IcaroRibeiro said:
I think the problem is FF suffers from identity crisis, while DQ has being "stick with that works" for about 20 years now. I prefer FF approach because each FF entry looks a completely different game to me, it's refreshing not knowing what is coming for once on both gameplay, world building, story, etc Dragon Quest feels like I'm playing the exactly same game, in the same setting, the same world and same characters only with different clothes and different graphics. I don't know how people don't get tired of it About Xenoblade outselling FF... it's just not happening. FF is declining in Japan, but it's as strong as ever elsewhere. XV despite being receiving just lukewarm reception sold almost 10 million by November 2011. A FF game with an actual good word of mouth and praise by critics can go much further Overall people has been criticizing the quality of Final Fantasy games for ages now, and if their sales didn't decrease yet I have no reason to believe they will start decreasing now |
1) Dragon Quest is pure happy escapism. It has villains so silly you can't take too seriously, the world is filled with hilarious Shakespeare dialogue, and still has the fun mechanics of an RPG game. It isn't meant to be some gripping emotional story, it's for gamers like me that want to escape real life stress in video games. It's perfect the way it is and I hope it never changes.
2) I appreciate FF for the changes it makes, but it causes some to be stunning experiences and others to be just terrible because of all the spins directors put on mechanics. I don't mind the stories being drastically different, but FF was meant to be turned based and should never have left that in any iteration, at least for my tastes. I love the strategy involved in turn based rpgs.
3) Regarding Xenoblade, I predicted at this rate of FF being increasingly locked behind PlayStation (new games for a long period) that within 10-15 years Xenoblade could catch up, not anytime soon. Square Enix is cutting themselves off from people on PC/XBOX/NINTENDO devices from experiencing brand new FF games when they come out, and many don't play older games and only want to experience brand new games, so by the time they do come out a year or more later on other devices many will have moved on. FF is chasing the short term buck but destroying their long term growth potential, which will enable Xenoblade to increasingly thrive on Nintendo devices as THE flagship JRPG for Nintendo devices.
