This has soured me on Square Enix entirely. New rule: don't smurfing announce a game a decade before you release it. Alternative rule: keep your fans properly informed. If Square Enix had said "Oh, we're going to wait for the next gen consoles for this title" I would have said awesome. I would have been positive about it. If Square Enix had said "we've had some hitches along the way, and our primary resources are being dedicated to Kingdom Hearts III and the Final Fantasy XIII compilation" I would have been absolutely satisfied with that. It would have bothered me somewhat, because I was not overly interested in the XIII compilation, but I would have understood. It sold well, and it was a matter of pride. Didn't want to leave the fans with a game that was hot and cold.

But this bulltrout? Square Enix can get smurfed if it expects me to be excited. I'm not going to chat with friends or strangers in the street about how good it looks and how much I want to play it. I'm going to talk to those people about how Square Enix is a shady, selfish company who keeps demanding energy from their fans without giving anything in return. I'm going to talk about the ten year wait, and about how once upon a time Square Enix was able to release 5 of its best and most loved games in the same period it has taken them to release 3 mediocre ones.

Then I am going to talk to people about other games, because I don't smurfing care any more. My patience is gone. I would simply post the same article I published in HYPER but I don't even feel sorry for you any more, Square Enix, I feel like you are becoming the villain.