SquareEnix stole the items , levels and individual materia we level to give a generic restart betwwen part 1 and part 2 of the remake. ... no wonder this is worthless, you cannot call this a RPG, you cannot steal my overpowered save to give me an inferior save. When i start the shinra building , Cloud has all available limit breaks, XD
Good point, but you know they rarely ever get criticized publicly. Unless it's from publishers or distribution companies. Their fans stroke their egos day and night😂 I don't know much about the industry. I can only speculate and think logically.
@@brieezy. As someone who grew up on the series I am still unhappy they got rid of Mizuguchi. FF hasn't been the same since and Nomura has been forever incompetent in handling it. He is just not talented and doesn't have the same magic.
It's really disheartening how the industry has made it to where there are only a few major releases a year, they take half a decade to make and cost 10s of millions of dollars, and if they dont sell 10s of millions of copies, are failures. Its really not a sustainable model.
Probably has more to do with releasing your tentpole AAA franchise games that are relatively niche genre's as console exclusives to a console that has nowhere near the install base the previous generation had. I think the PS4 had around 125 million users and the PS5 has less than half of that currently. FF7 is massive, but it's still a JRPG that's not going to appeal to casual consumers who exclusively buy sports games, modern FPS games, battle royale's or first party 3rd person action games.
Well its because theyre overstepping out of what they can do for greed. Look, Im a fan of SE. Hell, Im one of the people that really enjoyed FF16. But there is no denying the fact that it just didnt sell that well. Its not about us thinking 3 million copies is "good" its about the fact that they probably expected 10M sales because of how much the game cost to make. If the games are costing that much money, they should just dial down on the scale, reduce costs a bit, and just concentrate on releasing a great jrpg.
@@blkwng Its going to be tough for Final Fantasy mainline going forward. There are games on the market now like Baldur's Gate 3 that put so many other RPG's to shame. In my opinion, the world-building in BG3 alone makes FF16 look a bit dull by comparison. FF doesn't really have that magic that it used to. And there's plenty of precedent even on the same platform, like Xenosaga on the PS2, showing how with multi-entry single player RPG's that the first entry almost always sells the best by far, while subsequent entries don't sell nearly as well. Unfortunately this was just very unlikely to pan out well for FF7 Rebirth. FF7 Remake got all kinds of hype but that rarely carries across entries.
@@savagej4y241 cant disagree with the fact the ip is not aging well, but again I stay optimistic because I think its just a matter of SE focusing less on competing in a AAA market and more concentrating on what it always was: a niche jrpg publisher. I think people in the gaming industry concentrate too much on being the ONE game that is a masterpiece and hits 10 million sales while forgetting many gamers have different tastes, and there are games that just target select audiences. Look at how Expedition 33 is being received; it has created a lot of buzz in the market and people are awaiting it excitedly. It probably wont reach 10 million sales, but since they didnt concentrate on having huge marketing expenses and making expensive decisions for the game, if it breaks 3M thats a different story to FF16's sales, even when theyre the same. I heard a quote the other day from a youtuber that said that he misses the junk food games that are good but not masterpieces such as space marine 2. Thats what we need from SE; just a good junk food jrpg that we like.
It's not like Squeenix ever had realistic sales figures anyway. All kidding aside, I wish they actually understood what makes DQ and Octopath Traveler successful rather than jump on "it has to be photo-realistic" bandwagon and then forget all about gameplay.
FINALLY SOMEONE WITH COMMON SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I beat up bhuamamaaamat I claimed the mountain. But you know what I am cloud strife this is my form identity.
ugh there's that deathknell phrase again "did not meet expectations" there's a serious problem where even in situations where a game makes profit, it can still end up being treated as a failure because investor types keep setting up unrealistic expectations, keep increasing the expectations, then it ends with talented people losing their jobs.
The Nintendo suing Poker Pear is a freaking joke. They are trying to patent throwing balls and other really generic game mechanics...it just seems REALLY scummy on Nintendo's part.
Eehh, the CEO doesn't usually make these comments unless they're in an actually tight spot. Last was after Spirits Within and XIV 1.0's disasterous release. I think they more likely lost a lot of old fans trust like mine because of the garbage they've been pulling with DEI, Censoreship and Microtransactions. And the console exclusivity is just a nail in the cross.
@@definitelyzeblackcat743 Nah they pulled this stuff with a bunch of their Western games like Deus Ex Human Revolution. Square-Enix set their expectations way high and then declared the games to be failures despite more than breaking even and selling millions of copies.
@@definitelyzeblackcat743 Square Enix has embarrassed themselves recently, but the Squaresoft lineage part of the company is nowhere near the dire straits they were in due to Spirits Within. It cost $137 million to make but only pulled in $84 million at the box office. Losing $53 million was devastating back then and it was a very bad bet for the company to make. FF16 and FF7 Rebirth haven't actually lost the company money, they're just not as successful as expected. This is simply a "pick yourself up and dust yourself off" type of situation.
You are wrong about everything you said. I actually closely follow everything Square Enix and Final Fantasy specificly. 15 did not have a disastrous release at all so do not confuse people. The big controversy with it is that it was missing huge chunks of story (alot of things with important characters happen offscreen like Ardyn and Luna's brother randomly turning into a zombie and alot more). "Disastrous release" makes it sound like it had issues selling or something. Next they did not lose "alot" of fan trust lmao what? That sounds like how YOU feel. Just cuz you came to that conclusion it doesnt speak for anyone else but you and your personal friends who had that convo with YOU. DEI? Censorship? Microtransactions? There is blood and sex in 16 plus the 7 trilogy has cursing. Also Final Fantasy doesnt have microtransactions. at all. Ever. The games have DLC tho wich is nowhere near the same thing or a bad thing. Lastly, The console exclusivity didnt stop 7remake part1 from selling like crazy. The only issue is that Square has the most strict sales expectations in existance. They sell more games than most devs and 7rebirth is the 4th highest selling game im the world yet it didnt meet the number that their stupid market projective guys told them that it would make.
Because Zelda didn't sell 50 million copies between Botw and TotK. Exclusivity is NOT an excuse. The games are bad. Squeenix keeps pretending graphics ARE the content.
The popularity of Kingdom Hearts is what prompted them to turn away from turn based. The difference is that final fantasy has had fully fleshed protagonists since 4 and people want to be able to play them to the fullest extent. I don't want to leave my characters to run with a priority system, I want to control them in combat. I didn't want to control one character and let the rest play themselves, that's boring to me. Final Fantasy as a series is dead to me at this point. I can't even trust the remakes to be faithful.
The popularity of Kingdom Hearts is what prompted them to turn away from turn based. The difference is that final fantasy has had fully fleshed protagonists since 4 and people want to be able to play them to the fullest extent. I don't want to leave my characters to run with a priority system, I want to control them in combat. I didn't want to control one character and let the rest play themselves, that's boring to me. Final Fantasy as a series is dead to me at this point. I can't even trust the remakes to be faithful.
If they do remake 9, and I'm still leaning toward they are, you really REALLY need to put your expectations in check. Memoria Project was a group of people putting in their spare time for years to make a demonstration of 1 scene out of the whole game. FF9 remake would have realistic budget and time constraints that can't just make it into the most polished thing you can imagine.
@Avanti1talia I too am desperate for a FF 9 remake. How weird is it that we live in a world where the FF 9 remake has been teased literally forever and there has been no official announcement for it, despite the fact that everyone clearly wants it, and yet, on the other hand, Falcom sees that the trails series is finally starting to take off in terms of sales, decides to grab the bull by the horns, and announces a Sky remake? FF 9 remake and a Sky remake were the two highest items on my wishlist and now that the Sky remake is official, that only leaves FF 9. Your move, Square.
@@MrJWTH yup though that is opening a can of worms I rather not be opened in gaming. Nintendo after how many decades? Started doing patents on gameplay mechanics just a few years ago and in fact started after Pal World was actively in development. Considering how many games these days just copy and paste game mechanics systems (how many more times will we see the cookie cutter Destiny 2 gear UI), thats going to lead to a lot of issues. This could potentially lead to biting Nintendo in the ass later if they win.
I wonder how many fans decided not to buy because they were expecting turn based combat for the FF7 remakes. I own remake and rebirth and I still hesitate to start that journey mainly for that reason. I'm a turn based whore and a sucker for captivating stories, still chasing that FFIV rush from pre adolescence back in '91. 🤘
@@charmishing You're right, I just checked the gameplay early access trailer and the catching and summoning with a handheld ball mechanic was in there. Deleted my previous comment for inaccuracy.
@@jb0258jr I think Pocketpair is riding off of the "Pokemon with guns" meme, but they didn't actually market Palworld that way themselves. That's something that other people keep describing it as and has taken on a life of its own.
Square always over inflates their expected sales without fail and claim failure. They also with every subsequent Final Fantasy since 13, seem to forget what people loved about Final Fantasy in the name of pushing visuals. They obviously see the merits of sticking to a games roots with DQ yet cant fathom that with FF.... Meanwhile for Nintendo.., I love Nintendo games, hate their litigation department... Interesting they only now pulled the trigger and won't even say what said patents violating are.. just when Sony showed interest in teaming up with the developer.
For me the problem with final fantasy is that only have final fantasy as a name, but are not /does not have exactly the old final fantasy esprit. SE with this franchise went full on western terms, forgetting that precisely what westerner fans like about the game it is that jrpg spirit they had, so they lost fans from west and almost lost japanse market
Exactly why I'm not thrilled about their current direction. I play for the "j" in jrpg -- the Japanese influences, quirks and creative visions that are separate from western influences. They seem to be catering directly to westerners with XVI, that it became the 1st FF fell completely off radar and interest for me. It's not the turn-base or more action based gameplay that mattersbut the excessive pandering and generic close to home feel of the games that make me lose interest.
If they did a kingdom hearts series like how they do final fantasy each game is it's own story it might be a nice way to continue without having to continue to edit the old ones
Thats what I thought they should of done after KH III, it makes no sense to continue to the story for Sora post KH III/Smash 😉 and it would be a perfect segway to do Star Wars and Marvel worlds
I imprinted onto turn-based FF back in the’90s. I just don’t like the action transition, personally. DQ sticking with tradition has caused me to switch horses. Didn’t think that was possible.
Yeah lost interest in FF with FF12. As for DQ I am real hot and cold with that one, love DQ8, 11, and 4 but don't like the ones that are class change system based like DQ7.
One person's consistency is another's stagnancy. I can appreciate DQ's tried-and-true approach to JRPGs, but I won't lie that I admire FF's almost single-minded need to constantly reinvent the wheel every iteration.
I think the main issue with squeenix is their desire to, "have final fantasy reinvent and revitalize" itself when it doesn't have to. They could have made the FF7 remakes turn based and made their money just off the OG fans of the game. That and making it Sony exclusive doesn't help with sales.
Well I don't disagree with the reinvent in the idea that it is a new story and world every time around but that was the concept of FF in general. But they want to reinvent for people who are impatient.
@@KittysCat-j7x Keep spinning that. You still took turns, just mixed it up and made the enemy more aggressive and FF6 had ATB as well. You won't convince me that ATB is half action, that is an absurd argument.
@@NetflixForeign I wouldn’t call it half action, but it’s definitely a hybrid in that it introduces real time elements. It changes the experience vs fully turned based games where you can fall asleep or walk away at any time and the game will wait for your input. Real time elements also make battles less tactical, almost without fail.
I think I would read Nomura here as basically saying that, considering he’s into his 50s and video games take like 5 years to make now, he has to keep in mind that he might only really get to make one more after KH4 is finished. Two if he’s lucky.
Nomura has a crappy art style with the exception of Kingdom Hearts and the World Ends With You. Cloud was an interesting NOVEL look for FF7 but all the FF art design after this proved he was a hack and a one trick pony in those visuals. I will take Yoshitaka Amano, the man that is artistically as talented as Leonardo Da Vinci imo, versus Nomura.
You would think after the success of FF7R they would have improved upon that and what made FFXV enjoyable, instead we got a trashy GOT story with even trashier DMC style combat with FF 16. Why does SE keep hiring people that don't specialize in RPGs to make RPGs? That's like hiring an Electrician to do Architecture. While Yoshi P "fixed" 14 he definitely broke 16. If he wanted to hire from Capcom he could have at least gotten ppl who worked on Monster Hunter not DMC.
Nintendo once again punching down is, of course, unsurprising. It's just another outstandingly transparent display of how ugly they are as a company. Imagine being one of the most lucrative companies in the world, and consistently choosing to step on smaller creative people like ants for putting their own spin on a concept. I'm not a fan of Palworld, and anyone can see some of the creature designs have similarities to Pokemon, but be so for real Nintendo...you are not losing any income because of it.
Dunno if its something but Square has issued a release of the Weltall from Xenogears, this is kind of a weird thing as Square seems to have been negating Xenogears for so long.
Splitting a game into multiple parts is not a good idea, unless the subsequent parts cost significantly less. You can make sequels but each game needs to be able to stand on its own as a complete game. Even then, only games that have proven themselves should get sequels, cuz sequels also don't usually do as well as the original. The reasons for this are obvious, I don't need to spell it out.
Thing is ‘didn’t meet expectations’ doesn’t mean the games didn’t do well - it more likely means the company set unrealistic goals and budgeted poorly. A game that sells 5 million copies shouldn’t in any context be considered a failure
They expect the games to meet these expectations so they continue their nft garbage and not have to invest in multiple game projects. Let that Final Fantasy is doing just fine open the doors for them to quit their nft garbage so we can see some more care be put into their current games and bring back some of their old series to modern day. I'd love to see Vagrant Story, XenoGears, Chrono Series, Drakengard, Musashi, and others make a come back.
The thing that is particularly ominous about this is that… there’s 65 million PS5 units out there. It’s not an issue of console generation adoption. There are 65 million potential customers who are starved of content (as insane as that sounds), so the fact that neither FFXVI or Rebirth reached expectations is quite telling. What could possibly have been their sales expectations? Why didn’t those games sell enough with that big of an install base AND it’s a sequel. They did this to themselves!
I'm honestly surprised how many people have actually enjoyed FF7R. It's far from a faithful remake and they split the game into multiple installments. Even more astonishing is how people defend the games with things like, "The original had three discs" or that it's ridiculous to expect a faithful remake.
if sony had make final fantasy 7&Rebirth with the original Turnbased battlesystem maybe this would sell a lot more. Me for example i did not bought it, just for this exact reason. And the Censor was also not nessecary.
Also, I learned this week that all the Dragon Quest games are being pulled from PS Plus Extra and Premium mid-October. Probably won't affect you directly, David but your DQ fans, esp. those just getting into the franchise should be aware. Enjoy your vacation and I hope you can snag some great European exclusives
David, Palworld was never marketed as Pokemon with guns as funny as it is. "Pokemon with guns" was the community meme. Especially because "Pokemon Gun" was a meme when Nintendo released Sword & Shield. Palworld was marketed, if anything, as a funny ARK clone with a focus base building more than survival. I appreciate the inclusion but it kinda sounds like you just regurgitated an article written near Palworld's release 😓 Tbh the main surprise is that if Nintendo went after Pocketpair for patents, it means they likely couldn't find enough evidence for copyrights.
Squeenix has done this to themselves on a few different fronts. For me, this action combat system they have implemented into modern FF's is straight up garbage. Console exclusivity deals are definitely not helping them whatsoever. They also spend way too much on making these games. RPG'S don't necessarily need all of the frills like best graphics and etc.
Idk how many online arguments i had when i use to tell people that ff 16 clearly didnt meet sales expectations. The way people acted like it did when all the signs pointed to it not is astonishing. I hope they can see it now. The industry is in a place now that even "successful" games arent enough. They have to be uber successful or risk going under. The main culprit is the chase of graphic and power. Its eating itself.
Do the Palworld characters look like Pokemon? Yes. Do Pokemon look like Dragon Quest monsters before it? Yes. But Nintendo is like, nope, we own King Kong and his name is Donkey.
Nomura is in his 50s, so it is understandable that he is looking towards an endpoint in his decades long career. That said, I think "a few years" should be taken with a grain of salt. I've seen a lot of Japanese creators throw around short-sounding time frames only to stick around for another decade or two. KHIV will be launching the second saga (well, sort of second; the mobile titles in the distant past kind of feel like a 0th saga). Given that the first saga took several games and three big console releases (i-III) over the course of nearly two decades, I suspect that Nomura's not going anywhere any time soon. At this rate, I think KHIV will come out in 2026, give or take a quarter. We know that Nomura wants to make "Verum Rex" as part of this saga but was told to hold-off until after KHIV. I think that the saga has at least another 3 big console releases in it and will likely conclude sometime in the next 15 years. At this rate, Nomura won't be getting off of this train until he's in his late 60s.
I am so sick of Nintendo and their lawsuits; they've become the Disney of the video game industry, suing everyone under the sun and weaponizing childhood nostalgia to get away with it.
How the first FF7R changed the story to defy the death of character's during the Midgar arc of the original, reduces the stakes in the story. Thus, its boring, its not a remake but a reboot, and so I didnt buy it either. Probably unpopular opinion, but I think people just buy it because there's nothing else to play.
THANK YOU. This is exactly what I've been saying. I can't tell you how many discussions I've had where people tell me that remakes aren't SUPPOSED to have the same story. I'm not sure where that idea comes from, but every other remake I've bought has (either done well or poorly) kept the same storyline.
I bet if they had just released ff7 just with modernized graphics and updated (real orchestrated) music while keeping all other major mechanics (story/game play) the same, they wouldn't have had this problem.
It’s curious that Nintendo is suing for patent infringement instead of copyright. Patent tends to apply to functionality while copyright has to do with content/design.
I'm sure if they could sue for copyright, they would. Seems like that wasn't an option, so they will sue over "using a ball to capture and release a monster." Most likely will be settled out of court and Palworld will change to cages, or coconuts, or whatever to capture monsters with. The big issue is that this might scare other indie developers away from trying to produce anything in the monster taming genre.
Hey David. A couple details on the Palworld thing. You cannot patent creature design, so that's not what Nintendo is suing over. They're suing over game mechanics. Also, Palworld wasn't marketed as "Pokemon with guns". The original tech demo was, but by the time it became a real game, it was not. The media kept running with that though, which is likely why people think it was.
I'm geniunely surprised it took Nintendo so long to sue the Palworld devs. Like they could have sent a DMCA, but they are actually suing them instead. Lol. And Nintendo has yet to lose a case.
I actually can't stand that modern games limit your carrying capacity. Old school video games didn't have it. New games don't actually need it. It's just a realistic element designed to pluck your nerves. Why do that to your audience?
I think shitty FF sales is actually a great thing. The series has somehow managed to get worse every generation since the PS1. Ditching Nintendo and choosing style over substance has been a horrible decision for that series, and maybe going multiplatform on Switch 2 could be a renaissance for the series. It's a real miracle they didn't ruin Dragon Quest *knock on wood*, which has been the complete opposite to FF, arguably getting better with each iteration. Hopeium is the only sustenance I have left.
In my opinion. There is a huuuuge group of (mostly 35+ year old) gamers that kinda stopped loving the franchise after final fantasy 9 and they are really vocal about it. Yet they continue making all this high tech 3d realistic sh*t not much people like. It's almost the same situation as nintendo with their continuing support on all these motion, wave your arms move your body crap
This situations isn't as simple and straightforward as people like to say it is. You could say that SE is being ridiculous for still doing these timed exclusives and forgoing the ever growing PC/Nintendo market for Sony's diminishing platform, but that kind of ignores the reason why SE still commits to these deals in the first place. And that is mostly because in an industry that is getting harder and more more expensive to make games, it's nice to have someone cover a huge chunk of that cost for you. Losing that support and opting to go multiplatform would have significant impact on how they develop and market future titles. Which is probably a big reason why they have decided to cut back on supporting smaller AA titles. And this is no guarantee, as mentioned before, this is a changing industry reacting to changing customer sentiment. People are spending more on games, but that growth is mainly due to the increasing influence of live service and mobile games. For every blockbuster smash hit single-player game like Elden Ring, there are dozens that people forget came out the same year. It's a vicious cycle that has no good answer, but plenty of consequences. Still, their current approach is not working and they have to change, but it's not going to be easy.
On the Nintendo suit: Apparently, they're suing for a patent they applied for only after Palworld was released, which was catching creatures with a ball, which has been used in plenty of other games (World of Warcraft I know off-had has their own pokemon inspired mini-game that does the same thing), so it really screams that they were pissed Pokemon with Guns took off and invented a reason to try to sue them rather than having their actual copyright infringed.
As for Palworld, I could see a copyright lawsuit. I would like to see the proof to show that they did or didn't copy things, like using assets. Now, the patent lawsuit honestly terrifies me. And how can Nintendo do this without even saying what patents are being infringed?
You don't think they tried copyright already? This was most likely the only thing their lawyers thought they could win. Copyright is hard to prove if they didn't use your code.
lol the copyright thing failed. because if they did Dragon Quest has dibs on them because Pokemon really did rip-off designs of Dragon Quest monsters in the 90s. They're patenting a game mechanic that Pocket Pair already had with Craftopia YEARS before the patent was even submitted. Nintendo is riding on the plan that their Nintendrones in Japan will subdue and shame Pocket Pair even if they're the ones who should be sued by their logic.
When was the last time a Square game actually met their expectations? This is one of the long running jokes about them, even if a game sells 50 million copies theyll say it didnt meet expectations
They expect the games to meet these expectations so they continue their nft garbage and not have to invest in multiple game projects. Let that Final Fantasy is doing just fine open the doors for them to quit their nft garbage so we can see some more care be put into their current games and bring back some of their old series to modern day. I'd love to see Vagrant Story, XenoGears, Chrono Series, Drakengard, Musashi, and others make a come back.
The Nintendo lawsuit is weird to me because it’s a patent lawsuit not a copyright lawsuit. So it’s most likely something like the ball throwing mechanic to catch the monsters. If Nintendo wins this it’ll spell doom for any other monster catching games. Patents on game mechanics are dumb af 🤦🏻♂️
Thanks for the news as always David. I'm a bit annoyed the KH4 is supposed to be a reset though it was perplexing how they would go from the extremely convoluted story to a real world setting. Maybe it will be really good. My biggest question is how are Disney characters going to tie in? Will we get mostly Live Action type stories like say Mary Poppins?
Remake launched simultaneously on PS4 and PS5. Rebirth was PS5 exclusive. A direct sequel is already likely to underperform, and they lost a lot of potential audience who did not move to PS5. Should have started by going multiplatform. I know Rebirth is a day-1 purchase for me just based on how much I enjoyed Remake when I finally got to play it.
Good for SE, maybe next time give us what we actually want and not a Devil May Cry clone or a convoluted fan service mess of a game, FF is such a disgrace now 🚮
I can't wait for the FF9 remake. It's been a long time coming, but I just want Sony to do a remake of Legend of Dragoon, and I'll be happy. I would literally cry if they announced an LOD remake and probably will when they finally show off the FF9 remake. Honestly, it would be to their benefit to go back to the basics and what made them who we know them for, but i think they might be too far gone for that to happen. If it does, I'll be extremely happy along with a lot of other people.
Hmm. Almost as if shunning the audience that supported you for 30 years to make DMC clones instead of actual turn based RPGs ppl wanted was a bad idea. 🤔🤣
FF 7 remake is boring to death, the game is one big filler with endless empty hallways and silly side activities. Square tried to milk this story into 3 separate "games" for 70 dollars, serve them well to lose money.
David, 'panopticon' is a real world word. It describes the layout of a prision from the XIX century. It was a design by a british thinker and philisopher. Maybe as a historian this could be interesting for you. 😊😊
Wow Square Enix really is in it's flop era and ngl they need to realise that they can't soley rely on Final Fantasy anymore because it's not the same JRPG powerhouse as it used to be. Speaking of which, Is it me or is Final Fantasy having some sort of identity crisis, Especially when they're becoming more and more like a poor mans DMC. Also here's something i gotta say about Nintendo suing Palworld: "WHY NOW", They could've done it when Palworld first released, Nintendo at this are being petty and are envious that "Pokemon with guns" was the runaway success that it is.
I'm a long time fan of the Final Fantasy series but I'm not buying a Playstation to play those games. I can get FF1 through 12 (minus FF11) on my Switch and that's good enough for me for now. Edit: I don't think anyone is surprised Nintendo is suing Palworld. Totally justified in my mind.
Of course, Square Enix didn't meet expectations with Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Square has abandoned their loyal fans and chased trends and different genres with their main IPs. What did they expect? Final Fantasy games mostly sell because they pump a lot of money into their production values and marketing. FF7's only appeal is nostalgia-replace the characters in these games with something different, and it would sell even less. Miraculously, there is still some valuable brand recognition with the Final Fantasy name, though it has been eroding for a decade now in the single-player space, with Final Fantasy XV being a major catalyst for this. FF XV made a lot of money on brand trust, but the game was one of the worst open-world games, even for its time. It had a boring combat system, pointless driving mechanics, awful side quests and interactivity, and a disjointed, confusing story that required consuming other pieces of media as well as buying additional DLC. Yes, fans bought the game, but they stopped buying FF games after this, which is how we typically see consumer responses in the game industry.
When you say they've abandoned fans, do you mean like the combat system or what? What do you think they should be doing instead of what they are currently doing? I'm just curious
The battle system is what turns me way off from all the modern FF games. I'm way more excited for Romancing Saga 2, than FFVII Rebirth. Seriously, I don't mind action style, but even Crisis Core had it better.
FF7 Rebirth is really good game,but IMO too many teaser like trailer and screenshot of the games, long before the game release..just make 1 trailer of the game,1 or 3month before the game release,and release the game worldwide in steam and playstation
Nintendo is on some bullshit with that lawsuit if you ask me. I hope they lose. Also Square gotta stop shooting for the moon with their titles that's the big issu here.
My thoughts on Nin vs Pal Nintendo has been playing with fire with fans for years now 🤔. This might be the straw that breaks the camels back for them though. This is clearly malicious and an attempt to silence any competition. Straight up vestiges litigation. If they win the entire gaming industry is at stake and this also opens the door for them to be sued by companies for the same thing. (i.e atlus sueing them for copying their monster catching gimmick, digimon suing them for portable monster care, dragon quest sueing them for leveling different creatures besides the main cast). They are playing a dangerous game and if they win there officially become no rules on what can be patented in the gaming industry.
A FFX-3 would be cool if the combat was like X-1. Though I hated the equipment system in X-1 and would prefer the accessory equipment system in X-2 but you can increase the number of accessory slots.
Sqaure enix released 2 mainline final fantanies back to back it will take time to sell. But they should have known this since the sales of the 13 trilogy in which the other 2 squeals sold way less than the first game. Also rpgs are niche and square hasn't learned that they aren't in the 90's and early 2000's anymore gamers tastes have changed along with them having way too long dev times causing their audience to grow out. Falcom knows this but square enix doesnt and will never get this as they keep thinking they are the best dev in town.
Regarding Palworld patent charges- claiming a patent for creature mounting is ridiculous, all kinds of games do that. Palworld doesn't copy the Pokemon fighting system, which is turn-based. And another game, Ark: Survival Evolved, has an item to capture tamed creatures and summon them while out in a field. The May 2021 Pokemon patent clearly referenced Legends: Arceus, but Ark already had this mechanic beforehand. The creature designs reportedly took a month for each one and were known about for years before release, so if there was truly infringement there, Nintendo would have acted before Palworld released. So none of those things hold water. Basically, its all going to hinge on the use of a handheld ball for capturing and summoning in Palworld, similarly to Pokemon. There's no doubt that the first thing that comes to mind here is Pokemon, from both a gameplay mechanic and aesthetic point of view. But the specific way the August 2024 Pokemon patent explains it does not indicate a handheld ball for capturing or summoning creatures, just an "item." This is so vague that it could apply to anything with a real-time creature capturing and summoning system on an open field. Why they didn't specifically indicate a handheld ball in the patent, I have no idea, because that would have been checkmate in cases like Palworld. Now, I'm not so sure they have a solid case. I think its pretty obvious that Nintendo is throwing around its weight as the 800 lb gorilla because they feel that future profits for the Pokemon series are threatened by having an actual competitor, now that perceptions have weakened following Scarlet&Violet. Nintendo has lost before against Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc, which made the Game Genie. The giant is capable of being defeated. The future of the creature capturing genre rests upon Nintendo's defeat here. Otherwise, Nintendo will exert a total monopoly upon it.
I dont think they need actual legitimate cause to win most of their lawsuits, what they normally do is bully smaller companies or individuals with a lawsuit that has enough traction not to get dismissed out of hand and drown the said company in legal fees till they are force to surrender to nintendos demands. A patent claim in video game mechanics is such a vague concept that it gets inforced in such broad strokes, this is why nobody has made anything even close to the nemesis system from shadow of mordor. Its immoral tbh.
@@omegaman182 Nintendo did not even serve Pocketpair any explicit terms on what patents were violated. Other people in the public just figured out what the patents in question probably are with a little research. Nintendo didn't set a precedent on the mechanics in question because its been done before their patents were approved. So their case is not decisive even on its face... At this point, Pocketpair has more than enough funds to withstand a protracted legal battle. In addition to this, according to former Blizzard consultant Florian Mueller, this case probably will not result in a simple settlement. It could even take years to resolve. I think that's plausible- its too late for this to be an open and shut case. Nintendo can't just shut down Palworld like they have other products in obvious infringement cases regarding pirating, Switch emulation, various hacks, and independently made games and videos using their IP. They've had 2 years to do that since the Palworld trailer publicly released. But they didn't do anything and Palworld became a breakout success- now its a real competitor. I think that's why Nintendo is taking action, they don't want it to potentially take away from future Pokemon series sales now that its been one-upped a bit. Frankly, Nintendo should be putting the funds they're spending on this legal battle into making the next mainline Pokemon an actually polished experience instead of the mess that Scarlet&Violet was.
Totally not hype about a potential Grandia announcement... Who am i kidding! TOTALLY HYPED!! Now if only Capcom would do something with the Breath of Fire series.
Square enix and their expectations... on ps5 only. Also, still on Square enix, they are releasing a new Weltall figurine... possible Xenogears remaster / remake to come?
