Is it an rpg or is it like devil may cry and Chaos Legion?

[wuglendei]

This is bad idea. I like when Company branch off into different genres but i feel as if there using a Fan Favorite charater and jus the name FF. I pray that im wrong...cuz well i always get sad when square fails. But then again IF THIS fails theyll make a better one...jus like with there movies!

[TheAbominatrix]

Of course they're using a fan favorite and the name. That's the point; to make money.

They're giving fans what they want, though. FF fans, and more specifically in this case, FFVII fans, have been begging and howling for a sequel since the original came out. Square's using this opportunity to explore other genres in the FF name,

Oh, which reminds me, Square HAS done other games, ya know. Not just RPGs. So it's not like they're ignorant as to the workings of other genres.

[lombrai]

well, im not quite sure about this, but i have my doubts that this could really be a shooter. because i read that other people from ffVII will be joigning vincent. and i dont think that you can control them all at one time, but, it might be like in kh, were they help you anyhow by thereselves. Or it could also be, a kind of "mini-game", and you just play as first shooter at precise places. but, weel just have to wait to see about that.

[Dolentrean]

I don’t know...Square started breaking a lot of traditions that the Final Fantasy series had once ENIX joined them. the game kind of looked like a stealth shooter (not an FPS) to me with some mini games and RPG elements. but when it comes down to it, it was the stories that made Square famous. if the story is bad then the game will get bad reviews. lets just keep our fingers crossed that they manage to keep the FF spirit alive in this one.

[TheAbominatrix]

X-2 was created before Enix joined them. It was released after, however. Nice try, though.

[Dolentrean]

X-2 was created before Enix joined them. It was released after, however. Nice try, though.

true, true, But Square Enix has been spending alot of time working on 4.3 billion spin offs, Final Fantasy XII will be there first shot at a real FF if they screw it up they will probobly lose a lot of fan suport.

[TheAbominatrix]

All of these have been planned by Square for quite some time, and they're making them for the fans that have been begging.

I doubt they'll lose much support. A lot of people bitch about X constantly, saying it was horrid, but 9 out of 10 will still buy XII. If they hate that, most of them will still buy XIII. It's just useless internet complaining.

Not to mention that these games have done very very well in Japan, which is their primary and strongest market. Not only do they sell the games, but the characters are used in ads and the merch sells like hotcakes. As long as Japan loves them, they really dont care.

[Destai]

Thats true, the last figures I read a nice chunk of more than 50% of there saler were in Japan. I think that was partly why theve decided to release one product every month in the hopes of increasing sales worldwide. How that effect would come to pass Im not sure but that was the reason I read.

[Dolentrean]

ok I do have to agree with you, I am a devout final fantasy fan and I will be buying XII and XIII even if XII sucks. I am just saying it will be interesting to see what square enix will do with FFXII. I am wondering if they will keep the feel of final fantasy the same.

[TheAbominatrix]

I agree, but the 'feel' is very subjective. Every game is different for every person. People say X lost the 'feel', but for me the 'feel' had been lost since VII and X was the first to restore it.

No matter what this game does, people will complain. If it's too much like the old ones, Square's out of ideas. If it's too different, Square is changing FF too much and they've lost their touch.

I'm really eager to play all of these games and I hope I'm subjective enough to judge them by their own merits, not by the title or who made them.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

alright, all of these points are taken, and I guess the question is pretty much answered, lol.

[Greiver205]

Yep answered...no more posts here...