hold off your hating before you've seen XIII, Verses, and SO. S-E has a ton of development teams working for it. We haven't seen stuff from the really amazing ones yet, this gen, like last gen, their quality is always present in their tentpole titles, Same for Square and Enix franchises.

TWEWY, FFIV, and Core Crisis are 3 of the best handheld games this generation. So, yeah, I really like Square-Enix. They aren't the best developer anymore, but they are a very good one, and they have a few tricks left up their shoe.

 

The thing is: FFIV is a port and FFVII:CC is a spin-off. They deserve credit for TWEWY. I really think the fall of sony may be part of the problem because back then they could simply just release everything on ps2 and wait for the best. Now they really have to spread their efforts and reach out to different platforms and learn different architecture because PS isn't what it used to be. Looking back now, it almost feels like sony carried the entire Japanese gaming industry on it's back and now that they fallen, we get so many articles about how Japan's gaming industry has fallen behind. Coincidence? I think not.