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VXIII on 26 December 2014
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Scoobes said:
VXIII said:

No point either way, XV Is a major departure from the regular FF game, no one is familiar with it. Also, the developing team is different from any previous main FF. So the usual "I lost faith in SE/FF" or "judging from previous entries" doesn't apply here.

Turn-based is not bad, I was merely stating my observation on the market trend. Although I do believe that the myth that turn-based system is more strategic should put to rest. The Souls series beats any RPG I have played in the strategic depth. But yes, I kinda forgot about Pokemon and Dragon Quest. Persona on the other hand is not a big seller by any stretch.

SE are still publishing the title though so they can force the team to introduce changes based on market research rather than artistic merit as happened in FFXII.


I honestly don't see how is that related to the point that I was trying to make

The team is new, the approach is new, both the visionary and current director are new to take over a main entery in FF. It is simply a new direction for the series. It can not be judged by the publisher or the franchise name.

To answer your point. Yes that is always a possibility, but it is not the case with Versus XIII and SE. Versus /XV is a distinct view of one man for the franchise as a whole:

"There are no explicit rules for how a Final Fantasy game should be – and so every version is that design team’s interpretation of certain themes, and their answer to that question of what FF should be. FFXIII belongs to that mainstream tradition. I want to propose another view of how FF could be, or should be: there is a long tradition, and my intention is that Versus will be distinct from that."

http://www.edge-online.com/features/interview-tetsuya-nomura/