Hiku said:
deskpro2k3 said:
FFXIV is a mainline game. It is a numbered title for fans, and for new comers to mmos.
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It's an MMO. The inclusion or omission of a number on the box is not what determines its category. Companies have included or omitted numerical titles for ages on both games and movies for PR purposes.
Just because it says Breath of Fire 6 on this mobile MMO does not mean that this travesty of a game is a mainline Breath of Fire game. They put the 6 there to get more fans interested.
And just because Midway removed the 2 from the western release of Shadow Hearts 2 and called it Covenant instead does not mean it's not a direct mainline sequel to the previous game in every sense of the word. It's because they knew most people in the west didn't know about the first game, and didn't want to scare them off with a 2 on the cover. Etc.
The bottom line is, call FFXIV whatever you want, but the target audience is largly different, and it's effect on the course of the "single player oriented" FF games is minimal. The only thing that can save the course of the "regular" series is to gain back the trust of fans by producing games in the regular series that lives up to fans expectations. Sales wise FFXV is doing well, but that doesn't mean FFXV didn't let them down. We'll see the effects of XV when the next game comes out.
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he didn't, but this will make "ungrateful fans"
I'm a big FF fan, and even I can see that this is dumb and undefendable.
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I'm also a big FF fan. But you haven't presented any reasoning for your claim.
The existence of story expansions does not automatically mean that the original story wasn't complete.
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You know, I really [censored] hate having to repeat myself. MMO is a genre, FFXIV is also a Final Fantasy title. so every time you approach it, it is a Final Fantasy game. It's a numbered title, not a spin-off and holds to the same values and themes of a final fantasy. Sadly, people randomly disregard it because they can't really play it..
Anyways.. Original story in FFXV seems incomplete to me, but don't take my word for it, just look at the internet, and Tabata wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for that.
