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Final Fantasy 17 needs "a younger generation" of lead developers, suggests FF16 producer (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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[+] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone -21 points 10 months ago

Maybe they need to listen to the name and fucking end it already.

Try something new.

[-] caut_R@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

Why though? Each Final Fantasy has its own world and whatnot. FF15 played a lot differently than FF13 which played a lot differently than FF12 which played a lot differently than FF9. They‘re all JRPGs of course but I don‘t see why they should throw away the brand recognition for the heck of it. It‘s not like they’re FIFAing. It seems to me like whoever is gonna develope the next game isn‘t gonna be held back by the name.

[-] helloharu@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Why though?

seems to be because he's never played any of the games to understand that, thats why.

[-] Organichedgehog@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Uhh what? Square Enix has a ton of games that aren't final fantasy

[-] FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

They've been "trying sometime new" since final fantasy 11.

[+] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone -26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean "new" as in "Not Final Fantasy."

Not something "new" as in "New Stuff in Final Fantasy."

No, scrap the fucker. It's well past done.

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

First of all, I don't see how a series where each and every entry is unique and has nothing to do with the previous ones (apart from a few recurring names) could be "well past done". They don't even share the same gameplay or combat system.

And also, Square has "tried something new" pretty much all the time. Triangle Strategy, Live a Live, Nier, Kingdom Hearts, Star Ocean, SaGa, Mana series (with an upcoming title next year), Dragon Quest, Octopath Traveler... I'm just listing a few, but I could go on. It's not even a thing they suddenly decided to do. Even a few gens back, I remember playing Star Ocean, Last Remnant, ~~Resonance of Fate~~ and other lesser known titles. If you want to go back to the PS1 days, Vagrant Story and Threads of Fate come to mind, but there are surely a lot more I'm currently forgetting. EDIT: Xenogears too! I don't know how I could forget that one.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

It saddens me that Lost Odyssey isn’t in this wonderful list you threw together.

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I played Lost Odyssey and very much liked it, but it's not Square.

It was made by Mistwalker with MS backing, after Sakaguchi left Square.

Actually, re-reading my list, I noticed that I mentioned Resonance of Fate, which wasn't Square, either! It was published by Sega. The other titles should be correct.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Wait what.

Lost Odyssey is the most FF game there is. I can’t believe it wasn’t SE.

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Mistwalker is the company founded by Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy. It should come to no surprise that the game is really evocative of many early FF titles.

[-] memo@feddit.it 10 points 10 months ago

The Final Fantasy series has many loved entries in which recurring characters, archetypes and items make a looping comeback. It is very fun to see how different those elements are handled in different entries. They just need to step back and realize not every FF needs to be a game that pushes its platform to its hardware limit. That may have worked well for them up to the PS2 era, but it's not a thing anymore. You don't need extreme ultra realistic eye twitching for your game to be grandiose.