FF14 panned by critics and users

[Kudistos Megistos]

Squeenix should really give up

Gamespot gives FFXIV 40%

What's intersting about the second picture is that not a single person gave it over 90%. A poor showing indeed!

 

[Covarr]

Seriously, if they make another MMO, it needs to be based on Crystal Chronicles. I could EASILY see that working well.

 

[yoshi314]

i think they will eventually start making only online final fantasies.

that's because there is more money to be made there. who cares about fans of singleplayer when you can earn much more on mmorpg no-lifes?

 

[BlitzNCS]

If they make one more online FF game after 14, I'm never buying an SE game ever again, regardless of if it's FF or not.

 

[LostWingx]

At what point did this horrible transformation of square/enix begin?  as far as I know each of these companies produced primarily for the fans before the merger and were happy with making tens of millions, likely hundreds of millions of dollars.  FFX i thought was the beginning of the end since the fans were pretty split on whether they liked it or not...i guess the younger fans won and since then Squeenix has been producing for those mindless idiots who think pretty colors and asburity are what makes games good.  Money + Stupidity = everything wrong in the world today.

 

[Covarr]

Square Enix still makes all sorts of great games, it's just the Final Fantasy series that's started sucking. Dragon Quest IX kicked ass, Space Invaders Extreme kicked ass, and Kingdom Hearts II kicked ass.

 

[Kudistos Megistos]

At what point did this horrible transformation of square/enix begin?

The horrible transformation happened when they joined. Square raped Enix and the result of that night of passion is the deformed demon baby that is Squeenix

 

[DLPB_]

That's pretty shocking considering the ridiculous fan service that can't wait to slap 10 on a FF game....

 

[LostWingx]

Too bad you guys couldn't submit the mods here to game review magazines. "FFVII: Qhimm Remix 10/10  FFXV -6/10"

 

[Tuxedo]

I don't know why they decided to get into the MMO business, I tried XI and hated it and played a bit of XIV and hated it as well. It's a shame that they're both in the main series. I like Covarr's idea though, a CC MMO might actually turn out to be pretty cool.

As for where the FF series is going, I love X-2, LOATHE XII and love XIII. So for me, the quality is pretty sprodiac (but it's always been) so wheter or not I find the series is going downhill will depend on the quality of the next FF game.

 

[Mako]

The horrible transformation happened when they joined. Square raped Enix and the result of that night of passion is the deformed demon baby that is Squeenix

Kudistos you always have the most...colorful of interpretations...

 

[DLPB_]

At what point did this horrible transformation of square/enix begin?

The horrible transformation happened when they joined. Square raped Enix and the result of that night of passion is the deformed demon baby that is Squeenix

I remember being abused on one forum for saying that but unfortunately it is absolutely true.  After FFX (imho the last brilliant FF game), we started having a huge shift in the number of games being made and the quality went the other way.  We had spin off cash ins of VII by the bucket full, we had remakes, and then we had what I feel are disasters, FF12, FF13, FFX-2.  I remember with Square, when you bought Final Fantasy, you KNEW it would be quality and you would be hooked.

Then Hironobu and Nobuo jumped ship, Enix merger... bye bye.

 

[nfitc1]

The horrible transformation happened when they joined. Square raped Enix and the result of that night of passion is the deformed demon baby that is Squeenix

Kudistos you always have the most...colorful of interpretations...

That's pretty bland by most of his comparisons.

 

[The Seer of Shadows]

Heh.  The series the company murdered left behind spin-offs... to haunt us all!

 

[yoshi314]

i personally don't consider ff12 a disaster. merely an unfinished game. i like how different and non-mundane it is.

 after merger, squeenix started releasing games developed by other companies, e.g tri-ace or vanillaware. actually some of those 3rd party games are pretty decent. and in comparison their own in-house games look pretty bad.

 

[Kudistos Megistos]

The horrible transformation happened when they joined. Square raped Enix and the result of that night of passion is the deformed demon baby that is Squeenix

Kudistos you always have the most...colorful of interpretations...

That's pretty bland by most of his comparisons.

Awww, sowwy to disappoint you.

I'll come up with something more colourful next time, OK NFI-kun?

Then Hironobu and Nobuo jumped ship, Enix merger... bye bye.

I think the loss of some of the most important members of the Square team isn't mentioned enough when people talk about why the compnay jumped the shark. It's the same with the decline in quality of the Simpsons. The original writers, the people who made it great, aren't all there any more. How could it possibly be as good if the people replacing them aren't equally brilliant?

 

[DLPB_]

Yeah and Sakaguchi made a pretty decent attempt with his new team, for the game Lost Odyssey.  He was obviously a bigger part of Square than some people gave him credit.

 

[Mako]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-final-fantasy/705893

OMG! Absolutely terrible, I think the question is no longer "can square regain there former glory?" rather "is that company still in business?".

Such a shame I have such font memories of Square games Ahhh...warm glow of the picture tube snacking on my assortment of junk food. This simple fan girl is very disappointed in the latest events :x!. In fact giving that I dont really like most FF games on has to wonder was FF7 a fluke?

 

[Jaitsu]

I don't know why they decided to get into the MMO business, I tried XI and hated it and played a bit of XIV and hated it as well. It's a shame that they're both in the main series. I like Covarr's idea though, a CC MMO might actually turn out to be pretty cool.

As for where the FF series is going, I love X-2, LOATHE XII and love XIII. So for me, the quality is pretty sprodiac (but it's always been) so wheter or not I find the series is going downhill will depend on the quality of the next FF game.

dun kill me for saying this but i actually liked XII a bit, i hated the story and the characters were... well lame, but i actually found myself enjoying battle and the amount of grinding i had to do to get 100 percent

 

[Covarr]

I don't know why they decided to get into the MMO business, I tried XI and hated it and played a bit of XIV and hated it as well. It's a shame that they're both in the main series. I like Covarr's idea though, a CC MMO might actually turn out to be pretty cool.

As for where the FF series is going, I love X-2, LOATHE XII and love XIII. So for me, the quality is pretty sprodiac (but it's always been) so wheter or not I find the series is going downhill will depend on the quality of the next FF game.

dun kill me for saying this but i actually liked XII a bit, i hated the story and the characters were... well lame, but i actually found myself enjoying battle and the amount of grinding i had to do to get 100 percent

The battle system in XII was fantastic. It had no business being called Final Fantasy, but it was fun.

The dungeon layouts, on the other hand, were very "needs improvement".