Thread: Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn

Broomhandle45 said Unfortunately for you, what they make Final Fantasy is what Final Fantasy is. I saw nothing in that trailer that screams anything but Final Fantasy due to the fact that the integration of modern and fantasy has been going on since what, FF7-8? Then they went more classic with 9, they kinda went in the middle with 10, and 12 was set in Ivalice so they had a whole wreath of information to base it on. I'm also HUGELY interested in seeing any other JRPG that came out in the US that is even remotely within the realm of what you said. Every flippin JRPG I've seen is cheery, brightly colored and as cut and paste as they get. Maybe you don't like the gameplay, but it's a damned if you do and damned if you don't. You go turn based and everyone wonders why, you go action and everyone wonders why. Also, if you're going to rag on that DLC, you should be reminded that FF13-2 had DLC outfits ranging everything from N7 Armor to Ezio. What they're doing is absolutely nothing that other games don't do on a near constant basis. I also feel like you're missing the point of that DLC considering the designer for Lightning pretty much said that she was a 'female cloud' it's probably a tongue-in-cheek joke and a neat benefit for pre-ordering. Although I am curious, what exactly is Final Fantasy to you? Click to expand... That's just a shitty cop-out. 'It is what it is'. Why even bother giving a shit about the series at all then? And the combining of technology and fantasy has been going on, but you really get a much larger portion of both that go together in what is almost a combative system. ShinRa's entire war on the earth, the crazy flying sphere schools and indoor dinosaur battle rooms of 8, and honestly even Final Fantasy 6 tried to merge them but in a very obvious way that just smashes steam punk against the world of magic. Final Fantasy 9 had a vein similar to 6, 10 was all about ruins but if you looked at the era Tidus was from you saw another very definitive combination of magic and mystics. Even looking at the Dirge of Cerberus combination of technology and magic, which was even more saturation of the two things, still had a very jagged line that separated even while they were together. Ivalice Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Advance, 12, etc is an expansive universe that is even in Vagrant Story, another Square game. Chrono Trigger and to a lesser extent, Cross is another game that goes from bright, to dark, to mergers of magic and fantasy. Most of the Atlus tactical RPGs have a great sense of humor with a nice art style but have a very dark under tone Makai Kingdom especially. I know lots of people think the Persona games are great modern setting RPGs that have adult themes I've only ever played the third one, I think. There's the Valkyrie games, .hack primarily GU, and a lot more I'm sure I'm missing. So there are plenty of fun RPGs with a lot of personality that don't fall into the 'generic happy fun time' type that you're worried about. This game wouldn't make me think of Final Fantasy if it wasn't for Lightning. I half expected it to be it's own IP. The other half hoped it was it's own IP Sadly they decided to try to make another Lightning game because they think they've got another franchise they can grind into the dust despite the fact that the previous games were so linear that there was almost no reason to play it again, which I guess makes the games one trick ponies and making sequels...makes sense? The declining sales are apparent, since FF 13-2 sold half as much as 13, I think the lack of re-playability of old titles is taking it's tole. Or maybe they just lost a lot of fans because the first game...wasn't that good. I mean if FF 13 was a great game, and 6 million people bought it, wouldn't those 6 million people want to play the sequel? Evidently not. So pardon me if I find this new, generic looking game a huge let down when it's biggest selling point is Square-Enix's fastest falling star.