Go_Ly_Dow
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I had been feeling quite upbeat about Square coming off the back of last gen. Whilst far from perfect, following a few releases I had started feeling upbeat about the company again after their shitshow during the PS3/360 era.
For PS4 gen we had KH3, FF7R, NieR Replicant, NieR Automata, FF14 ARR, DQXI, FFXHD PS4, FFXII Zodiac age that all had markers of quality that had been missing from the companies output for a while. Whilst I really disliked FF15, it was also good to get that released in a fairly timely manner following the reboot.
So, going into this gen, we know FF7-R part 2 will come, as well as FF16, DQXII, more FF14, hopefully KH4, Forespoken and a proper NieR sequel. A very solid output from one publisher.
But instead, rather than focus on delivering those games which I think will be fairly well received and fans are excited about, they seem to always damage their own reputation by churning out these really fucking weird games. Then yesterday they made the mistake of gearing their entire conference to show these said projects.
Just strange to me that the company doesn't realise its true potential. Far too much bloat imo...
Anyone else share my sentiments, or think that I'm off the mark here?
For PS4 gen we had KH3, FF7R, NieR Replicant, NieR Automata, FF14 ARR, DQXI, FFXHD PS4, FFXII Zodiac age that all had markers of quality that had been missing from the companies output for a while. Whilst I really disliked FF15, it was also good to get that released in a fairly timely manner following the reboot.
So, going into this gen, we know FF7-R part 2 will come, as well as FF16, DQXII, more FF14, hopefully KH4, Forespoken and a proper NieR sequel. A very solid output from one publisher.
But instead, rather than focus on delivering those games which I think will be fairly well received and fans are excited about, they seem to always damage their own reputation by churning out these really fucking weird games. Then yesterday they made the mistake of gearing their entire conference to show these said projects.
Just strange to me that the company doesn't realise its true potential. Far too much bloat imo...
Anyone else share my sentiments, or think that I'm off the mark here?