| 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.
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You know what, I agree with this guy. SquareEnix once got me back into console gaming since Final Fantasy VII (Squaresoft then). During last gen, they were barely on the radar for me. Now, they could almost drop dead for all I care. Now, I do believe that games and companies do evolve over time. But in the case of SquareEnix, they have lost so much of what they used to be that the core that catered to their fanbase is practically gone. If there are any JRPG companies that continues to improve while retaining the core and essence of what they are and to their fanbase has to be Atlus and NIS. SquareEnix (mainly the Square part) needs to go back to their roots
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