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[Aquamarine]

Guys, this game won't run on my iphone

Well at least it's a video game...that's something...right?

 

[Aeana]

How come SE won't make RPGs anymore for consoles or handhelds? ;/

They will, but they are unlikely to announce via a countdown.

 

[MrDenny]

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Me too. It'll look really good on the boxart.

citizenkaneclap.gif

 

[Darkmakaimura]

LOL someone just posted "NEOGAF Believe" in the Twitter feed.

 

[R_thanatos]

don't go negator .. you were hoping , but this isn't the end yet ...

 

[Levyne]

They will, but they are unlikely to announce via a countdown.

Instead, they will announce them before development starts

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Why does that matter? They made a whole lot of amazing portable games.

So like SE?

 

[Oersted]

S-E has partnered with Yahoo Japan on several browser games in the past. Some of them are even pretty good. Not that anyone here would be interested in them, since they're in Japanese, require you to play with Japanese players, and need a Japanese Yahoo account.

Thank you for the background, really appreciated. Game could be interesting.

 

[Midou]

Why does that matter? They made a whole lot of amazing portable games.

It's never quite the same. I wasn't super into devil survivor anyways. SMTIV looks cool, but not much else has a proper SMT feel to me. Strangest Journey was pretty neat too, but was kind of underwhelming.

 

[Aeana]

Let's put it this way. If they announced this out of the blue, nobody would have even looked at it. Doing it via a countdown drew massive attention to it. And it seems to work every time.

 

[Teknopathetic]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

 

[Swifty]

So new rule guys! A countdown on a Square Enix webpage means announcement of a mobile or social title.

 

[Meccanical]

How come SE won't make RPGs anymore for consoles or handhelds? ;/

They do, they just need to have Lightning in it first.

 

[chickdigger802]

now I want infinity space 2.

 

[LuuKyK]

lol yeah, I don't even know why we get hyped for these countdowns, everything pointed to something not that relevant anyway.

Oh well, the music in the promotional video is cool at least. lol

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

Copying a bad game like ogame and putting cards is not interesting.

If you troll do it right!

 

[Aeana]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

I think you're going to be alone on that one in a thread like this.

 

[vagabondarts]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

You are trying to breathe new life into this thread.
I love it.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

shots fired, cranky old manual quoting shenaniganator

 

[Levyne]

That statement is so absurdly absolute it doesn't even warrant a response

shit

 

[Meccanical]

I was hyped for the mobage game personally, ya'll are just haters.

Excuse me while I don't play it.

 

[MechaX]

Let's put it this way. If they announced this out of the blue, nobody would have even looked at it. Doing it via a countdown drew massive attention to it. And it seems to work every time.

But if it only works on Japanese browsers, wouldn't be more effective to just advertise it through Famitsu or something (or just not through a countdown) to get a similar result as opposed to adding more fuel to the fire for people observing this abroad?

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

Oh Tek.

 

[jackal27]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

Bahahaha! I'm really hoping this is some amazing trolling.

 

[brainpann]

Atlus and its 0 console RPGs this gen.

Ugh, your right. I didnt realize that all their RPG's have been on handhelds.

but still...

 

[Aeana]

But if it only works on Japanese browsers, wouldn't be more effective to just advertise it through Famitsu or something (or just not through a countdown) to get a similar result as opposed to adding more fuel to the fire for people observing this abroad?

Nope, this was definitely more effective than that. They'll advertise it elsewhere after this for additional coverage.

 

[LuuKyK]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

Whaaaaaaaaa...

You can't be serious.

 

[Meccanical]

Whaaaaaaaaa...

You can't be serious.

He's so serial.

 

[magash]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

Now lets see who falls for this

 

[GAMERG0D]

Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game.

lol

 

[thetrin]

I'll probably check this out. Already signed up for the beta. I like a browser game once in a while.

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

Your trolling is like your opinions: bad.

 

[Emitan]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

If no one likes their games how come we are getting a second FFXIII sequel? Check mate.

 

[jackal27]

So like SE?

Sure! I enjoyed a lot of the DS stuff they put out and I'm pretty happy with that. Still, it's been a long while since they put out something truly note-worthy. I feel like Atlus pretty much always has something at least interesting if not amazing on the horizon.

 

[lazybones18]

It's okay guys, there's still hope in the Theaterhythm teaser site

 

[MagiusNecros]

LONG HAVE I WAITED FOR A NEW BROWSER GAME!

Spoiler

4 hours of my life. WASTED. GONE. *pouts*

 

[Ezalc]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

Ohyou.jpg.

 

[EDarkness]

How come SE won't make RPGs anymore for consoles or handhelds? ;/

Too much money spent on MMOs. All they can do are cheap Flash card collecting games.

 

[scy]

Better than I expected.

The reactions, that is.

 

[Meccanical]

If no one likes their games how come we are getting a second FFXIII sequel? Check mate.

Because people buy anything with the name Final Fantasy on it, and then go on the internet to complain about how it's bad, and then by the next game because it has Final Fantasy on it.

 

[duckroll]

What are some of the good ones? Anyone can sign up for a Yahoo Japan account right? Not one of those that require a Japanese address kind?

I've played Monster Dragon before, but not for long. The production values are pretty nice for a browser game, and there seems to be more strategy and system design than a normal card game: http://monsterdragon.jp/

I haven't tried Crystal Conquest yet though, but it has always looked interesting to me since they announced it: http://crystalconquest.jp/

 

[Midou]

Too much money spent on MMOs. All they can do are cheap Flash card collecting games.

Yes. Big risk / big reward ventures are not in Square's best interest. Especially after Spirits Within.

 

[jackal27]

I'll probably check this out. Already signed up for the beta. I like a browser game once in a while.

You're only lying to yourself bro.

 

[Meccanical]

Yes. Big risk / big reward ventures are not in Square's best interest. Especially after Spirits Within.

You would think their delusions of grandeur would be fully crushed after that, but nope!

 

[Despera]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

Edit: Oh, I thought you were serious.

 

[Seda]

make sure the list is updated

 

[Eusis]

If no one likes their games how come we are getting a second FFXIII sequel? Check mate.

If Toriyama likes it that's all they need.

(I'll probably get and enjoy Lightning's Return actually.)

To be fair, SE green-lit a Drakengard sequel and you would be hard pressed to find a significant audience that actually enjoyed that game outside of its batshit story.

And excised the best part, of course. But then we got NieR and everything was set right.

 

[MechaX]

Nope, this was definitely more effective than that. They'll advertise it elsewhere after this for additional coverage.

I suppose; I can't see if the Japanese posters on Twitter are raging or actually excited and/or interested about it. And since it's free, that's more potential bites. I still think from a reputational standpoint, encouraging the trend of countdown disappointments is not quite effective for the company as a whole in some situations, but to each his/her own.

If no one likes their games how come we are getting a second FFXIII sequel? Check mate.

To be fair, SE green-lit a Drakengard sequel and you would be hard pressed to find a significant audience that actually enjoyed that game outside of its batshit story.

 

[djplaeskool]

I don't get why anyone paid attention to this countdown. Square Enix (or either separate) hasn't made a single good game. If anything, these dumpy looking browser games are probably the most interesting thing they've made in their 30-ish year history.

 

[Midou]

You would think their delusions of grandeur would be fully crushed after that, but nope!

I guess after they had one successful MMO they thought they could get away with a second, but then why would they have made it such garbage after spending 8 years making the first one good?

I'm sure not even Square Enix knows.

 

[Emitan]

guys i just want nier 2

i don't care if its a browser game