Square Enix’s Publishes its 2014 Development List

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kupomogli said:

JGarret said:
Final Fantasy 7 - 1997
Saga Frontier - 1998
Xenogears - 1998
Brave Fencer Musashi - 1998
Parasite Eve - 1998
Final Fantasy 8 - 1999
Final Fantasy 9 - 2000
Vagrant Story - 2000

Look at that output!

Konami and Capcom were much better too...now, I can understand fewer games as budgets increased, but why is it that the QUALITY also went down in a big way?

Adding more to  your list.

Chocobo's Dungeon 2 - 1999
Chocobo Racing - 1999
Ehrgeiz - 1999
Chrono Cross - 2000
Front Mission 3 - 2000
Legend of Mana - 2000
Parasite Eve 2 - 2000
SaGa Frontier 2 - 2000
Threads of Fate - 2000

I think the reason quality went down is that Sakaguchi left Squaresoft before the merger and took a lot of people with him.  He was pretty much replaced during that time anyways as he didn't have a hand in developing any PS2 titles as far as I know.  Kind of like Kojima with Lords of Shadow, I think he's credited for some titles he has nothing to do with.

Looking at both of these posts makes me sad.

 

I was always a gamer, but I became a BIG TIME gamer after playing FFIII (FF VI) on my PC with an emulator. After that I purchase FFVII, VIII, IX, Vagrant Story, SaGa Frontier,Parasite Eve, etc... I was a huge JRPG fanatic back then.

 

Then Square changed. PS2 was good. Not as stellar as the PS1, but it was indeed good.

Last gen they were just flat out terrible and seemed to not care at all what their fanbase wanted. Now even with Wada gone it continues.

 

 

Saddens me to say that I will not weep when that company goes the way of the DoDo.