Wada Discusses the future

[Bastian]

I HATE it when these head honchos say they want to do something "completely new" with a franchise I love.

Just curious, how many FF's did you play before VI? Did you really feel strongly about the formula after 2 games? Did you even think FFI was that good?

I played I, IV and then VI. And then I played VII and stopped because I hated it. Then I played V and III and II and loved those so much more.
Yeah, I like even I MUCH better than VII. VII was just too much of a change for me in basically every way possible. I REALLY prefer the medieval settings in 1-5 (and 9). That's why VII and VIII and such are such turn offs to me.

As for not liking change, I never understand that. I don't get how anyone can only like to play the same damn game a hundred times over with a different name and graphics each time.

Because it's not the same game. There's a different plot, different characters, different overworld, different dungeons. That's enough difference to keep me happy. Hell, FFIV:TAY even had mostly the exact same overworld/dungeons/characters and I STILL love it. Much more than VII and later games.

If you like the games the way they were before, why don't you just play the games that came out before?

Because I already have. :P Well, FF-wise. That's why I'm just now getting int DQ. They are at least more similar to old FF than new FF is to old FF.

I love it when things change. I want all the games I play to have gameplay that has progressed in one way or another . Maybe I'm strange, but I think the gameplay is the most important part in a game.

You're not strange, you just have different priorities from me. The most important things to me are story and aesthetic. I have a very specific aesthetic I like (high fantasy) and as long as the story is halfway decent, I'll play it.