Final Fantasy 13-2 demonstrates some silly trends in RPGs nowadays

[The Fury]

Acevil said:

See that was based on technological restrictions. The DS remakes typically just reskin, without that much effort. Essentially how remakes should be, but with final fantasy VII (mainly with the introduction of spin-off games), the game won't simply be the same or I think. 

Given I would like it if the Turks were given a bigger role! :P

Add: One of the reasons why we know it won't be the same game is how Square phrases the development of the game being massive undertaking. Similar to what the guy above me wrote.

Edit: My comment about the DS games was based on Final Fantasy 3, I do not know that much about Final Fantasy 4. 

Which is another reason why I dislike the spin-offs, they've changed the original game and it's story/outcome. That said, Turks were in it enough, you fought then on 4 or 5 occations and they were central to a lot of story line. I think they mean graphical achievements to meet the demands of the audience, although many just want to see the characters and story played out in a more realistic way, no the blocky manga style (even if that is part of the character). The only way they will please everyone is to keep enverything but the graphics the same, which in itself seems plausable. Although, how many CG scenes were there in the game?

Thanks for the words about the DS games though.

lestatdark said:

@The Fury - The DS remakes weren't only graphical enhancements, they also added some structural changes to the gameplay as well. FFIII didn't change much, but they added something akin to a Job system on FFIV that didn't really suit the game and the overall battle style was changed to act as a much faster paced ATB system (akin to the late PS1 FFs, such as FFIX). Not that I minded those changes, it just didn't felt right on the spirit of FFIV. Oh, and they upped the difficulty significantly on both games.

Thanks for the info.