Sometime In The Next Ten Years Or So, It Can't Go On Forever, Can It? Seriously, CAN it?
Final Fantasy 300 And Beyond! Just Give Me Botox And Viagra And Old Age Won't Stop Me!
It'll Get Somewhere Between 12 and 15, Before Square Makes One TOO Many Sequels...
The Games Won't Stop Soon, But The Interest Will Die Down, But Not At This Site Of Course!
Someone Somewhere Will Realize That Final Fantasy 45 Is EXACTLY The Same As Final Fantasy 19 And That'll Be It.
They'll Rename The Series, "Infinite Fantasy" And Milk It For All It's Worth!
Who Cares, We'll All Be Dead... Or Will We?
They Should Have Stopped After Final Fantasy (Insert #)..
I've already exhausted my lust for FF games. I don't imagine they will do much else unless they have a TOTALLY new engine or something more extravagent. The idea of another band of misfits saving the world for another thirty times doesn't really appeal to me.
you cant be seriously abandoning your nerd ff heritage? lol. i only hope i die after they make the last one.the thougt of missing an ff through growing too old and dieing would make me turn in my grave.Originally posted by Moo Moo the Ner Cow
I've already exhausted my lust for FF games. I don't imagine they will do much else unless they have a TOTALLY new engine or something more extravagent. The idea of another band of misfits saving the world for another thirty times doesn't really appeal to me.
You know, you have to grow up some time.
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true but it aint gonna be any time till i,m 30. that gives me 11 years of ff obession left. whoo hoo!Originally posted by DocFrance
You know, you have to grow up some time.
So... no plans for school, a job, marriage, or kids until you're thirty? Just Final Fantasy?Originally posted by aeris2001x2
true but it aint gonna be any time till i,m 30. that gives me 11 years of ff obession left. whoo hoo!
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lol. i,m passing uni with little effort. stay there as long as i can before job.
if u knew my personality and/or saw my looks u would lol at thenotion of me ever having a marriage or kids. lol.
and i do other stuff too! like go to rock clubs...play other games...and watch lots of anime. its just that the nxt ff game is the thing i look most forward too.
Well, just as long as you don't have to sell your PS2 for food, you should be fine.
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I've actually been incorperating final fantasy with school and the like, breaking down why the games appeal to us, and why perhaps they will one day represent the current state of our culture. It's interesting to think that one day we'll be defined by the GAMES we played.
Take care all.
lol. at some point i had to sell some dvds and a few games 2 buy food. this was in dec when i was beyond broke. but i doubt i will. i have a gamecube i could sell first if i got that desperate.Originally posted by DocFrance
Well, just as long as you don't have to sell your PS2 for food, you should be fine.
damn u food! why do we have 2 be dependent on u? if only food were as good as final fantasy...
it could be o.o
"There are some people in this world like me who have killed their emotions long ago. Never forget that." -Shadow, to Terra
"Yes! The emnity is growing! The only thing pure in this world is emnity!...Now, let love bleed! Darker and deeper than the seas of hell!" -Lynx
Umm... maybe you do need to grow up. I think it's pretty sad when someone has to sell his posessions just to feed himself.Originally posted by aeris2001x2
lol. at some point i had to sell some dvds and a few games 2 buy food. this was in dec when i was beyond broke. but i doubt i will. i have a gamecube i could sell first if i got that desperate.
damn u food! why do we have 2 be dependent on u? if only food were as good as final fantasy...
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I came to understand the series is goign to end after 13.
and you came to that conclusion because...?Originally posted by Bert
I came to understand the series is goign to end after 13.
"There are some people in this world like me who have killed their emotions long ago. Never forget that." -Shadow, to Terra
"Yes! The emnity is growing! The only thing pure in this world is emnity!...Now, let love bleed! Darker and deeper than the seas of hell!" -Lynx
I heard it somewhere a while ago... I'm not sure where though. may have been a magazine
I'm hoping they don't get to the 'flogging a dead horse' stage. A nice, well-written, epic ending would bring it to a comfortable close, for me. Imagine it, the last scene of the last FF ever - the immortal Crystal Theme humming in the background, as the sun sets over a cliff by the sea, where weary heroes reflect on their struggles, losses and experiences... something like that, a scene that encapsulates everything the series has been about since its inception.
If they just drag it out for ever and ever, the games will become less unique and more 'photocopied', as the writers - talented as they are - simply run out of ideas. Refreshing the creative talent pool with new artists would add a bit of longevity, but it'd only delay the inevitable. If they end on a strong note and leave the gamers satisfied but wanting more, then they've won; if the series just grinds down to an anticlimactic fizzle, then they've lost. Just like TV sitcoms - Fawlty Towers only had about eight episodes, Friends had hundreds; but no-one's going to look back fondly on every episode of Friends that was ever made. With a series that's run too long, all the installments just blend into a vague and indistinguishable fog.
(No offence intended to Friends fans, that was just an attempt at illustrating my point.)
Not sure if/when my own FF interest will wane; the mature, deep stories such as VII's should remain pretty timeless, but if Square-Enix falls into the trap of trying to cater to a particular demographic, then they're doomed. FFIX was clearly aimed at capturing a child audience, with its rushed and cartoony designs; FFX-2 is a pretty blatantly "late teen" game. Now, I thoroughly enjoy both of those games, but if you compare them to FFVII, you might see what I mean - VII isn't trying to capture 'one audience', its themes and charcters are diverse and encompass a wide range of ideas and experiences. Good way to continue the series, I think.
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