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The Fury on 25 April 2024
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Otter said:

Ever since the series starting deviating so strongly from it's old styling, it's crazy to me that square haven't done a spinoff final fantasy series which is essentially made in the vision of the PS1 classics (7, 8, 9).... 

Similar level of narrative ambition, same ambition with art direction, so fully proportioned characters, not chibby esque (Bravely Default/WOFF) or HD pixel art. Same level of commited effort for battle animations and camera angles, so the camera actually being active/cinematic (unlike Bravely default etc), characters fully running up to enemies when attack, still turn based....

But a return to text boxes instead of every character being voiced, exploration is a modern equivalent of the prerendered backgrounds with fixed cameras, a return to world maps, only the big set pieces being fleshed out into full on cutscenes (similar the PS1 classics) , fixed camera angles mean less environmental work. A good level of detail but not photorealistic like the newer games.


A title like this could actually match the current sales of mainline AAA Final Fantasy but at a fraction of the budget and hit all platforms including Switch. If they made FF8 and 9 in 2 years, they could make a similar scope title in 2 years and actually return to an era of frequent new and original Final Fantasy. This spin off series sit in-between the big AAA releases.

It seems they always want to be 'top' in their design and style for the main titles. FF7, 8 and 9 looked and played the best in that era. Even 10, X-2 and 12 have amazing gameplay and graphics of their era. They are trying to continue doing that still and I think the FF brand is what they want that to be, the 'top' (while releasing weird shit mobile games), yet it is odd that they havent' tried a spin off of more classic style of game, right?

But then they did, The Toyko RPG Factory was trying to do that. I Am Setsuna is a good game and even has ATB gameplay but I guess had less of a backing from SquEnix as it was a side project (had the chibi style you mentioned). I have not played their follow ups and their last was in 2019 and an action game. It didn't make the same kind of impact prehaps a Final Fantasy titled game might have.

They have now been absorbed by SquEnix, so doubt we will get anything of the kind you are talking about from them.

It would be good to see them (SquEnix) try their hand at what you are suggesting. An indepth RPG like FF 9 just in the modern era.

haxxiy said:

That's kind of what Ever Crisis is. Also the rumored remake of FF9.

Beyond that unfortunately SE  has said they're going to cut down on AA releases if anything. Like the rest of the industry, they're going to be leaning more on safe AAA multiplatform releases of known franchises instead of experimenting.

Ever Crisis is milking in all it's purest form. It's not a full new game with news characters and story just same in the style of 7-9. 

Not just some weird retelling of FF7 with gatcha mechanics. God I remember when the trailer first game out on this website, most comments where just people asking what it even was.

Make games, not money laundering services.



Hmm, pie.