Magus Rants: Defending Square Enix

Yep I defend Square Enix, in a reasonable way....

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Gaming

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• Magus
• Rants
• Defending
• Square
• Enix

[CrzyNick]

I think SE died when they released FF10-2 but I would be happy if they remade FF7 for ps3 & 360 (to be fair) because that tech demo was a tease.

But magus how can you say that about Sega, they released one of the best games this gen Valkyria Chronicles.

[MagusX1]

There are exceptions, but alot of sega stuff dude has been junk! Maybe not Valkyria Chronices, I have not played it but, there has been alot of other junk!

[SevenLivesManyFaces]

Sega have released some excellent titles actually, like the new "After Burner"

"House Of The Dead5"

another great "Out Run" and few others i don't remember!

[MagusX1]

I was mostly talking about their console servings, their arcade servings are quite good as you mentioned!

[denitson777]

i dont think square enix is becoming crap,sony is becoming crap.

[MDIGENNARO]

I agree 100% that Square Enix is still a very solid developer. I hope they continue releasing stuff like Infinite Undiscovery and Last Remnant and continue to take chances with changing up the Final Fantasy series (like they did for FFXII whether you liked it or not).

Up coming titles like Star Ocean: The Last Hope & FF XIII look to continue the trend of solid games.

[piromaniac9999]

@CrzyNick That happened with FF8 actually.

FF8 is the bane of games for me and the start of bullshit games.

FF9:i liked it

FFX:Pretty good game,

FFXIII:I hated it,i absolutely hated it.I didn't like the linearity or the button mashing.

I heard what they did to parasite eve 3 or known as:the third birthday.I saw a video and it looked like a fps game and lost some of that survivor horror atmosphere.

[THEMANIZZME]

yeah, a remake of streets of rage would be pretty cool, or even a streets of rage 4, but I still will have that nostalgic feeling of the sega genisis versions, but if its streets of rage im definantly looking foward to the soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro

[EnglishTurtle]

Hmmm... I actually seemed to like Amano's style :P

At first, it wasn't really "love at first sight," but as I played the FF games a bit more, I've realized that Amano's style was pretty original, and perfectly fitting for a FF game.

The original FF games had that celtic-irish medievil feeling. Amano's artwork set that tone and atmosphere, but ever since the new artist was hired, that original atmosphere was gone.

[RocMegamanX]

Vectorman, I'd understand. But Ristar could be done. Heck, Sonic Unleashed's Werehog had stretchy arms, so why not? They brought back Nights.

If not, at least bring back Ristar or Streets of Rage for the DS. Or maybe Alex Kidd for the DS.

[EnglishTurtle]

It's not as easy as it looks. You can't just expect game series like that to come out.

Sega may not bring those series back for financial reasons. Maybe they don't own the rights to those games anymore.

Also, bringing those games back may become a risky move for them. Nowadays, most gamers are leaning towards powerful systems like the PS3/ 360/ Wii. Arcade games and platformers like those may not interest them anymore.(espeicially PS3/360 gamers). People may think they're outdated.

[Inuboy1000]

yeah, but I would say for number 1 that if people do not want too many Final Fantasy games then just do not buy them. I say just buy the main series or something related to the main series (like Versus 13). Other than those 2 they are a good company, and one of the better game companies.

[RocMegamanX]

I've read the Wikipedia article on the gameplay system. It seemed similar to Advance Wars.

And I HATE Advance Wars. So I don't know if I'll enjoy THAT game. Plus, boosting morale? I don't even know how to do that.

[RocMegamanX]

Yeah, what Sega needs to do is bring back one or more of the following:

+Ristar

+Streets of Rage

+The TRUE Golden Axe

+The TRUE Altered Beast

+The TRUE Shinobi

+Fantasy Zone

+Alex Kidd

+Vectorman

Why did I say "TRUE" on some of the titles? Because I wanted those games to go back to their roots, not all this Beast Rider/Hotsuma/Project Altered Beast junk.

[RocMegamanX]

Which ones? The Kingdom Hearts characters or The World Ends With You characters?

Either way, I don't care. I've probably seen worse character designs.

Besides, I don't even mind the "belts and zippers". I don't really get Y. Amano's style. A person said that Amano was inspired by American comics...um...what? I didn't see the influence. I didn't see any Western comics that looked anything LIKE Amano's concept sketches.

[ShakinJamacian]

Have you seen the characters he designs as of late?