Which do you prefer - Square, Enix or Square-Enix

[dunno001]

Hmm... easy one for me, even if I already knew my vote would be in the minority: Enix. They've made fun games, and none of their games have this "sold out" feeling that some later Squaresoft games (PS1-2) had. However, I can see the Squaresoft argument, as Enix was basically dead outside of Japan from the latter half of the 16-bit era through most of the 32/64-bit era. (And this is a real shame, given some of their quality titles during this era: Dragon Quest 5 and 6, Terranigma, etc...)

Not that I want to completely dismiss Squaresoft, though. They've done some other great titles: early Final Fantasies, Parasite Eve, Live A Live, even Rad Racer, but some other titles of theirs (Ehrgeiz, FF7, etc) feel like they were selling away from their fanbase and more to the new graphics crowd. So I have to dock them below Enix in my view.

Now, Squenix? Forget them. They've been milking their big names, and doing little else of notice. They're afraid to sell a game outside of Japan without the words "Final Fantasy" in the title. They've joined EA and Activision with the rehash game. And they're still pandering to the graphics crowd. So in my eyes, they've got the same problems as late Squaresoft, with more new problems, and they're driving some of Enix's games to crap. Back in the SNES days, I would almost blindly buy a game that said Square(soft) or Enix. Now, the Square Enix label is a sign for me to scrutinize the game.