I have always felt bad for this game because to me it just seemed like the fanbase collectively treated it as an afterthought. Most likely from SE's poor decision to initially announce it as a mobile only game to entice their Japanese audience despite the fact they had always planned for it to be a PSP title, to the fact that SE never bothered bringing it over on the PSP that desperately needed it. To the fact that when it did finally get released over here, it was overshadowed by XV, VIIR, and the stigma fans had against the FNC due to the disaster of XIII and XV. It just seemed like it never got a fair shake. Having finally played an original work by Tabata, that wasn't either part of the Compilation, or him being a a cleanup hitter for Nomura. I can honestly say that I feel it was a bad lost for SE that he left the company. Granted, I don't feel like he was perfect and even Type-0 has a lot of technical and artistic issues, but I feel he did a more interesting job with the FNC concept than anything we saw in XIII or Versus XIII. Helped by the fact it was the only game that didn't seem to have development struggles outside of SE almost cancelling it so Tabata would focus on 3rd Birthday.
It does certainly look like it. It’s still weird to me how polarizing this game has proved to be after people were so thirsty for it for a long time. I think a lot of the backlash came from the people that bought it for the XV demo, but even those that like it seem to have the opinion that it’s enjoyable yet flawed.
Well thanks for the vote in confidence. You should check it out. While it's not the greatest FF I've played, it is probably the best of the FNC titles in my opinion.
I mean, yeah, you’ve certainly helped get me more in the mood for this game. I usually know I can trust your recommendations.
Sometimes you need that to get into a game. I had a similar issue myself when I first started, but now that I'm in the groove, I've been having a blast.
I’ve had two attempts at starting but only ever played like 30 minutes. Idk why but I couldn’t get into it. But now I can hear it calling out to me.
I know that feeling. I'm currently playing it right now and its honestly really good. A real hidden gem of an FF.
You’re making me wanna play Type 0, but I’ve got other gaming commitments
Well then now you’ve got one more recommendation We’re almost done with this season and it’s been excellent throughout.
I've heard of it actually. In fact, I watched a small documentary about it being made along with a few other anime that used a new style of CGI artwork.
