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I can't take it anymore. Why is squeenix such sony fanboys? Why so many damn spinoffs? Where is Kingdom Hearts 3? I missed when they were a good company. Even if I had a PSP, I can't imagine being too excited for this
@llort het
Lemme awnser that
1) Squeenix RPG titles on 360 have proven to not sell well on it
2)FF is a multimillion franchise. Going the CoD route is good marketing
3)Nomura is a spastic hack who's only good game not KH related is Musashi: Samurai Legend. Ending the KH series now would have him with nothing to do.
I haven't been hyped for a Final Fantasy RPG since 12. This is no exception.
Lemme awnser that
1) Squeenix RPG titles on 360 have proven to not sell well on it
2)FF is a multimillion franchise. Going the CoD route is good marketing
3)Nomura is a spastic hack who's only good game not KH related is Musashi: Samurai Legend. Ending the KH series now would have him with nothing to do.
I haven't been hyped for a Final Fantasy RPG since 12. This is no exception.
I fucking hate this real time action bullshit. Kingdom Hearts did it well, Final Fantasy took it's primary driving gameplay and replaced it with button mashing bullshit. All the fun of turn based combat is gone. That's why games like Paper Mario are so much fun and why Super Paper Mario failed so hard.
"the PSP went on to become the best selling console in Japan for 2010, and continues to sell very well in that country (and only in that country) to this day"
That's not really true. The PSP does decently in the rest of the world, it's just the North American market where it does very poorly. For example, it was easily in last place in the Americas for the week ending May 14th, but it outsold both the Wii and the 3DS in the EMEAA regions.
It's still strange to me that people call the PSP a failure when it's been a better seller than the Xbox 360, which it launched within a year of, yet no one considers the 360 to be a failure. I guess that's because most of the websites I visit are based in North America.
That's not really true. The PSP does decently in the rest of the world, it's just the North American market where it does very poorly. For example, it was easily in last place in the Americas for the week ending May 14th, but it outsold both the Wii and the 3DS in the EMEAA regions.
It's still strange to me that people call the PSP a failure when it's been a better seller than the Xbox 360, which it launched within a year of, yet no one considers the 360 to be a failure. I guess that's because most of the websites I visit are based in North America.
I have never ever played a final fantasy game. They don't look fun at all and I can't understand why it's popular.
@pokota
soo true :P
don't underestimate the PSP!!!
we've gotten good-awesome games like The 3rd Birthday, Peace Walker, Portable Ops, Crisis Core, Birth by Sleep, Dissidia and Dissidia 012, Tactics Ogre, Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3, Y's and many more :P
and also games that NEVER made it in the west(Example Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles and soon to be Persona 2 Innocent Sin).
so yes i thank the PSP for all those wonderful games, here's hoping NGP would rock as well as the 3DS.
it's a good time for gaming ^^
this will probably one of the PSP's last great games(same with Devil Survivor 2 on the DS), after this they'll probably concentrate more on NGP and 3DS which is fine by me.
cannot wait for this :)
soo true :P
don't underestimate the PSP!!!
we've gotten good-awesome games like The 3rd Birthday, Peace Walker, Portable Ops, Crisis Core, Birth by Sleep, Dissidia and Dissidia 012, Tactics Ogre, Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3, Y's and many more :P
and also games that NEVER made it in the west(Example Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles and soon to be Persona 2 Innocent Sin).
so yes i thank the PSP for all those wonderful games, here's hoping NGP would rock as well as the 3DS.
it's a good time for gaming ^^
this will probably one of the PSP's last great games(same with Devil Survivor 2 on the DS), after this they'll probably concentrate more on NGP and 3DS which is fine by me.
cannot wait for this :)
I'll take it! I love my PSP. Damn fools don't know what's good out there. Tetsuya Nomura is INDEED a spastic hack. Mistwalker should have the rights to Final Fantasy.
"Looks pretty fun, bit like Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, it's the kind of game that would do well with a PS3 port. That's the only way I see it selling anywhere other than Japan."
Have to agree. That's about the only way I'd play it, even though I do own a psp. Just can't stand the thing... After playing it for 5 mins, my hands go numb and controls for the games are always atrocious.
Have to agree. That's about the only way I'd play it, even though I do own a psp. Just can't stand the thing... After playing it for 5 mins, my hands go numb and controls for the games are always atrocious.
Wow, this looks amazing. It's great to finally see some gameplay.
The psp has one of the best libraries of any system. Such an underrated console in the US. And Nomura isn't even the director or writer for most of the games, look it up. I think hes fine.
In before Sofik comes in spouting bull shit.
The psp has one of the best libraries of any system. Such an underrated console in the US. And Nomura isn't even the director or writer for most of the games, look it up. I think hes fine.
In before Sofik comes in spouting bull shit.
Wow, this looks amazing. It's great to finally see some gameplay.
The psp has one of the best libraries of any system. Such an underrated console in the US. And Nomura isn't even the director or writer for most of the games, look it up. I think hes fine.
In before Sofik comes in spouting bull shit.
The psp has one of the best libraries of any system. Such an underrated console in the US. And Nomura isn't even the director or writer for most of the games, look it up. I think hes fine.
In before Sofik comes in spouting bull shit.
It's so weird, I think I like the PSP and I'm glad it's going great in Japan and all, but I honestly don't want one. I'm okay with having more than one console, but owning 2 handhelds... no, not really. I may get one when the NGP comes out.
I want this game almost as much as I want Final Fantasy Versus XIII. And Versus XIII is a game I seriously want.
I know I'm going to get some flak for saying this, but as far as I'm concerned Final Fantasy is the JRPG equivalent of Sonic The Hedgehog: a once well crafted franchise that ultimately failed to better itself, relying on nothing more than trying to appeal to the absolute worst parts of it's fanbase. All this while it's competition would go on to do things that would later become standards in the genre, forcing the series to play catch up. And after watching footage of this game, I can say that without hesitation.
@Issachar
I remember there being a kid in my high school that believe it or not
DID wear a cap to class and it looked like a painfull existence
I remember there being a kid in my high school that believe it or not
DID wear a cap to class and it looked like a painfull existence
TBH, I just want JRPGs in general back on home consoles, when the was the last JRPG release, I can't remember this gen started so well, with the likes of Magna Carta 2, Eternal Sonata, Lost Odeyssey, Star Ocean TLH (best one so far) etc yet in the last 16 months there has been diddly squat.
@EggmaniMN
You're right. I apologize I should have given some examples, so here you go:
While Final Fantasy was content with having guys wait their turn to use magic and hit each other, most other RPGs went off and either did something completely different(the Tales series battle system) or the very least tried to make turn based games more appealing (Xenogears with it's Gears battles, Shadow Hearts with it's Judgement Ring, Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario with their timed hits, etc.). These were all games that did something to new and/or different when it came to their battles, and are considered classics. Meanwhile, Final Fantasy was stuck with it's random encounters, standard turn based combat, and characters that were about as charismatic as a card board cut out of Keanu Reeves (or even just Keanu Reeves himself).
I'd also like to note that at least two of those games I listed were made by Square. While I'm not a fan of SquareEnix as of late, Square has made some good games over the years. It's just to me Final Fantasy isn't one of them.
You're right. I apologize I should have given some examples, so here you go:
While Final Fantasy was content with having guys wait their turn to use magic and hit each other, most other RPGs went off and either did something completely different(the Tales series battle system) or the very least tried to make turn based games more appealing (Xenogears with it's Gears battles, Shadow Hearts with it's Judgement Ring, Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario with their timed hits, etc.). These were all games that did something to new and/or different when it came to their battles, and are considered classics. Meanwhile, Final Fantasy was stuck with it's random encounters, standard turn based combat, and characters that were about as charismatic as a card board cut out of Keanu Reeves (or even just Keanu Reeves himself).
I'd also like to note that at least two of those games I listed were made by Square. While I'm not a fan of SquareEnix as of late, Square has made some good games over the years. It's just to me Final Fantasy isn't one of them.
I'll probably be getting this regardless of the SquareEnix hate going around. Come on guys, FFXIII is only one game and their other games are being made by other teams at Square so it's not like every game that they make is going to be another XIII. And this is a PSP game so the gameplay will definitely be better due to lesser focus on producing high end graphics.
And I'm a bit conflicted about the news of big PSP games getting ported to PS3 because it makes me unsure of what games may be ported and if I should get them as soon as they`re released on PSP or wait for a possible PS3 release. Then again, if the PS3 release of a game was $60 and it came out 2 years later I probably wouldn't even bother with that version.
As for RPGs I`d just get them on PSP. Grinding on the go is way more enjoyable (with the exception of games where you use "the claw").
And I'm a bit conflicted about the news of big PSP games getting ported to PS3 because it makes me unsure of what games may be ported and if I should get them as soon as they`re released on PSP or wait for a possible PS3 release. Then again, if the PS3 release of a game was $60 and it came out 2 years later I probably wouldn't even bother with that version.
As for RPGs I`d just get them on PSP. Grinding on the go is way more enjoyable (with the exception of games where you use "the claw").
@goofier
The Final Fantasy games haven't used that battle system in a while and have changed. Have you even played any of the games released in the past ten years.
And I agree with WinterZero
Whether you liked FF 13 or not, not every game in the series is going to be like it.
The Final Fantasy games haven't used that battle system in a while and have changed. Have you even played any of the games released in the past ten years.
And I agree with WinterZero
Whether you liked FF 13 or not, not every game in the series is going to be like it.
Wow. That camera looks like shit! It looks like the player's having to press a button to center the camera and then another to lock on! I hope I'm just seeing things ><
This game has no singular lead. Out of the 15 playable characters a pair of characters stand out as lead roles Machina, male, and Rem, female, but neither is more important than the other.
The PSP sucks as a handheld device, it wouldn't have done half as well if it wasn't custom firmware's best friend.
What is wrong with Square Enix? Have they gone utterly banana's these days?
Why are they single handedly stopping the PSP from dying the death it logically deserves? Why are they making the poor fans who still believe that they have good new games in them suffer even more?
Why make what is basically a handicapped PS2 game which isn't on the PS2 (like Persona 4 is)? Why not put these PSP games on the Wii and sell even more?
I'll never understand their logic, and this better come out on the 3DS.
What is wrong with Square Enix? Have they gone utterly banana's these days?
Why are they single handedly stopping the PSP from dying the death it logically deserves? Why are they making the poor fans who still believe that they have good new games in them suffer even more?
Why make what is basically a handicapped PS2 game which isn't on the PS2 (like Persona 4 is)? Why not put these PSP games on the Wii and sell even more?
I'll never understand their logic, and this better come out on the 3DS.
@Richetguro
Again, the point I'm trying to make is that the games have done very little to set itself apart. Sure there may be little tweaks here and there such as the Materia system in 7 or the Draw ability in 8, but the combat as a whole still felt outdated. Hell it felt outdated when it was in Final Fantasy 10 and later in 13. 12 was an improvement since it was real time, but it still felt like Square (later SquareEnix) was letting it's other RPGs do the experimentation, while Final Fantasy would just keep doing what it normally did without a care in the world.
Again, the point I'm trying to make is that the games have done very little to set itself apart. Sure there may be little tweaks here and there such as the Materia system in 7 or the Draw ability in 8, but the combat as a whole still felt outdated. Hell it felt outdated when it was in Final Fantasy 10 and later in 13. 12 was an improvement since it was real time, but it still felt like Square (later SquareEnix) was letting it's other RPGs do the experimentation, while Final Fantasy would just keep doing what it normally did without a care in the world.
@Dr-Peace
LOL, your so funny, thinking that anything that doesn't have made by nintendo in the bottom of the box art is going to sell well, if any of these games would come out for the Wii, they would fail on the sales front, and if you don't believe that, your an ignorant fool who dosen't check the financial state of games that don't have the name mario, zelda, and donkey kong in the box.
LOL, your so funny, thinking that anything that doesn't have made by nintendo in the bottom of the box art is going to sell well, if any of these games would come out for the Wii, they would fail on the sales front, and if you don't believe that, your an ignorant fool who dosen't check the financial state of games that don't have the name mario, zelda, and donkey kong in the box.
This game looks amazing. I expect a localziation announcement at E3
All ff get localized no matter what and sell
All ff get localized no matter what and sell
I'm actually pretty excited about the game, but... Type-0? Where did they come up with that shit? They should have just stuck with Agito. At least it sounds stupid without sounding cheesy, too.
@Wrath and Pride
I think you need to read up on how game development and money works.
If they make a PSP game and port it to the Wii, then they got 2 PLATFORMS for the price of developing for 1.
If the game is not total crap and is marketed so people know it exists, it will sell.
Get it? It's called common sense.
I think you need to read up on how game development and money works.
If they make a PSP game and port it to the Wii, then they got 2 PLATFORMS for the price of developing for 1.
If the game is not total crap and is marketed so people know it exists, it will sell.
Get it? It's called common sense.
@Dr-Peace
Why does Square put their games on the PSP instead of the Wii?
Because they want their games to sell!
Square makes millions off their PSP sales in Japan. Chances are it won't come out on the 3DS. The 3DS already has a FF franchise. The PSP needs it's own. Not to mention that this game will span on two UMDs, and having two 3DS carts for one game is costly. But what Square should do is port the game to the NGP as a launch title with dual analog support. The NVG cards are much bigger so it works out beautifully.
Why does Square put their games on the PSP instead of the Wii?
Because they want their games to sell!
Square makes millions off their PSP sales in Japan. Chances are it won't come out on the 3DS. The 3DS already has a FF franchise. The PSP needs it's own. Not to mention that this game will span on two UMDs, and having two 3DS carts for one game is costly. But what Square should do is port the game to the NGP as a launch title with dual analog support. The NVG cards are much bigger so it works out beautifully.
I'm not quite sure how everyone could have been burned so bad by Final Fantasy 13, but then I've yet to finish it so I'm not in a great place to judge. Type-0 does look awesome though, as does Versus 13, I can't wait for both.
Regarding Tetsuya Nomura, give the man credit, he may not be able to always write a competent story, and his art style may be a love-it-or-hate-it thing, but he knows how to craft fantastic gameplay, and he has some unique ideas. Furthermore, he wasn't even that involved with 13, I don't know why everyone is hating on him
Regarding Tetsuya Nomura, give the man credit, he may not be able to always write a competent story, and his art style may be a love-it-or-hate-it thing, but he knows how to craft fantastic gameplay, and he has some unique ideas. Furthermore, he wasn't even that involved with 13, I don't know why everyone is hating on him
@Dr-Peace
Yes, because Wii games get marketed up the ass/sarcasim, what you say would be true, but the problem is Wii games that aren't mario hardly getting any marketing, so no.
Yes, because Wii games get marketed up the ass/sarcasim, what you say would be true, but the problem is Wii games that aren't mario hardly getting any marketing, so no.
Final Fantasy is DEAD to me, its all about Suikoden now, here's hoping Suikoden 6 is announced in e3 in a few weeks, i'd faint of excitement!
If I remember correctly, the lead isn't exactly female; you just have a choice of making it a female protagonist. Right?
That being said, this game looks great. Graphically, it's fantastic, and the gameplay looks like it'll be a blast. I'm excited.
That being said, this game looks great. Graphically, it's fantastic, and the gameplay looks like it'll be a blast. I'm excited.
The PSP I'd quite possibly the most under rated console of my lifetime.
Its almost universally accepted that it's shit, but in reality it's pretty fucking good.
So weird.
Its almost universally accepted that it's shit, but in reality it's pretty fucking good.
So weird.
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