Sequelitis

[Renmiri]

...I thought I'd heard somewhere that Uematsu and Amano had left SE and were only doing projects for them on a contract basis?

Yes but that may be for a number of reasons: to give them both (or SE) a tax shelter, to allow the 2 to get more creative freedom, to expedite paperwork for them while working for Disney on Kingdom Hearts, etc... Reality is that both Amano and Uematsu have worked nearly exclusively for SE.

[LazarCotoron]

Renmiri-it was very recently I heard that. Perhaps three months ago-I know Uematsu has worked basically exclusively for Square. Amano is a different story-he's been contracted to do many projects over the years. Square is probably his biggest customer, but he's done a lot of work for a lot of people. Anyways, I come back to this point down the line.

I believe we will know that our hopes for SE are dead if we hear about Final Fantasy VII VII. It's curious to say that because we are perilously close to that at present.

It's not Square, and it's not Enix anymore. The investors have entrenched too many of their people, and the artists and innovators that have made each company seperately amazing are abandoning the place like they were rats on a sinking ship. And the worst part is that the investors don't care if they sink the ship-as long as it sinks because it was that heavy with gold.

The great irony of life is that the people I detest the most are the people that make it possible to happen, and it is truly why I have such strong feelings on the issue. But y'know, this is where there's hope, and it's why I actually defend their actions. There's a limit to how big a company can get before it implodes under its own weight. For example... I hear General Motors is having problems according to this idea as we speak.

Besides that. If the things I heard about Uematsu, Amano, and Matsuno and his team are true, then the Square side of the company truly is dead, and in that sense, FFXII is a glorius requiem. And when I say it like that, I can't help but think it was planned by the six people who are responsible for the Final Fantasies that I know and love.

Time will tell. And on topic once more, I stand by my SE = EA, but with RPG's point.

[VengefulRonin]

Renmiri-it was very recently I heard that. Perhaps three months ago-I know Uematsu has worked basically exclusively for Square. Amano is a different story-he's been contracted to do many projects over the years. Square is probably his biggest customer, but he's done a lot of work for a lot of people. Anyways, I come back to this point down the line.

I believe we will know that our hopes for SE are dead if we hear about Final Fantasy VII VII. It's curious to say that because we are perilously close to that at present.

It's not Square, and it's not Enix anymore. The investors have entrenched too many of their people, and the artists and innovators that have made each company seperately amazing are abandoning the place like they were rats on a sinking ship. And the worst part is that the investors don't care if they sink the ship-as long as it sinks because it was that heavy with gold.

The great irony of life is that the people I detest the most are the people that make it possible to happen, and it is truly why I have such strong feelings on the issue. But y'know, this is where there's hope, and it's why I actually defend their actions. There's a limit to how big a company can get before it implodes under its own weight. For example... I hear General Motors is having problems according to this idea as we speak.

Besides that. If the things I heard about Uematsu, Amano, and Matsuno and his team are true, then the Square side of the company truly is dead, and in that sense, FFXII is a glorius requiem. And when I say it like that, I can't help but think it was planned by the six people who are responsible for the Final Fantasies that I know and love.

Time will tell. And on topic once more, I stand by my SE = EA, but with RPG's point.

Amano has done a helluva lot besides Square, renmiri, see?

As for the rest of what Lazar said, i completely agree.

[LazarCotoron]

Uh, Vengeful... I think the forum's bad word filter ate your link.

[VengefulRonin]

wtf? It was a link to Wikipedia's page on amano o__O

[LazarCotoron]

Yeah, I could tell. But the Wiki entry is invalid because the address is wrong. Since I'm betting you copy/pasted the link, and since there's a part of the link that comes up as :SKULL::SKULL::SKULL:SKULL:, I'm betting the happy rubber baby bumpers in the forum FUBAR'd it.

[VengefulRonin]

lmao, what a wonderfully effective filter xD ah well, renmiri can just go to wiki and look up amano. I've been meaning to read Vampire Hunter D but havent had the time T_T

[Renmiri]

Will do, I'm a big fan of his work at SE!

BTW, Uematsu said - implied actually - on his latest interview that he hasn't been doing many of the latest SE soundtracks because he doesn't get passionate about their story.

If true, it is one good thing about them being contractors. They can be choosy about the work they do. And refuse to do sequel crapola

[Darth Anarcus]

To be honest, I really don't mind it. Well, they may be going a bit overboard with FF7 and FF13, but still. What I'd like to see is each Final Fantasy title (or at least the more popular ones) actually have its own expanded universe, much like Star Wars.

[VengefulRonin]

Will do, I'm a big fan of his work at SE!

BTW, Uematsu said - implied actually - on his latest interview that he hasn't been doing many of the latest SE soundtracks because he doesn't get passionate about their story.

Cant say i blame the man...i image it would be difficult to be inspired to compose beautiful music is the story was lackluster.

To be honest, I really don't mind it. Well, they may be going a bit overboard with FF7 and FF13, but still. What I'd like to see is each Final Fantasy title (or at least the more popular ones) actually have its own expanded universe, much like Star Wars.

They have gone WAAAAY overboard with VII. They know there's so many VII fans out there that consider the game a god, and they know the fans will buy them up. I'm not sure i'd want to see any FF get to be as massive as star wars, but if it did, it would have to be deserving of it because of a good story and characters and not just be a money whoring scheme like all these new VIIs are.