Quote Originally Posted by Olly
The only bad games from Square that I can think of were Secret of Evermore, FFX-2, and Chocobo Racing. I think after FFVIII it went downhill and it realy peaked at FFVI and VII.
And I think X was beautiful and VIII and IX were crap. What we think isnt important. It's the sales figures that're important. And sales are booming right now. X-2 did very very well.

Square is busting out so many unique ideas it's making my head spin. Not just in FF either, but they're really expanding their genre. Action RPGs, MMORPGs, multiplayer RPGs, tactics RPGs, movies, prequels, sequels, cell phone games... so many.

So basically everyone says they want Square to be unique and original, yet stick to the exact same formula as their 'peak' games, VI, VII, and Chrono Trigger. Now those were awesome games, but you cant have it both ways. It's not unique to make games exactly like ones they've already made. It just isnt.

You can go on and on about losing faith in the company, but like DJZen said, it isnt a freaking religion. If Square is boring you, there's about 1,000 other great RPGs made by other companies out there. Go pick up EA's LotR: The Third Age when it comes out. Or get Disgea (or however you spell it). Get older games like Wild ARMs or Star Ocean II.

Even if Square puts itself in a rut and, gasp, no longer dominates the RPG market, we'll live, and there's hundreds of wildly excellent RPGs out there to replace them, and great companies making great games to keep us occupied. Heck, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the guy behind a good chuck of FF (yes, even in it's wonderful 'peak') has his own company now. Expect them to be tossing out some great ones.

Not to mention that, while I cant stand this VII craze and I never have been able to, Square has given fans exactly what they've been asking for. "We want a sequel!" Oh, okay. Here's a movie! "What!? I cant play a movie!" This is true, here's a game! "ON A FREAKING CELLPHONE!?" Oh alright, here's an adventure staring the guy all you goth kids are obsessed with! "omfg squarenix you guys are such greedy pigs, you're running out of ideas how dare you!"

Sheesh, I'm in a ranty mood today.