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RockSmith372 on 03 August 2008

if you played Final Fantasy during the PS1 time, they had a new one almost every year. FFVII-1997. FFVIII-1999. FFIX-2000. FFX-2001. FFXI-2002. but now Final Fantasy XII took 4 years and now it seems FXIII will take 5 years. What is with Square Enix...=(



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Riachu on 03 August 2008

The technology is more advance and takes a lot more time to get a hang of than it used to. Also, RPGs generally have the longest development time of any game



 

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Obliterator1700 on 03 August 2008

They have run out of ideas...jk I agree with Raichu...



Bored4life on 03 August 2008

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flames_of on 03 August 2008

For FFXIII, didn't the development originally start in 2003?

I guess it is cause they can't prioritize or maybe to much trial and error?
Having to acclimate to advancing technology doesn't help either.



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outlawauron on 03 August 2008

well FF12 came out 2 years ago. It hasn't been too long.



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Riachu on 03 August 2008
flames_of said:
For FFXIII, didn't the development originally start in 2003?

I guess it is cause they can't prioritize or maybe to much trial and error?
Having to acclimate to advancing technology doesn't help either.

FFXII took many years in development because there had to be many changes in development(including changing the main character from Basch to Vaan).  Also, Matsuno fell ill in 2005 and had to step down.  Unfotunately, this caused a few problems for development of the game.  For one, there are rumors that FFXII had some last minute changes just like MGS2 had last minute changes.  Also, because Matsuno couldn't be around for the rest of development, the scriptwriter had serious trouble trying to flesh out Matsuno's original story which is why FFXII's story, while not bad, was still unsatisfying compared to previous FF game.

 

I don't think we will see the same problems with FFXIII though.

 



 

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S.T.A.G.E. on 03 August 2008
RockSmith372 said:

if you played Final Fantasy during the PS1 time, they had a new one almost every year. FFVII-1997. FFVIII-1999. FFIX-2000. FFX-2001. FFXI-2002. but now Final Fantasy XII took 4 years and now it seems FXIII will take 5 years. What is with Square Enix...=(

 

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flames_of on 03 August 2008

I meant FF 13...
Wasn't that in development since 2003, but had to be restarted?



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Riachu on 03 August 2008
flames_of said:
I meant FF 13...
Wasn't that in development since 2003, but had to be restarted?

Though it was in development since 2004 or 2005

 



 

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