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Square Enix announcing several games at E3
- Thread starter Nirolak
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jimmypython
Member
Hiroyuki Ito.
SE please let the man out of the cave....
Being both credited as the director of FF6, it is amazing how different his fate in the company is from Kitase's....His FF titles post FF6 (FF9, FF12) are way more appealing to me than Kitase's (FF8, FF10).
SE please let the man out of the cave....
Being both credited as the director of FF6, it is amazing how different his fate in the company is from Kitase's....His FF titles post FF6 (FF9, FF12) are way more appealing to me than Kitase's (FF8, FF10).
APZonerunner
Member
I think it's a little from column A and a little from column B, really. There's undoubtedly a very strong market for medieval fantasy RPGs - no doubt SE is looking at things like Skyrim, Dragon Age and the Witcher - and that's bound to factor into whatever decision SE makes. The adjustment in FF15's direction under Tabata and even some of the things about the shape and style of Lightning Returns make plain they are paying a lot of attention to Western studios - especially Bethesda and Bioware - closely. I imagine with W3's success they'll be analysing what makes that game and CD Projekt tick too. They've plainly realized Japan has had a rough time of it the past decade and are trying very hard indeed to learn, which is hugely commendable.
But beyond that, as well, it's actually been a long while since we've had this style of game from them in single-player anyway. FF15 has its realistic world with fantasy elements, FF13 has a sci-fi-meets-nature sort of thing going on with its split world. It's been a long time since FF12 and FF9. Square are also more acutely aware than ever that some people aren't happy with the realistic aspects of FF15 thanks to the streams, surveys and other feedback - Tabata himself has acknowledged this - and I'm sure the company at large will be keen to remind people that FF is broader than any one game.
Beyond that, I also think if you look at the pool of talent available around Square not on 15, you start to get a picture that those people tend to trend towards that style anyway. People like Ito (6, 9, 12 - though I'm beginning to suspect he's not involved), both Yoshidas (12, and 12/14 respectively) and such all seem to have leaned more towards that sort of style and setting. My creeping suspicion as far as FF16 goes is that they'll pair a known 'name' producer (N. Yoshida? Kitase? Ito?) with a relatively unknown director who has maybe worked on smaller titles - purely because of how successful their campaign of introducing Tabata as exciting fresh new blood has been. They'll want to repeat that, but if it's somebody without Tabata's handheld FF pedigree, they'll probably pair them with a safe pair of FF brand hands as well. There's a decent pool of talent who worked on their DS games, or their string of second-tier console games last gen like The Last Remnant, Nier, and so on, that could be drawn from there and potentially breathe a fresh new perspective into a new FF game. This'd be the first time that's happened on that scale in the series since FF7/8, where Sakaguchi began to step away, and that'd be significant.
Anyway... I'd put a fair bit of stock into the idea that whenever FF16 shows up if it isn't anything to do with Agni it'll have a FF12/14 sort of artistic look & setting. I personally would love them to make another whimsical game like 9 and take some chances on some not-uniform character design and such, but I don't think it'll happen in the main series for a long time, if ever again.
BasilZero
Member
Please announce FFXII IZJS HD
I need it. I need it so bad.
This but I have a feeling we might see something in reference to the ff13 trilogy...
the black pearl
Member
legitimate sleeping dogs sequel
Doug Heffernan
Member
Kane & Lynch 3. lol
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
I second this
But updated graphics please
At least we have Naoki Yoshida, who seems to be doing very similar things.
Actually, FFXIII-2 tried many WRPG staples
- dialogue choices (lol)
- multiple alternate endings
- DLC cosmetics (arguably more of a Bandai Namco thing)
- additional DLC scenarios that add to the story
- nonlinear plot progression
It's almost as if there was a bucket list of things that needed a test run within the franchise and it all got put in one game.
LR and FFXV, not so much. LR isn't structured like a WRPG. It's structured like an MMO, really. The bulk of FFXV's things that might appeal to the WRPG crowd (open world, action combat) were already present in vsXIII.
Veritigo_X
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SmartWaffles
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Have this been posted though: Rise of the Tomb Raider is only listed as on Xbox One, the Xbox 360 is gone. Or they simply do not want to mention it?
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
KH collection for the bone?
Sephiroth_GR_
Member
Have this been posted though: Rise of the Tomb Raider is only listed as on Xbox One, the Xbox 360 is gone. Or they simply do not want to mention it?
Hmm... the initial deal was Xbox One & 360. Unless they changed it and it's Xbox One for the holidays and the 360 version is coming next year.
I know of two of them, they're not megatons but they'll be of interest to some people.
Hopefully they have some more surprises in store.
Hopefully they have some more surprises in store.
As Nirolak said, that's very much dead.
Have this been posted though: Rise of the Tomb Raider is only listed as on Xbox One, the Xbox 360 is gone. Or they simply do not want to mention it?
It might be because Nixxes is working on the 360 version and so it wasn't included as in-house, or it was a simple omission. That or it's a spring title on 360 (though their website lists it as holiday 2015 in the projects section).
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I guess FF12 HD would be PS exclusive too, right ?
ZombieVito
Banned
I really want at least Crisis Core HD.
Hell I want a complete PS4 collection of FFVII.
Hell I want a complete PS4 collection of FFVII.
Primethius
Banned
Probably. Don't even think sales of that would be justified by the meager sales.
All I want is localization announcements and a date for Dissidia on console(s) (unless it's just PS4 exclusive, in which case, I still want the date).
many places
Member
Oh god i fucking hope so. It needs a second legit game.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Never undestood why they had to remaster Type-0. Well, probably because it never came out here, but still...
Edge_Maverick
Member
I need some FFX-3 in my veins.
#BELIEVE
#BELIEVE
Good Guy Gone Bad
Member
Crisis Core HD would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath. Just give me XII HD and KH HD. And the FFXIII Trilogy HD as well.
this please
threelights
Member
Yeeah! Based on the novel please.
Toriyama needs to eat and I need to play that, so it only makes sense =X
Crimsonclaw111
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Dirge of Cerburus U.
LR is much more western than anything in XIII-2.The non linearity in design and truly open nature is distinctly different from what you find in a typical JRPG.Not to mention that the bulk of the content is through interaction with optional NPCs and heavy character customization.The execution obviously has a japanese flavor ,but the concepts strike me as very western.
XIII-2 is kind of a Frankenstein ,but has a structure that can be very easily compared to other JRPG and isn't really close to a WRPG at all.It takes time travel elements from games like radiant historia,chrono trigger/cross,tacks on a pokemon monster collection system and the rest is pretty much XIII modifications.
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QuiteWhittle
Member
I really would like to see a new console IP from SE Japan.
threelights
Member
Please keep Toriyama far away from things I'm interested in.
The story is already written though, so all he would do is put FFX-2's battles and awkward moments in cutscenes.
KoopaTheCasual
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But, wouldn't you rather have something new and....good?
I'm expecting anything DQ 3DS related to be stated by Nintendo in there press conference as chances are, they'll be localizing it out West. I'd wager SE won't localize the 3DS ones and give Nintendo trailer exclusives. I expect more hitman, FF, and more mobile games coming down the pipe.
threelights
Member
For the story? hell no, it has to be the novel.