Do you think the end of the Final Fantasy series is near?

[listentomystory]

squaresoft were in danger of going under because "the spirits within" was a flop and x cost them a lot more than what was previously estimated because of all the fmvs that why x2 has only ten fmvs
hopefully though xii does well cuz i fear for the futur of ff.

[a_priebe47]

I think they can still go on for awhile yet. We'll know when they've made there last game when the starting screen is blue, and the text:

The World is veiled in darkness.
The wind stops, the sea is wild,
the earth begins to rot.
The people wait, their only hope a prophecy...

'When the world is in darkness, Four Warriors will come..."

Four Light Warriors appear among the people,
each carrying an Orb. Two thousand years ago,
the Orbs shined with Light. Now, only darkness....

Although I think it would be a cool way to end the series... a complete remake of FFI following the same story and path/character style with the 21st century graphics and voice overs.

[Del Murder]

A few years ago I read that XII would be the last one, but I doubt that hold up today with the continuing popularity of the series. From a financial standpoint, they would be foolish to stop it now. Personally I wish the series would have ended with IX, because that was sort of a throwback to the old days. Hopefully there will be a PS2 version of that tired and true style that made the series so good. These recent games aren't my thing.

[Shayo]

i dont no, i prefered 6 through x-2 then 1 through 5

[Cloudane]

tired and true

GUFFAW!... quite Was that intentional?

I think the series is getting a bit old and 'tired' now, but if they bring some of their old magic into XII it should keep people interested.

[aeris2001x2]

GENIUS FF GAMES: ffI, ffIV, ffVI, ffVII, ffX .

in my opinion the seris goes up and down continually. there is no huge down patch from 8 onwards. all this doom and gloom is because of ffx-2, if it follows tradition then ffXII or ffXIII will rule immensly. i,m sick of all this talk of decline. the biggest decline was ffI to ffII-ffIII. those were dark days and ffIV saved them. they may never make an ffVI or ffVII again but as long as they stay at least as good as ffI and ffX then ff will remain. infact even if they dont if it sells like ffx-2 then square will milk the franchise for all its worth.

u see the ff opinion is so vast that some se ffX as supreme crap that is heralding the end, while others view it as the beginning of a new era. i just like to view it as a good ff game

[SomethingBig]

That's the whole going down thing. FFX: Tons and tons of people hated it, but there were a good number of people that liked it. The only reason so many people bought it was because it was the very first Final Fantasy to hit the PS2. If people had known about the monstrosity that it would become, not many people would have bought it. If Square-Enix keeps dishing out FF's that produce these types of outcomes, then Final Fantasy will become the final fantasy sooner than we hope and expect. If Square-Enix hopes to keep the series alive, then the next game has to be a huge hit, which looks like it will be. The reason FFVIII was seen as being bad was because, since it was the successor to FFVII, people had very high expectations of it. FFVIII did many unorthodox things and at some points couldn't fit into FFVII's shoes, so people immediately labelled it as the worst FF ever. FFIX made a return to the medieval style of gameplay, so people hated it because of that, when, in all actually, the medieval style was what the entire series started with. FFIII was incredible. Only God knows why it was released in the US. The whole class system made it so that it had a high replay value.

[Cz]

Presumably, many of those who joined the series with FFX will despise FFXII, as those who joined it with VII despised VIII. Quite what they'll make of FFXIII onwards remains to be seen.

However, it is almost certain that the debut of FF on the PS3 will attract a whole new fanbase, and be as incredibly popular as VII or X were. FF veterans will continue to pronounce doom and gloom on the series, but Square will go on making money, and continue to innovate, angrying the veterans even more, but catering for the newbies. Nevertheless, every last one of them will continue to buy every last game, no matter how good or bad they are.

All I want is an expanded version of FFV, but until then, the newer FF's will have to keep me going.

[aeris2001x2]

am i the ONLY person who joined with ffVII and loves all ff afterwards regardless of there huge differences? i require only 1 thing, quality, and i get really annoyed with ff games hated for trivial reasons like "the eidolons only do 9999" or "he has a stuiped tail" or " it doesnt have a materia systerm" etc.

u see many ppl on here hate ff8-10 but most back up with proper reasons. its the stuiped public that piss me off with the above reasons that dont back up anything. the same public who say "why are u playing ff9 instead of ff8? its all babyish and cartoony" and "why are you playing ffVI instead of ffX? ffVI has 2d graphics" etc.

i dont know what i,m trying to say but i,m sick of all this post ffVII ff hating.

[Cloudane]

You're not the only one, although I didn't like FFX straight away. It took 2 plays and FFX-2 to appreciate it

For a short while I believed all the slagging FFVIII got, then I played it again and loved it *shrugs*

[SomethingBig]

I had to play FFVIII twice to like it more than FFIX.

[aeris2001x2]

in my opinion ffVIII is full of flaws but it also has lots of great stuff. i diss the game 1 second but praise it the next. it is ff middle ground 4 me. i can understand its hatred but it is too oftern used as the scape goat in ""ff is declining" topics.. ff is not declining...its changing and since ffII it has been changing.

[SomethingBig]

I think the FF series is declining. From FFI-FFVIII, Square brought us tons of new things. FFIX brought almost nothing new and FFX just gave a horrible way of leveling up and an unbearably linear story line.

[aeris2001x2]

lol i bet u havent played ffII, that was truely a dark day when that crap was released.

no there not declining, there different. ffIX was a tribute title and ffX imho was the most original title in years. and why does linear story make it a crap story? it was linear but innovative and amazing. ffIX and ffX were also much better then ffVIII in my opinion.

[Ariel]

I don't think FF is nearing its end. As long as it's still making money, Square-Enix won't stop bringing out new games. The old style of FF has been gradually coming to an end, as the games change more and more. But there's still plenty of fans, willing to spend their money, and that's all that matters.