RPG Genre Discussion Thread

[lestatdark]

mjk45 said:
@Lestatdark, The problem with games like versus 13 , is they aren't declared multi from the beginning and in the case of squarenix after production has been on going for quite sometime on one console,they then use E3 to declare multi,and what happens when you take this approach especially when you state you are going to maximise the strengths of console 1 people start asking questions, like if FF13 was so advanced on PS3 and squarenix stating that PS3 owners wouldn't be impinged by the move to 360 why are they both coming out at the same time, will one be cut down at the expense of the other etc ,questions that will be asked again all because they hedged there bets by infering versus as being exclusive . (A) to placate sony and off setting a ps3 owners backlash (B) insurance against the 360 version under performing. Multi is the way to go or if you do go exclusive you stay exclusive period

The problem is that we will never know if the 360 was indeed the main cause behind the cuts on FFXIII, mainly because every single FF game prior to FFXIII has had cut content as well, even when they were on a single platform, and in some cases, the same scenario happened as well, with half of the content of FFVI and FFXII being cut from the final version of the games. 

I know that some people are let down by the fact that they have been promised that the games exploit the maximum capacities of their consoles, but if a game continues to do it for their console but is also available to another console, then I don't see what's the issue. It's not like those people are prohibited to play the game in their consoles anymore or that their enjoyment is going to be any less if the games goes multiplatform.

As I said, as long as S-E and Nomura do their best to give us the best game possible, us gamers should be grateful for that, instead of just hating the game because of petty frivolities.