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MarkusRJR · Jun 29, 2017

Wow wtf @ all 6 panels of the Google Play front page taken up by this game. That doesn't even happen for massive games.

True Fire said:
Persona 4 was a lot worse haha. I'm expecting Persona 5: Singing in the Shower any day now.

To be fair, the Persona 4 spin-offs were actually good unlike these.

norm9 · Jun 29, 2017

Almost bit the free bullet on this game even though it looked like every other free game. The reviews on play store are absolutely shredding it though so I downloaded South Park Phone Destroyer instead.

yunbuns · Jun 29, 2017

LordKano said:
I swear every day there's embarassing news related to Final Fantasy XV and it keep getting worse.

Honestly hyperbole regarding this game like this is more embarrassing.

Toth · Jun 29, 2017

PshycoNinja said:
This was announced a long time ago. This isn't new news.

And soft released a few months back. Nothing new. Bets to just ignore it if its of no interest to you.

Soul of the Beast · Jun 29, 2017

Square....what are you doing...please...

Yoshichan said:
Okay so I saw the gif in the OP where Noctis was fighting the flan and I was like "shit. Not bad. Gotta try this out."

I finally figure out how to enter the proving grounds and the action game begins. Noctis goes flying towards the flan and hits it with his sword. Once.

Once.

Then I get this message:

https://m.imgur.com/a/lHiqa

Jdlskfodlfororofkcpep hahahahhhhahhahah

3c12d9bdb33b2971ba2a67a5434f2b1fca52787d278c464ba4b9d751ac46ae06.jpg

Took you only 15 seconds to take that photo, that's pretty funny to me for some reason.

Kyari · Jun 29, 2017

seems like a really obvious question but I assume this is all non-canonical.

Seik · Jun 29, 2017

Wow those GIFs look good, I think I'll----

Yoshichan said:
Okay so I saw the gif in the OP where Noctis was fighting the flan and I was like "shit. Not bad. Gotta try this out."

I finally figure out how to enter the proving grounds and the action game begins. Noctis goes flying towards the flan and hits it with his sword. Once.

Once.

Then I get this message:

https://m.imgur.com/a/lHiqa

Jdlskfodlfororofkcpep hahahahhhhahhahah

pass.

Nirolak · Jun 29, 2017

MarkusRJR said:
Wow wtf @ all 6 panels of the Google Play front page taken up by this game. That doesn't even happen for massive games.

To be fair, the Persona 4 spin-offs were actually good unlike these.

MachineZone's previous two games both make around $1 billion per year (individually).

Dambrosi · Jul 4, 2017

Hmm. Is this game (if it is, indeed, a game) illegal in the UK/everywhere? Fuck knows, but the Final Fantasy Peasant seems to be A Little Bit Upset about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAlgwdl_New
(Be warned, it's a 21-minute ranty vid, so YMMV)

Koozek · Jul 4, 2017

Lunafreya Nox Fleuret · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

.....what the hell, lmao!

Keym · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

Is this the free story DLC they've been planning?

Deleted member 20920 · Jul 4, 2017

Since the bros are in Insomnia during the invasion, it's obvious that is this actually Versus xiii and not XV.

The Last One · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

LMAO the first gif.

BasilZero · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

Omg, I am laughing out loud at this.

That first gif, that thing just did me in lmao.

Edit: That second gif lmao - such great budget lol

DarkLordMalik · Jul 4, 2017

This one is in the top grossing apps on the iOS store in NA. Makes me sad to be honest.

Also the Facebook ads are giving me seizure since they are literally everywhere when I browse Facebook and the videos each have millions of views. Who is financing and marketing the game?

Crossing Eden · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

"We literally have no budget." And ironically those two gifs seriously do a good job of summing up the treatment of women in this game.

Wilsongt · Jul 4, 2017

Evony: Final Fantasy XV edition, my lord.

Keym · Jul 4, 2017

DarkLordMalik said:
This one is in the top grossing apps on the iOS store in NA. Makes me sad to be honest.

Also the Facebook ads are giving me seizure since they are literally everywhere when I browse Facebook and the videos each have millions of views. Who is financing and marketing the game?

This is it. This is how videogames die.

Pinko Marx · Jul 4, 2017

Keym said:
This is it. This is how videogames die.

Video games would be dead by now if mobile is killing them.

Blackleg-sanji1 · Jul 4, 2017

Keym said:
This is it. This is how videogames die.

I know y'all hate it but to be honest this is the opposite of how games die. There's a reason all these companies are starting to use their ips on mobile

Ganon Dragmire · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

Joqu · Jul 4, 2017

Ganon Dragmire said:

Yeah that about sums it up

Strangelove77 · Jul 4, 2017

What a piece of shit.

Gunblade47 · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

Is this the Need for Speed Underground remake dozens of us have been waiting for!?

Koozek · Jul 4, 2017

Crossing Eden said:
"We literally have no budget." And ironically those two gifs seriously do a good job of summing up the treatment of women in this game.

Strangelove77 said:
What a piece of shit.

Vashetti · Jul 4, 2017

I trust none of you have spent money on this.

True Fire · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

Are these the new story cutscenes Tabata promised?

mortal · Jul 4, 2017

Christ....

JC Lately · Jul 4, 2017

Everyday, we stray further from Cosmos' light.

Arkeband · Jul 4, 2017

Vashetti said:
I trust none of you have spent money on this.

This is GAF, there will be some dude going "DAY ONE takemymoneyfry.jpg"

JC Lately · Jul 4, 2017

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
I know y'all hate it but to be honest this is the opposite of how games die. There's a reason all these companies are starting to use their ips on mobile

Because its a low-cost, low effort clone of a million other low cost low effort endeavors rife with casino-level player manipulation designed to get people to shell out hundreds of dollars in perpetuity? Because a whole generation of gamers have been successfully indoctrinated into paying for a service forever that they never own, instead of a product that they pay for once and own forever?

They call us whales, but we're really just sheep.

rhandino · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

Poor Luna, she cant catch a break

Blackleg-sanji1 · Jul 4, 2017

JC Lately said:
Because its a low-cost, low effort clone of a million other low cost low effort endeavors rife with casino-level player manipulation designed to get people to shell out hundreds of dollars in perpetuity? Because a whole generation of gamers have been successfully indoctrinated into paying for a service forever that they never own, instead of a product that they pay for once and own forever?

They call us whales, but we're really just sheep.

Yes continue to hate mobile all y'all want not going nowhere. I could go into the positives but what's the point it'll get hand waved away and I don't feel like explaining why I don't feel like explaining

Ydelnae · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

The way Luna gets thrown away lmaoooo

Permanently A · Jul 4, 2017

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
Yes continue to hate mobile all y'all want not going nowhere. I could go into the positives but what's the point it'll get hand waved away and I don't feel like explaining why I don't feel like explaining

I play lots of mobile games, I like the long term progression and bite sized gameplay. However I have a hard rule not to spend money especially after reading all the ways they use psychological tricks to extract money from players.

What are some of the positives that you feel people don't appreciate?

RecRoulette · Jul 4, 2017

There's nothing to unlock in proper FFXV by playing this right?

Keym · Jul 4, 2017

JC Lately said:
Because its a low-cost, low effort clone of a million other low cost low effort endeavors rife with casino-level player manipulation designed to get people to shell out hundreds of dollars in perpetuity? Because a whole generation of gamers have been successfully indoctrinated into paying for a service forever that they never own, instead of a product that they pay for once and own forever?

They call us whales, but we're really just sheep.

Konami was ahead of the game.

Blackleg-sanji1 · Jul 4, 2017

Permanently A said:
I play lots of mobile games, I like the long term progression and bite sized gameplay. However I have a hard rule not to spend money especially after reading all the ways they use psychological tricks to extract money from players.

What are some of the positives that you feel people don't appreciate?

I don't play mobile games can't handle the small screen let alone pay extra money. However let's take Nintendo releasing fire emblem on mobile or Pokémon go, Mario run etc it raises brand awareness to the younger and even the older generation. Sony just released everybody's golf on mobile now that'll be on ppls minds in japan(a mobile focused place) when the console game releases the next month. I don't care about the micro transactions and what not but others enjoy to pay for them, which in turn helps fund the games I do enjoy to play. At this point ppl know what they're getting into with mobile gaming and it hasn't died down. If the soon to be mobile versions of wild arms,ape escape etc help raise that brands awareness to where I can get those ips on consoles I'm all for it

I rather the micro transactions in mobile games than in a console one and since console development budget keeps increasing this is what these companies are going to do to ensure they make money at this point

JC Lately · Jul 4, 2017

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
Yes continue to hate mobile all y'all want not going nowhere. I could go into the positives but what's the point it'll get hand waved away and I don't feel like explaining why I don't feel like explaining

Of course it's not going anywhere. It makes too much money for much less effort and upfront cost. It's simple capitalism. Why spend 3-5 years making a AAA game that only going to drop in price 3 months after release and continue to fall, when you can shit out an envoy clone in a year and people will happily pay you hundreds of dollars for months and years for the privilege of making timers go faster on nonexistent gameplay. I know what I would do if I was calling a shots.

Doesn't make make the manipulative IAP systems and less bullshit just because it works so well.

Ydelnae · Jul 4, 2017

RecRoulette said:
There's nothing to unlock in proper FFXV by playing this right?

As far as I know, it's not connected to the main game in any way, not even rewards like the Justice Five game. Playing this makes you appreciate actual gaming, if anything.

Nirolak · Jul 4, 2017

DarkLordMalik said:
This one is in the top grossing apps on the iOS store in NA. Makes me sad to be honest.

Also the Facebook ads are giving me seizure since they are literally everywhere when I browse Facebook and the videos each have millions of views. Who is financing and marketing the game?

MachineZone is making it.

Their other two games (Game of War and Mobile Strike) make over a billion dollars a year each, which is why Square Enix wanted to partner with them so badly.

This will quite possibly be the most successful game Square Enix is ever associated with, even a hundred years from now, if it takes off like MachineZone's other games did.

Mind, the catch here is that this market is a bit saturated outside Japan, so hitting that is not especially likely.

MachineZone wanted to make this to reach the Japanese audience, if you're curious about their incentive.

Permanently A · Jul 4, 2017

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
I don't play mobile games can't handle the small screen let alone pay extra money. However let's take Nintendo releasing fire emblem on mobile or Pokémon go, Mario run etc it raises brand awareness to the younger and even the older generation. Sony just released everybody's golf on mobile now that'll be on ppls minds in japan(a mobile focused place) when the console game releases the next month. I don't care about the micro transactions and what not but others enjoy to pay for them, which in turn helps fund the games I do enjoy to play. At this point ppl know what they're getting into with mobile gaming and it hasn't died down. If the soon to be mobile versions of wild arms,ape escape etc help raise that brands awareness to where I can get those ips on consoles I'm all for it

I rather the micro transactions in mobile games than in a console one and since console development budget keeps increasing this is what these companies are going to do to ensure they make money at this point

That's a fair point on the brand awareness front, but I think the micro transactions aren't coming in full force to console games because they're $60 already. And even then you have loot box psuedo gacha systems entering $60 games now, first cosmetic only with Overwatch and now with gameplay changing items in Battlefront 2.

What I'm saying is, the mobile "quarantine" isn't quite as secure as you might think it is.

JC Lately · Jul 4, 2017

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
I don't play mobile games can't handle the small screen let alone pay extra money. However let's take Nintendo releasing fire emblem on mobile or Pokémon go, Mario run etc it raises brand awareness to the younger and even the older generation. Sony just released everybody's golf on mobile now that'll be on ppls minds in japan(a mobile focused place) when the console game releases the next month. I don't care about the micro transactions and what not but others enjoy to pay for them, which in turn helps fund the games I do enjoy to play. At this point ppl know what they're getting into with mobile gaming and it hasn't died down. If the soon to be mobile versions of wild arms,ape escape etc help raise that brands awareness to where I can get those ips on consoles I'm all for it

I rather the micro transactions in mobile games than in a console one and since console development budget keeps increasing this is what these companies are going to do to ensure they make money at this point

Pokémon Go Was a fluke, and Fire Emblem owes more to Awakening and Fates than it does to Heroes. Nobody bought Mario Run, but hype (or awareness if you prefer) for Odyssey is off the charts because its freakin Mario on the Switch.

This "brand awareness" argument doesn't really pan out. Where was the surge in demand for the Kingdom Hearts remasteres promoted by KH Union Cross? How many DQ are on moblie now? Didnt really help the 3DS releases of VII and VIII did it? What's the sales surge for FF XV caused by this game? Or maybe preorders for FFXII the Zodiac Age got a nice bump? No? Huh.

Twookie · Jul 4, 2017

Koozek said:

holy fuck that is super funny

Deepwater · Jul 4, 2017

I've played a lot of mobages and this one sucks. City building with exactly 0 things to do after adding something new to the build queue. I never played Game of War but I don't see how this is enjoyable for anybody

UtterlyPerplexed · Jul 4, 2017

Decent franchises like Deus Ex are iced because the publisher deems its latest entry to have underperformed relative to what its probable lofty expectations were. Meanwhile MachineZone and its ilk are able to extract billions per year from gullible idiots with low-effort psychological weapons that coerce the weak into consistently shelling out exorbitant sums of money just to avoid having to stare at timers and continue that illusion of "playing" the game. It's moments like this that make me remember: oh yeah, capitalism is a zero-sum game and isn't fair, even if my mentioning of Deus Ex is rather unrelated to this particular topic.

Lord of Ostia · Jul 4, 2017

Nirolak said:
MachineZone is making it.

Their other two games (Game of War and Mobile Strike) make over a billion dollars a year each, which is why Square Enix wanted to partner with them so badly.

This will quite possibly be the most successful game Square Enix is ever associated with, even a hundred years from now, if it takes off like MachineZone's other games did.

Mind, the catch here is that this market is a bit saturated outside Japan, so hitting that is not especially likely.

MachineZone wanted to make this to reach the Japanese audience, if you're curious about their incentive.

Is a FFXV tie in really going to make waves in the Japanese market Though? Obviously the Final Fantasy brand is powerful in Japan, but is the FFXV brand specifically that popular?

Darkstorne · Jul 4, 2017

Nirolak said:
MachineZone is making it.

Their other two games (Game of War and Mobile Strike) make over a billion dollars a year each, which is why Square Enix wanted to partner with them so badly.

This will quite possibly be the most successful game Square Enix is ever associated with, even a hundred years from now, if it takes off like MachineZone's other games did.

Mind, the catch here is that this market is a bit saturated outside Japan, so hitting that is not especially likely.

MachineZone wanted to make this to reach the Japanese audience, if you're curious about their incentive.

So we could genuinely be looking at the best selling, most profitable, most played, Final Fantasy game ever made?

*Shudder*

Garrett Hawke · Jul 4, 2017

This is utterly terrible and I deleted it before finishing the tutorial.

I would be surprised if SE even made back their investment in this trash.

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