Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
Its why I don't mind the remakes and ports so much but lately it seems its all they do. I guess I'm annoyed cause Square dominated my gaming life for the SNES and PS1 generations. We saw alot of really solid games, innovation, and generally creativity. This all disappeared in the PS2 era where SE's fell back on rehashing, remaking or generally whoring out the main FF series. There were some solid games in this whole mess but in the PS1 generation, I fell in love with most of SE's non-FF titles.
I think we can blame the general financial position Square was left in after The Spirits Within for them falling back on remakes and whoring the FF series. I mean, I understand they were in a tough spot financially, and I even encouraged some of what they were doing to help them get back on their feet so they could start taking some risks every now and then. I just expected them to start taking risks sooner. I suppose they kind of are now with new titles like The Last Remnant, but it's just not enough, and I agree with you that it isn't as awesome as some of what they did in the SNES and PSX days. Maybe it's just that they need someone other than Nomura and Kitase to step up and make an awesome game that nobody saw coming and snaps them out of this rut for a bit.