XV: why CAN'T we finally have a return to the old flavor?

[Wolf Kanno]

I read this amusing and most likely fanboy flame inducing blog and quickly thought of this thread...

Five Ways to Fix Final Fantasy | EgoTV

I don't necessarily agree with much of this but it was amusing to read nonetheless.

[VeloZer0]

3. Create a side series for the DS or Wii Ware

:twak:
Though I stringently dislike what is entailed in being a 'Wii game', I felt the underlying message about putting graphics on the back burner was spot on.

Other than that I though everything on the list was very good. What is interesting (for those who haven't read it) is that there was no comment about stuff like Fantasy/Sci-Fi or 'returning to the series roots because the apocalypse is upon us', but more a discussion of what game play/design conventions have been adopted or have changed in nature due to hardware.

[Del Murder]

FFVII was sci-fi and it was awesome. FFXII was more medieval but not as good.

I thought that blog hit some stuff on the head, especially the show not tell part. I wish we could see something like FFVI or FFVII with a next-gen feel. Don't make the same game again but at least use some traditional elements. I thought that the DQ series made the transition to next-gen the best with DQVIII. Pretty much flawless. Why can't FF do this? It's the same damn company.

I liked XIII but I did miss some of the traditional aspects. It would be cool to have a world map and an airship you could fly around in again. Do it like Secret of Mana, where the world is all connected on the ground but you are still able to fly around over it to any destination you choose. That game is like 15 years old, surely they can do this in 3D.

[Forsaken Lover]

another one who thinks everything can be solved with 'Love! And! Peace!'

Not true. Selphie was all for shooting President Deling with a rocket launcher or skinning the Moonba to sneak out of the Desert Prison.
She also had no qualms about letting missiles drop on probably other populated areas, as long as the Garden was safe.

Selphie is a cute and adorable girl but that masks her violent, murderous nature.

And it's awesome.

Oh and just to kind of be on-topic, being a superior Final Fantasy doesn't mean being a superior game. Example: FFXII felt more like a Final Fantasy than X did but I think X was vastly superior when it come to story and most of the characters.

It's simply the fact 12's style seemed more in-line with FF than 10's.

[black orb]

>>> FF games need more demons and churches..