Stone Ocean
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Square-Enix apparently has a new Mana game in development
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I think BDFF is all we are gonna get. And maybe the sequel for that game. Otherwise I'm not seeing much from Square. Well maybe DQ in Japan.
Ouch. I am literally bleeding from that cut. Neill Corlett... we need a hero.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Card games work great on touchscreens too! Ok, I'm sorry.
The gameplay isn't really skill based though so I think it would be alright. I'm not saying it wouldn't be better on the proper handhelds but you have to be realistic.
The_Endgamer
Member
Come on 3DS/WiiU
The artstyle alone screams Nintendo.
The artstyle alone screams Nintendo.
Who am I kidding, it'll release on iOS T_T
The Hermit
Member
amazing how devoid of emotion I am when I read a SE topic
Its like they are a dead company already
Its like they are a dead company already
except for Bravely Default
AcademicSaucer
Member
so ios , android or both ?
That would actually be considered a privalege now that we gamers fully expect it to happen. The only logical choice in order to disappoint gamers now would be windows phone
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sixteen-bit
Member
browsers
:lol so good.
Tawney Bomb
Member
This series has been dead for a while even while they were releasing games. The fact that it's on iOS is just hurtful.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
You aren't kidding. I remember when there were tons of one-ofs and franchise RPGs to be found--on consoles. Now I can pretty much guess a game's platform just by looking at the title. "Oh, I haven't seen a new Breath of Fire game in a long time! *clicks* Yup. Just like I thought. Mobile game. *sigh*"
Dat first post.
But then, I'd be slightly disappointed regardless unless it was a smaller-sized PSN game for PS3 or PS4.
Don't know what's worse.
Aquamarine
Member
iOS is too optimistic...I expect a GREE pay-to-win card game for mobiles. 
Starphoenix
Member
Any joy I have is tempered by the fact that it is probably for iOS. What'd I do for a 3DS game, though.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
See? you already fell for their tricks; you should hope for a full fledged awesome looking game for PS4 or WiiU game, instead you have lowered your standards and only hope for a 3DS game.
(I love my 3DS, don't have either PS4 or WiiU and I love handheld games, but IMHO console efforts have a lot more presentation and care, even if the games themselves turn like shit and are worse than 3DS games; and I also think 3DS and DS got robbed a lot of times in the GOTY awards and will get robbed again this year when Zelda doesn't even get a mention in GOTY and AA5 is forgotten in best story).
GreatMightySymp
Member
Knowing how they pushed the series into the ground before, it'll be an iOS F2P to drive the stake in.
DrROBschiz
Member
Having you been following the SE trajectory lately?
It tough not to have a degree of pessimism right now
Some Nobody
Junior Member
His hope was realistic. Your hope (mine as well) is not.
qualitydisc
Member
The new song is called 心踊りし魂の住処 (something like House of the Heart-Dancing Spirit ?) and is composed by Yoko Shimomura
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
I wish his hope was realistic...
Capcom? The Breath of Fire 6 reveal was soul crushing.
Is there too much bad blood between them for SE to work with Grezzo?
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
It's because iOS doesn't have buttons, so games designed for it use touch screen and feel like shit; even if you hacked in some buttons and used a bluetooth controller (which are laggy as hell), the game isn't designed for precision and feel bad.
There's also fucking portrait mode in many iOS games; after all the advances made to have wide screen, most iOS games are in portrait mode which sucks and if put in wide mode, buttons take too much space on the screen. Loose loose for everyone. See DQ8 remake on mobile to see what I'm talking about.
Finally there is the absolutely shitty battery phones comes with; if you play games, battery lasts like 2-3 hours and you need to use the phone for other stuff. If a handheld battery runs out, no big deal, but if you run out of battery on the phone, you are screwed for the rest of the day (my case at least, and I always carry external batteries).
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I think hardware reasons for disliking iOS games are minor issues. It could be a great gaming platform when the controllers based on the new API are released.
The fact that they're usually bad shovelware with IAPs, either freemium begging for money, or Square-taxed and begging for money, is what makes them suck.
So they'll just add her in.
ScriptedReality
Member
It's just the last few entries have been lackluster to say the least. It's a mediocore franchise by now. No expectations.
Who said lightning wasn't going to be in it?
Exentryk
Member
Rise of Mana? Most likely another GREE or iOS game.
qualitydisc
Member
Ah, I forgot about this.
terrisus
Member
What's a Rabite doing in a place like this?
UberTag
Member
You'd think with all of this renewed focus on mobile development that at least ONE of these games would amount to more than a cheap cash-in that you wouldn't want to spend more than 99 cents on.
But nope... they're all nothing but garbage.
Not only do these developers refuse to develop for anything but smartphones but they don't even develop GOOD games for smartphones.
But nope... they're all nothing but garbage.
Not only do these developers refuse to develop for anything but smartphones but they don't even develop GOOD games for smartphones.