Square-Enix wants my moneys and they always get them. - Page 7

BitVyper · 09-22-2006, 08:35 PM

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No... its worst sin was not cel shading. Its worse sin was me setting my controller down, going to make a sandwich, grabbing a pop, sitting down, and having lunch while waiting for my GODDAMN RETARDED BOAT TO GET TO THE NEXT FUCKING ISLAND!

You know, that WAS annoying, but in some ways, I applaud the attempt to really depict travel. They didn't do it right, but it is something I'd like to see more of in my RPGs. They just need to, you know, find a way to make said travel interesting.

I want the feeling that I'm actually stomping across the countryside on my horse, or travelling the high seas. Actually, Shadow of the Colossus did all right in that respect.

Random Ninja · 09-22-2006, 08:45 PM

Well, I think that if they're going to stick you on a boat for hours, it should be a fairly decent sized boat. Like Jack's boat in KH2. Now if they added things like storms, sea fairing enemies (aquatic monsters/enemy ships) as well as things like Sea Fishing or something, it'd be fun.

But then I'd probably want the option to skip the entire thing and make the trip as short as possible so I didn't get side tracked.

Regulus Tera · 09-22-2006, 09:46 PM

Ranting time! Now with extra on-topicness avec le premier post!

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Originally Posted by IGN

The game's director is Motome Torishima, who previously served as event planner on Final Fantasy VII, event director for Final Fantasy X and director for FFX-2. He's also working as director on Final Fantasy XIII for the PS3, so he's got some strong ties to the FF series. Serving as co-producer is Eisuke Yokoyama, the assistant producer on Dragon Quest VIII.

So you are replacing Matsuno-san with the guy who is responsible for FFX-2 and is supposed to be working on FFXIII so that he has less time to spend on both projects? Sign me up for a ride on that boat!

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Originally Posted by IGN

Torishima explained to the magazine the reason for putting this spin-off on the DS. Apparently, Torishima and his staff had taken note of a common scene throughout Japan: people playing the DS. They began to consider ideas for games designed for people who aren't into games. That's when the idea of a "My First Final Fantasy" came up.

�ya �ya!! This smells like Mystic Quest. You are removing the hair numbling (supposedly) difficulty and intricacies from the original plot, and you are watering it down for small kids. It’s like Advent Children on crack and on gummy bears.

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Yokoyama and Torishima's details on the storyline were equally vague. The time frame of Revenant Wings in relation to the main FFXII story isn't important, explained Torishima, adding that the game's timeframe is merely an era when Vaan and Panelo were air pirates. The story of XII was, he admitted, that of Vaan and Panelo getting caught up in a storyline that was already taking place with Ashe and the other characters. In Revenant Wings, Vaan has the main character role all to himself.

Yokoyama added that the game isn't a sequel to FFXII. It's not, for instance, FFXII-2.

Final Fantasy XII: Vaan wants to be a sky pirate.
Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings: Vaan is a sky pirate.

Yeah. No continuation whatsoever. Great way to spoil FFXII, also. Awesome.

Random Ninja · 09-22-2006, 09:50 PM

I tend not to read too much into those sorts of things, because in the end, opinions based off of this sort of stuff sours my opinions of games that turn out to be pretty good. So I end up not liking them for reasons that I can no longer remember.

Like FF8...for a time.

ElfLad · 09-22-2006, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Random Ninja

Nonono...he's not 'shitty' He's 'stylilized' or some other word that means shitty, but isn't shitty.

Word you're looking for is "avant-garde."

Jagos · 09-22-2006, 11:59 PM

http://media.ds.ign.com/media/853/853587/imgs_1.html

Two things...

1) Square just needs to make a lesbian couple as the main characters..
2) This guy is just... *sigh*

I'll just pass on FFXII for now.

Random Ninja · 09-23-2006, 01:07 AM

....wasn't that what FFX-2 was about? Spunky teenage lesbians that run around solving mysteries in bikinis?

Fifthfiend · 09-23-2006, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Random Ninja

....wasn't that what FFX-2 was about? Spunky teenage lesbians that run around solving mysteries in bikinis?

You know, I think that about nails it.

On that note, thread closerered.

09-22-2006, 08:45 PM	#62
Random Ninja Canada's Secret Weapon. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 278	Well, I think that if they're going to stick you on a boat for hours, it should be a fairly decent sized boat. Like Jack's boat in KH2. Now if they added things like storms, sea fairing enemies (aquatic monsters/enemy ships) as well as things like Sea Fishing or something, it'd be fun. But then I'd probably want the option to skip the entire thing and make the trip as short as possible so I didn't get side tracked. __________________ :rmage: :You know, the last time we screwed with Canada, they burned down the White House (circa 1812AD, Planet Earth). Ever since then, they've been sitting up there...waiting... Waiting for us to let down our guard...I wouldn't be caught dead saying anything bad about those brave, handsome psychopathic pyros up in the Great White North. Not when we're 0 for 1.

09-22-2006, 09:50 PM	#64
Random Ninja Canada's Secret Weapon. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 278	I tend not to read too much into those sorts of things, because in the end, opinions based off of this sort of stuff sours my opinions of games that turn out to be pretty good. So I end up not liking them for reasons that I can no longer remember. Like FF8...for a time. __________________ :rmage: :You know, the last time we screwed with Canada, they burned down the White House (circa 1812AD, Planet Earth). Ever since then, they've been sitting up there...waiting... Waiting for us to let down our guard...I wouldn't be caught dead saying anything bad about those brave, handsome psychopathic pyros up in the Great White North. Not when we're 0 for 1.

09-23-2006, 01:07 AM	#67
Random Ninja Canada's Secret Weapon. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 278	....wasn't that what FFX-2 was about? Spunky teenage lesbians that run around solving mysteries in bikinis? __________________ :rmage: :You know, the last time we screwed with Canada, they burned down the White House (circa 1812AD, Planet Earth). Ever since then, they've been sitting up there...waiting... Waiting for us to let down our guard...I wouldn't be caught dead saying anything bad about those brave, handsome psychopathic pyros up in the Great White North. Not when we're 0 for 1.

09-22-2006, 11:59 PM	#66
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	http://media.ds.ign.com/media/853/853587/imgs_1.html Two things... 1) Square just needs to make a lesbian couple as the main characters.. 2) This guy is just... sigh I'll just pass on FFXII for now.