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jpespinal on 24 February 2009
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twesterm said:

No, I don't want FFXIII to bomb because SE betrayed Sony and went to the 360 or because I have everything Playstation, I want FFXIII to bomb because I want SE to get taken down a peg.

It's no secret that I'm not excited about FFXIII and I already think it's going to be nothing specia but that isn't what this mini rant is about.  I'm sick of SE and people thinking they can only crap gold.  I say only crap gold because that's what SE seems to like to release these days and people eat. it. up.

Why?

I saw a thread on the front page asking if Final Fantasy XIII could be the last AAA RPG on consoles if it bombs and that just enrages.  People just assume the game is good because it's an RPG and ignore other great games because they aren't Final Fantasy yet the Final Fantasy franchise has ranged from miserably mediocre to utter shit for more than 10 years.

I hope FFXIII bombs hard so SE is forced to make good Final Fantasy games.  I want them to stop relying on cut scenes to mask the shitty story and characters.  I don't want another Cloud throne, boring predictable copied story, and terrible main villain.  I want the games to go back to being about story and character development which none of the recent FF games have had.

Maybe, just maybe, if FFXIII bombs they will realize they should actually start trying again and stop worring so much about 10 years of spinoffs. 

After all, we got the original Final Fantasy because Squaresoft was in danger of going under and that was to be their last hurrah.

 

i think what you want has already BEEN happening, while i do LOVE some FF games, i do think IMO that SE has a bit of a pompous attitude (maybe its all in my head) IMO i believe their switch to supporting the 360 more over the PS3 has to do with them trying to see if they can do for another console what "they did" for sony's PS 1 & 2, boy oh boy has it backfired just look at all their recent games.... its almost as if theyre not even trying anymore, im a bit iffy as of now with FF13 im just too damn tired of waiting for it, IMO western RPGs are taking over also....