• The Swedish Final Fantasy That Wasn't

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    Shlup
    Published on 02-21-2012 06:37 AM
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    You may have heard whispers several years ago that supposedly an action genre sequel was being made for Final Fantasy XII, and in Sweden of all places, produced by a company called GRIN and to be published by SquareEnix. Well, SquareEnix wasn't happy, GRIN went bankrupt, and it was at that point that fans first started hearing about the game that never was. And that was the last we'd heard of the game--codenamed Fortress--until January 2010, when a tech demo was leaked, and then again at E3 2011, when Motomu Toriyama supposedly whispered secretly that the game would never be released. Whether that last bit is true or not is still up for debate. Kind of. Maybe not, but some people still seem to have their fingers crossed.

    Lately, though, gaming sites have been buzzing with previously unreleased media from the game, from concept art to bits of the sound track, leaving many fans either pouting over the loss or clenching with renewed hope and enthusiasm. Mostly the former.

    You can browse the concept art at the Final Fantasy Wiki here.


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    Comments 6 Comments
    1. Rostum's Avatar
      Rostum - 02-21-2012, 07:24 AM
      Oh gees I remember seeing this. It looked amazing at the time and still looks amazing. I wish this came to fruitation! Also after seeing the concept art I am greatly disappointed that Square has not done anything with this. It's just simply breathtaking.
    1. Shlup's Avatar
      Shlup - 02-21-2012, 07:39 AM
      Yeah, I really like the song and the aesthetic.
    1. Freya's Avatar
      Freya - 02-21-2012, 07:50 AM
      Oh wow that music is gorgeous!
    1. Bolivar's Avatar
      Bolivar - 02-21-2012, 01:49 PM
      It's interesting, and I really would like to see an HD game in the FFXII universe, but I have doubts it would have been any good. GRIN was an overhyped developer who was one of the first to get a current-gen game right but produced a series of commercial and critical bombs after that, which is why they subsequently went under. I'm also not sold on the idea of letting a Western dev toy around with Final Fantasy, although I would like to see at least one attempt at this.
    1. Jiro's Avatar
      Jiro - 02-21-2012, 08:27 PM
      Looks like a potential for chocobo mounted combat, which is pretty exciting! Maybe they'll try and include that in future installments that actually do get finished.
    1. brzozowskip's Avatar
      brzozowskip - 05-18-2012, 04:48 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Shlup View Post
      Yeah, I really like the song and the aesthetic.

      It looked amazing at the time and still looks amazing. I wish this came to fruitation! Also after seeing the concept art I am greatly disappointed that Square has not done anything with this.

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