ArchedThunder
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Star Ocean 5.
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Square Enix announcing several games at E3
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JuanLatino
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Hitman and Dragon Quest XI are confirmed to be in Development, with Dragon Quest XI having good chances to be a console game
You forgot Star Ocean 5
Remasters:
FF12 and Kingdom Hearts Collection probably getting announced at E3
Acquiescence
Member
The wait for E3 just got that little bit harder.
I legit don't understand how there hasn't been a new Chrono game in 16 years. Somebody tell them to kickstart that shit with as much as of the "Dream Team" as possible. They would make their goal, even if its just to gauge interest to spur them to provide the rest of the funding, in less than a day.
Demoskinos
Member
I...would buy this...
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Kingdom Hearts Ultimate Collection incoming
Perfection. This list is sheer perfection.
DrROBschiz
Member
I really hope Saga 2015 is a good one
One thing that was super fun about Frontier was the combat and character building!
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Interested for anything PC. Anything PS4 exclusive will likely have me waiting.
JuanLatino
Member
i know SE did these things in the past....But a FF16 Announcement at this moment would probably harm ther actual project Final Fantasy 15 that has many doubters on its back
ArchedThunder
Banned
It's time... for Tobal 3.
Fixed.
Seriously, KH3 doesn't exist. The sooner we all accept this, the easier it will be to deal with the lack of info on it.
BluenoseGames
Member
Hitman !
See, that's why I think they'd do it. Square has already said it wants to return to a 'roots' FF game, which XV isn't.
And to keep excitement ticking over, I reckon it'd actually benefit them to have hype building on a low level for XVI (which could be something more similar in style to IV, V or VI), helmed by Sakaguchi or something.
I've been waiting for XV for, what, 10 years now? That hype is definitely keeping me interested, and making me lap up anything FF-related in the interim period.
threelights
Member
Considering my hype for FFXV got shattered after recent events and the FFType-1 video we got, I could actually stop caring about XV if they announce the next one already.
idk, new IP is always a megaton (specially if they don't announce the director right away =P)
UtterlyPerplexed
Member
Why would they announce FFXVI when FFXV is still likely a while off yet and risk the near-certain inevitability of diverting full attention away from the latter?
They'd be laughed at, and rightfully so. Though I'd welcome it, because anything but more FFXV.
JuanLatino
Member
but let's say Final Fantasy 16 has a medievil setting, a more classic characterdesign, spreading that oldshool FF-Feeling....Don't you think this would make some people lose interest in Final Fantasy 15
Yeah, but they'd still buy it. Especially if Square offered demos etc to people with a XV disc (a la Duscae/Type 0)
I think people are hyped for XV and still will even if XVI is announced due to the amount of time they have been waiting to play it.
Vincent Grayson
Member
Why would that make anyone lose interest? They're different games, and any FFXVI announced in June 2015 isn't likely to be in our hands for (my guess) at least 3 years, if not more.
wat
ArchedThunder
Banned
You know, I would love for FFXVI to have a setting and aesthetic similar to FFXIV. In a world where Skyrim sold fucking amazingly you'd think they'd hop on that shit.
Also when did they say this?
Then I don't want to hear about it now.
It's pointless announcing FFXVI this far ahead, makes no sense.
The reasons Skyrim sold well and what makes a good Final Fantasy game have at best a very, very narrow overlap.
QuiteWhittle
Member
Square 'announced' FFXII several months before FFX released with nothing more than the directors associated with the title.
I can see them doing the same with a logo and a 5 second CGI trailer as a easy way to have a hype end to the conference.
ArchedThunder
Banned
I'm talking solely about the marketability of a medieval fantasy RPG.
Traumnovelle
Member
I'm wondering about the veracity of this old story: http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/1...xplorer-searching-for-a-way-to-save-his-love/ and if so, is it still going on, or had it met an unfortunate fate: http://kotaku.com/sources-studio-behind-deus-ex-and-thief-cancels-new-ga-1455404946
This is exactly what I mean! Just let us know it exists, that it's out there. Let the fans speculate away, give the directors ideas etc..
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I'm so happy they didn't "hop on that shit", because plain medieval fantasy bores me to tears. I'm glad they're going with a setting rarely seen before. Closest thing to it in gaming are Final Fantasy games from nearly 20 years ago.
JuanLatino
Member
well if they do announce it, i would be happy, no question.
Maybe you're right and it could also have a positive effect..
Psychological Intellect
Banned
Just need KH collection on PS4
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Wasn't FFXII one of the worst selling single player mainline FFs since FFVI? Maybe the awkward marketing heavily played into that.
So no, I don't want them to bungle another mainline's hype cycle again.
Give this man a raise.
Sleeping Dogs 2 and bringing older titles to PS4 and I'll be a happy fellow.
Really? Last I recall, they wanted to move away from turn based FF (I'm assuming that's what you mean by roots). I thought that's why they created Bravely Default.
I don't see FFXVI happening at E3.
Barry Burton
Member
Very interested in seeing how Hitman looks. Absolution never at any point looked like the Hitman game that I wanted, even though IO kept insisting that the final product would still be true to the previous games.
If we do see gameplay, it should be apparent very early on whether or not they've realized what went right with Blood Money and what went wrong with Absolution.
If we do see gameplay, it should be apparent very early on whether or not they've realized what went right with Blood Money and what went wrong with Absolution.
That's because I believe it'll be Toriyama's project...
ArchedThunder
Banned
I never said "plain medieval fantasy", I said similar to FFXIV, which has a lot of style to it.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Sorry, I mentally blended your statements together. I thought you were suggesting that FF should ape Skyrim's aesthetic. Nvm my reaction.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
One of those announcements better be FF XII HD.
To my understanding, that's dead, and most of the staff are on Deus Ex.
And the counter-argument to that is that is despite it being a medieval fantasy RPG, Skyrim didn't sell primarily because it was a medieval fantasy RPG. It sold because it was open-world, immersive, and on PC had extensive modding legs. It also probably initially sold because it was an Elder Scrolls game, not something any other random medieval fantasy RPG game can automatically become.
It's the same way Witcher 3 isn't exactly selling because it's a medieval fantasy setting. It's selling because it's Witcher (which just so happens to be based on a book based on a fantasy setting)
Dragon's Dogma doesn't have the rabid, loyal fanbase it does just because it's a medieval fantasy RPG.
Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning didn't sell just because it's a medieval fantasy RPG. (and witty ones might argue it didn't sell at all oh ho ho).
Heck, they're all good games in their own right but all added up to medieval fantasy RPG fatigue, just as there was WWII shooter fatigue, modern counter-terrorism shooter fatigue, and right now future war shooter fatigue.
If FFXVI is fantasy, you can bet it's going to be marketed on the shoulders of previous entries like FFXIV, FFXII, FFIX, FFIV, etc and not just because Skyrim sold well and is a medieval fantasy setting.