Level 5 : JRPG's LOOSING Momentum in Japan, FF13 can HELP JRPG's in west!

[The Anarchyz]

jarrod said:

The Anarchyz said:

Citan said:

Final Fantasy will be a graphical feast with rpg elements. Nothing more or less I`m afraid.

SE best achievements ended with SNES.

They will still make great make great games, but not for the demanding crowd that want something other than a

hollywood blockbuster, but something that is on an higher intellectual level.

I thought those days were over until I played Demon`s Soul`s.

SE wasn't around in the SNES days, Square Co. and Enix were separate companies.

If you're talking about Square, they made great games in the PS1/PS2 era also (Final Fantasy VIII/X/VII/Tactics, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Cross)

If you're talking about Enix, what about Dragon Quest VII, Valkyrie Profile or Star Ocean: Till the End of Time?

I think Square went from strength to strength in the SFC to PS1 transition.  They really had tons of great games throughout.

Enix though definitely lost something I felt, their SFC lineup was brimming with great and interesting games (DQ 5-6, DQ1-3r, Evo, Actraiser, Terranigma, Illusion of Gaia, SoulBlazer, Robotrek, Wonder Project J, Mystic Ark, Brainlord, Star Ocean, etc) but the only real PS1 standouts from them were DQ7, DQ4r, Torneko 2, Star Ocean 2 and Valkyrie Profile.  That basically continued on PS2... it's like all Enix became was DQ and tri-Ace games after SFC. :/

That's true, Enix really shrank after the SNES era, while Square brought the same strength with bigger sales...