Is it just me or is Square just not getting the memo?

[HappySqurriel]

DigitalDevilSummoner said:

iceland said:
I remember when Squaresoft was my favorite dev... ohh man

i remember when they committed suicide with Spirits Within

Although it is a movie, I would argue that The Spirits Within is actually a pretty good example of what is wrong with Final Fantasy games ...

While I think there are many quality issues with most Final Fantasy games after (and IMO including) Final Fantasy 7, the core problem is that Square uses the Final Fantasy IP without paying tribute to the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a good example of this because if you just called the movie "The Spirits Within" no one would know it had anything to do with Final Fantasy; and most of their modern games have the same feeling to them.

Personally, I think if Square was actually handling the Final Fantasy series better you would probably hear more people wanting the "Next" Final Fantasy game than people wanting Final Fantasy 6 or 7 to be remade; people want Final Fantasy, they don't want these Final Fantasy branded generic RPGs.