There's been a lot of news swimming around concerning Final Fantasy XIV, the MMO successor to Final Fantasy XI that was announced at E3. This is news I've looked at, but have absolutely zero intention of talking about. I'm not going to mention the races, the classes, the screenshots, any of that rubbish. At least, not right now.
I've come to the conclusion that Final Fantasy XIV should not be talked about until Final Fantasy XIII is released. To me, the idea of announcing a sequel to a game that isn't even out yet is absolutely ludicrous. Square Enix loves to churn out Final Fantasy games at an insane rate, but the announcement of XIV was almost a self-parody. It's no wonder Square Enix takes six years to make a game when it keeps getting sidetracked by other projects.
It's not even like Final Fantasy XIII is one game. It's just one chapter in the Final Fantasy Nobula Crystallis Kukaracha Novella Texas BBQ Pringles Yo Gabba Gabba series that was announced like, six years ago. Three games announced over half a decade ago, not one of them released, and we're talking about the next project? Oh no, I'm not falling into that trap.
Square Enix, stop filling your plate and give people time to anticipate something before announcing the next thing. Oh, and stop publishing utter crap like Infinite Undiscovery in between. Note also that this is just my personal opinion and doesn't reflect the opinions of the rest of the Dtoid staff, who are far less bitter and cynical than I am.
Contest:
4:00 PM on 08.07.2009
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Regardless, I have no problem at all with you not talking about the game. I'd much rather hear all of your thoughts on Final Fantasy XV, which is going to be way better.
FFXIV is bs though. say what you will, but its just FFXI with a shinier gloss. They haven't revealed one detail so far that shows how it is conceptually different from FFXI. at least the core FF games present themselves in a different light each game (for better or worse in some instances).
But its Final Fantasy. Their parts don't touch.
And its the MMO line of Final Fantasy. Its way different. The products have two very different audiences.
Wait... ah ok, its Jim. Carry on.
Destructoid is obviously a Web site where you post breaking, front-page, Pulitzer prize worthy news.
If squares going to keep on making like 15 games (half of those ports/remakes) at one time then I'm just not going to bother keeping up with them.
I feel the exact same way.
But it feels like FF14 is getting more coverage and more info is spilling out than 13.
That's the main point of my post right here, thank you. Square's eyes seem bigger than its belly right now. I'm fairly certain half its games would be finished quicker if it didn't keep announcing shit all the time.
No, it's not, but it's usually at leaast news and not just some bullshit declaration of personal opinion.
I don't like the Final Fantasy franchise at all, and I don't care if you cover it at all. But you seem to be suffering from Summa Syndrome, using the front page as a soap box.
...either this is some humour that has gone over my head or.. I don't really want to think of the alternative.
I think the thing that makes this a silly situation is more that S-E is choosing to give FFXIV a numbered title, when it's obviously a spin-off, and the same can be said about FFXI.
On a side note FF14 aculy has been in production longer than 13 and the team were saying it could of been FF15 depending on the time it was released but since they now have a deaddline they were given the last FF +1 title.
I consider FF11 and 14 as a part of the series cause unlike alot of MMORPGs FFXI and FFXIV(very likly and been said somewhere) will be heavly story based like all other FFs the only thing that is different is that you design the main charater for your story and your not a overpowered super hero (in compasion to the other charaters in the game).
Actually, we do opinion articles all the time. This is just a more short-form version of one, which we've done in the past. Now if you're done telling me how to do my job, I'll let you get back to yours, sweetcheeks.
I think thats pretty natural seing as one is a very story driven game, people pretty much know the deal with the combat system and stuff now, they shouldn't start spilling story elements.
An MMO on the otherside pretty much has to vomit every last piece of info onto the net to even have a chance to catch the attention of the MMO crowd. 13 will do most of its own promotion being that its a core title. 14 has a lot more work being successful in its market.
I also think that it's kind of backward to have an MMO as a major entry.
Especially when the Exceptional Final Fantasy Tactics is relegated to Sub-series.
Hero Protagonist:
How many other gaming sites let you have your opinion like Destructoid?
Alot of Websites wouldn't even consider letting Community Members have a Front-page article. Destructoid does it all the time. I've always been of the impression that Destructoid was as much about expression of opinion as it was Gaming news. If Community Members can get their Opinions on the front page, Why can't Jim have his Opinion on the Front page too, you know, seeing as he's employed by Destructoid.
I'm sorry but this argument makes absolutely no sense. I think you're failing that this is a Final Fantasy only in the title, and is NOT a sequel to XII... They just named it this way to brand it properly and sell it to a wider public... Would you rather have it called with some random spin-off name like the Crystal Chronicles games have been doing? I don't.
XIV is a sequel to XI which is a pretty old game. This and the XIII dev teams are completely different and XIV has been worked on for a long time now.
I really don't see your point... Would you have complained as much if it was named differently/not numbered?
The problem is that your "opinion piece" is directly contradictory to your stated goal. You state that you don't want to talk about subject X, so rather than pursing such a course you grandstand about it on the front page, inciting the very conversation that you claim you want to avoid.
Obviously the rational response.
Usually your sensationalist malarkey can be ignored, but you've managed to managed to top yourself. Well done.
In closing, you're the testicular cancer that is ruining the internats.
P.S. In before nerd rage accusations.
When 11 was announced as an MMO a large majority of the fanbase where dissapointed in not wanting the next installment of there favorite game series.
But they could simply avoid this by not making it part of the numbered series..
However, I think dissing on a game because you don't like the way is titled is very immature and unprofessional.
It's not the fact that this is an opinion piece. Opinion pieces like the RevRants, or the memory card, etc... are fine and have their place. The problem with this post is 3-fold;
1) It's Jim's usual sensationlist garbage.
2) His stated intent is directly contradictory to the expected outcome.
3) It's an opinion piece.
If it were any 1 of these it wouldn't be a big deal, the fact that it's all 3 is just sad.
I'm glad that you've been so unable to ignore this that you keep coming back. It must be strange to live in a land where you're forced to read and comment on articles.
"In closing, you're the testicular cancer that is ruining the internats."
I didn't realize the internats had testicles. If you're anything to go by, I'd have said it's actually full of pussies.
I'm not dissing on the game at all. I think it has potential to be a good MMO. I just think Square Enix should clear some of the shit that's already on its plate before piling on more stuff.
I'm sorry I wasted a good comeback on you if this is my reward.
how about you post more "No FF14" pictures? u know u can't post "No things" without the things you are saying No to. :)
In fact, my humble opinion, they've all been shit from VIII onwards (VIII specifically) were shit, except for XI
And I can't help but feel that if they worked on their games one at a time, instead of announcing a billion things at once, maybe they'd return to the days where they'd craft a good story.
DANCING RHAPSODY!