Square Enix is a baffling company these days. This generation they basically doubled down on the worst tropes of Japanese games to serve the shrinking niche audience; XIII's awful story is a testament to that. XII was the end of a great era for them. I think it's a game that will only grow more respected as time goes by. The worldbuilding and localization are phenomenal. That writing, man! So good. (IX still owns my heart too).Originally Posted by Cz
So do the people who've come back still play Final Fantasy? I know it was never a prerequisite for posting on the forums to begin with, but I was wondering whether people had just got out of the habit of posting or whether they'd moved on from FF (or even gaming) altogether. Maybe you're all too busy with spouses/kids for vidja games these days.
For my part, I still like the old FFs, and give my favourites a replay every couple of years or so (IX for life, yo). But I didn't really care for XII, and the dozen or so different versions of XIII just confuse me, so I've kind of fallen out of touch. Interested to hear about other people though.
Weirdly, their best output this gen has come from Eidos, who they bought a few years back. I hope they put out some great games again in the future, but I think they need some management shakeup to get some new blood in there.
Jojo I hope you are as hyper as ever
To be far, most forum threads have a more focused topic than woo, reunion! You stirred up a bit of excitement.For real. I almost think the old forum format makes discussion and reply quite difficult. Or maybe I've just been on reddit too long and I'm used to being able to respond to specific posts within a main thread.
