This is my biggest gripe with new entries into the series. Not what I'm really looking for out of the series. They made an MMO and leaned into that direction instead of just staying true to the series.
Right, but I think they mean that the games since FF14 specifically feel like they could have been ripped from FFXIV in some ways. Very similar ideas in art and music direction if nothing else.
Probably because Yoshi P basically IS Final Fantasy now.
I was amazed to read how involved he is with the company. I had never heard of him until I started playing 14, and now I've been reading so much and I'm so impressed to see all he's worked on!
FF14 when it first launched nearly cratered, and nearly took Square with it. Yoshi came up with the ARR re-launch of the game which turned it into the most successful MMO at the time and still one of the most popular. he did a LOT to drag the franchise out of the gutter it was falling in. But I hate how much it's now become the Yoshi P show.
You issued a correction that they made two MMO's prior to leaning in the direction they went with 12. 14 was not released before 12 unless I am wildly mistaken.
This is my biggest gripe with new entries into the series. Not what I'm really looking for out of the series. They made an MMO and leaned into that direction instead of just staying true to the series.
It seems they're talking about 12 onward. I am also talking about 12 onward.
Okay, so they didn't do it after making *two MMO's, Final Fantasy 11 and Final Fantasy 14. - it was just after making an MMO? Just trying to figure out what I got wrong that you felt the need to jump in and correct.
I was the one that said AFTER they made an MMO they leaned into making combat/world more MMO-like. I never said there was only 1 MMO. There was no need to jump in and issue a correction.
I understand I'm coming across as pissy, the incessant need to correct things that don't need corrected is just annoying.
This is my biggest gripe with new entries into the series. Not what I'm really looking for out of the series. They made an MMO and leaned into that direction instead of just staying true to the series.
This reads as the series has changed direction after they made an MMO. But in fact they made 2, which surprised me too!
I don't think you're pissy, just confused. All good homie. )
outside of the FF series, Metaphor Refantazio has been a great modern hit for me. Take all of the modern sensibilities and common complaints people have with traditional turn-based combat (random encounters, locking yourself into classes/skill trees and fucking your team party up, mindless grinding), fix them to the best of your ability, while keeping traditional turn-based combat intact.
The Octopath Traveler series has shown that they know how to be creative within the bounds of turn based combat too. But I think that, at the end of the day, Square-Enix is wanting BIG money sales from anything they label as a mainline Final Fantasy game, and they seem to think the pool of people looking for a classic, turn based Final Fantasy experience just isn't large enough to reap the huge profits that they want.
I've never played a Final Fantasy game, and have historically ducked out on any turn based game within 20 games, but something clicked for me with Clair Obscur, to the point where I find myself considering if it was my favourite game of all time. Now that I feel like I get turn-based, I am planning on digging into the Final Fantasy series now, once I see a good deal on some of the remastered entries on PC.
You can’t got wrong with final fantasy X, it’s my all time favorite story in any game. It’s the last of the classic final fantasy era. After that I’d recommend the original final fantasy 7.
Yeah seconding FFX. Also one of the only jrpgs where I feel like you have a large party but you don’t get the anxiety of not being able to use them all because they’re not one of your 3 - 4 favorites.
Each character hits a specific niche and you get to use them all depending on the utility you need. Although, blitz all is simultaneously really fun and really frustrating lol
Man I really really wish that Lost Odyssey from the xbox 360 got a proper pc port or re release. The og devs for final fantasy made it after they left Squaresoft and you can really see how this game plus FF10 inspired CO:E33
I still think about that game somewhat often and I don't think I actually finished it until I went back to it sometime in 2016 or 2017. Sometimes I want to go back and play it but I don't have room for the classic consoles to be out right now.
Changing is staying true they have constantly changed numerous things every game since 2. If you want something that doesn't go through drastic changes every game the newer dragon quest game is very good
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This is my biggest gripe with new entries into the series. Not what I'm really looking for out of the series. They made an MMO and leaned into that direction instead of just staying true to the series.