SQEX clearly cop more hate than they deserve.
I cant choose between the 2, the only thing Squaresoft have over SQEX imo is my fave game, FFX, otherwise its fairly even.
A lot of people try to blame the merge with Enix as what began the decline of Square's franchises. Truth is, Square started losing its touch about 14 years ago. Pretty much since the launch of the PlayStation 2. They tried to branch out into other genres they were not very familiar with like real world racing and wrestling. That didn't go over so well. Their games had already been going down slowly in average critical reception. By 2003, Square had become little more than a Final Fantasy machine. If it wasn't a new single-player Final Fantasy game it was a sequel, a spin-off, an online game, a port-over, or a remake. A non-Final Fantasy game had become increasingly rare.
| BasilZero said:
My only complaint(s) other than the lack of number of titles opposed to previous gens is the developmental time (i.e. FFXV) and the decisions that they made on a few things (such as FFXI and FFXIV). |
FFXV is bad with its development time but the others really cant be helped. Games cant be churned out as quickly as they used to.
And FFXI?? Im confused, it made more money than any other game theyve published ever. FFXIV was innevitable afterwards, its just too bad it had a rocky start.
| axumblade said: Squaresoft win because of Super Mario RPG. |
Square Enix win because of Mario Hoops 3 on 3 =P
Some of the most creative minds of the Squaresoft of old had long since left that company (between the years 1999-2004) resulting in the formation of Mistwalker and Monolith Soft.
i guess games like the world ends with you, Bravery default, FFXIV, etc are just trash.
| Viltgance said: Back in the 90's anything with "Squaresoft" on the box was almost a gaurenteed awesome game with an amazingly beautiful soundtrack. It was pretty much a must buy on day 1 even if you didn't know anything about the game. I personally can't say the same for Square-Enix. It seems Square Enix is out of touch with rpg's and doesn't really know what the gamer wants anymore. The have dragged the Final Fantasy name through the mud and re released and ported almost every old Final Fantasy game to every device and are just milking old Squaresoft titles for money.... Square Enix needs to get its act together before it's too late |
You're so wrong it's not even real.
Squaresoft.
The Ex Soft talent that made that company are now the ones who founded Monolith Soft for games like Xenosaga and Xenoblade.
Mistwalker founded by the FF creator himself. Now Lost Odessey,Blue Dragon and The Last Story.
Brownie Brown at Nintendo is the talent of the Mana series who went to make Mother 3 and Help with Blue Dragon on DS. SE is a dried up well.
Squaresoft by a mile...Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve I and II, FF7,8,9,10, Xenogears, Chrono Cross, SOTET...many of my favorite games were made by these guys including my all-time favorite: Parasite Eve II.
"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)
"WAR is a racket. It always has been.
It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler
I think you had to grow up in the Snes/Ps1 era to truly understand how amazing Squaresoft was.
My guess is anyone 26+ will think Squaresoft and under 26 prolly Square Enix
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