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2013-05-28, 19:20 | Link #233 | ||
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I'm trying to visualize a trailer for Versus that shows gameplay at E3 and it just isn't coming to mind as something that could conceivably happen and I draw a blank. At this point I'm just so used to Square Enix blowing golden opportunities to execute a positive PR moment that I just cannot see them doing it. Like I just cannot visualize Square Enix actually doing something that involves....something. Do they even do that sort of thing anymore?
In all seriousness though and more positive news regarding Square Enix's dust in the wind fortunes I just came across this article earlier today and I have to say it almost sounds like this Matsuda guy might have a clue and could conceivably start to turn the company around if he's successful. The specific passage I liked was: Quote:
It also sounds like this might mark the end of the now seemingly ill-fated Fabula Nova Crystallis project which when I first played FFXIII I suggested to a friend was set up as a misguided gambit to try to attract the CoD audience with it's leaning towards small streamlined maps, flashy graphics, canned animations and semi-rail guided pacing. The potential downside for this from Western gamer perspective though is of course that it could mean that Square Enix has gotten the wrong message that Western gamers are no longer interested in what they could be offering and that it could mean even fewer overseas releases from a company that has already apparently all but given up on releasing some of it's recent Japanese hits overseas. Were it not for Nintendo we would not be getting Bravely Default after all and that thought scares me. What gives me hope that Matsuda does get it though is the "Japanese games being free to be Japanese" passage, but I guess we'll see in due time what they plan to do. Also here's one more quote from Matsuda that came out today: Quote:
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2013-05-29, 10:29 | Link #237 |
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http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/29...fantasy-games/
Famitsu Provides Development Status Update On Final Fantasy Games. Final Fantasy X HD – 80% Final Fantasy X-2 HD – 65% Final Fantasy VIII (PC) – 80% Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – 70% They didn't mention Versus... |
2013-05-29, 10:52 | Link #238 | |
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Besides FFXIII's linearity has little to do with CoD, you forget that FFX was nearly just as linear. It hid better that's all, it's still as Japanese as FF has ever been. I don't SE does westernization anymore either, their last attempt was Mindjack and that was like 3 years ago. |
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2013-05-29, 11:29 | Link #240 | |
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Even then, they still develop games other than RPGs like Idolm@ster, Soul Calibur, and Naruto/One Piece beatemups compared to companies like Atlus and SE who develop primarily RPGs with very few exceptions. Back on to Versus, if they haven't scrapped development for it, more than likely it'll just a prettier version of Kingdom Hearts' combat since that seems to be all SE is capable of in terms of action games. Last edited by Shadow5YA; 2013-05-29 at 12:21. |
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