Originally Posted by
Ishin Ookami
I wish they would stop. I know alot of people are happy reliving what was their first RPG, but the comic industry tried to do the samething a while back, release a bunch of old school franchises such as Robotech, Voltron, Thundercats, and most of them were just rehashing what had gone on before. The nostalgia thing worked for a year or two, then the adults realized they were paying good money for nothing but rehashes, and the nostalgia thing went belly up. Only the franchises that actually had some thought to them like the GI Joe comics, TMNT cartoon, and Transformers franchise managed to endure afterwards.
Eventually the same thing will happen with Final Fantasy VIImost will get enough, hunger for something new, but square will have backed themselves into a corner by relying on a old franchise. They need continuous outpouring of quality content in order to remain competitive, and the recent console wars have not gone well for them seeing as how they've lost many of their most talented teams and directors. If Square doesnt get some fresh blood, fresh ideas, and fresh franchises out of the gates soon, they are going to become deadweight in their little partnership with Enix (some say they already have) and eventually be kicked to the curb.
I dont want to seem "Anti-Square", I love their old titles too pieces, its just that they sorta lost touch with reality for a while and now they have to rebuild. FFX-2 was utterly pointless save for the T&A, Front Mission 4 I fear killed off one of my favorite franchises, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance was a repetitive mess with too little content, Square lost its top gun in Sakaguchi, Amano, and Uematsu is no longer an exclusive composer to square. Seiken Densatsu and the SaGa franchises have both seen better much better days, and Chrono Break merely a fleeting memory, The team behind Xenogears jumped ship, its just a dark time for them as a company. If they think FFVII is going to help them relive their glory days, they got another thing coming as its only going to help them stay in the black for a while longer, and I really hope they got some slick moves for the years ahead because I would like to see them regain some of their former prestige.