Quote Originally Posted by McLovin' View Post
It's because Square sold out. They aren't the same people that we liked back from FF1 to FF10. They changed their whole approach to Final Fantasy after X. They should just stick to their old ways and make a great, amazing game utilizing all the graphics and artistic potential of the era (FFXIII Verus looks like it might do this actually! We'll see). Also as said earlier the prequel or sequel should be justified, damnit! Which is why I don't have that same awe for Kingdom Hearts as I did when it first came out. Too many crazy additions to the story that was originally just a cool Disney/FF story.
How can a business sell out? That's their main goal, to make money. If they didn't 'sell out' then we'd think they are stupid. They want to maximise their profit by appealing to the mass market. I remember when FFVII came out (well a year or two after it came out, I was too young too appreciate it) only me and one other guy played FF in my class. Everybody thought it was boring and such. But since X (or maybe XII) I've noticed a lot of people actually saying they are fans of FF (despite the fact that they only play the latest titles and never really got a true FF experience.

But with regards to sequels/prequels, I don't have a problem with them as long as they are good. I disagree with some people who have said that the characters shouldn't change (isn't an RPG about character growth/development) or the battle system should be the same (change can be good, we can get a different experience from the game). But I do think SE make too many prequels/sequels imo and a lot of them are sub-par (I don't know why so many people like Crisis Core), but regardless of what I think the fans are still buying the games and liking them. And that's the important thing at the end of the day. As long as the gamer enjoys it and SE makes some money everybody wins. And guess what, if we don't like any of these sequels/prequels, we don't have to buy or play them. It's that simple.