Quote Originally Posted by L9999 View Post
Because it's not SquareSoft anymore - it's Square Enix now.
And with the new name, they have a new team, with all the good ones leaving to Mistwlaker (can't blame them), they have a new vision of what a Final Fantasy is, something like a playable-ish Jdrama, they have new market strategies, making remakes and spin offs, they want to "innovate" while taking out of Final Fantasies all the good stuff we used to love - solid story, character interaction, prominent fantasy themes... heck, it's called final FANTASY - I don't want it to be as real-life as possible, I don't want it to be all japanese guys and girls, I want it to be a fantasy. I want my Qus and my Moombas and my Cait Sith and my moogles and all the fantasy stuff. I want the magic. I don't want an anonymous game with Final Fantasy icons thrown in. I want a real, coherent Final Fantasy world - like FFIX was, or FFX, or every other FF before X-2.


(Yes I despise Enix very very very very much )
X-2 was Square Co. also if I remember correctly. Also, I feel that since the only noticeable difference in any of the company's combined series is in FF it's safe to say Square freely "screwed up" the series themselves. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the merger was purely business, and the teams in the respective company's remained largely unchanged and free to continue doing as they wished.

I think Square does not have faith in a game like FFIX selling on it's own merits in this current market. They have long been the company of "over-the-top cutscenes" and "games that play themselves", so why stop now when games keep selling?