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Whoa indeed at the PSM 3 score of Final Fantasy XIII. That is very low, actually shockingly low. I don't really know much about PSM 3 and how their reviews fit in with the big reviewing sites so I'll wait and see how the other places like Gamespot, IGN, GT, Giant Bomb, and 1up review the game. Those are the sites I mostly prefer for my reviews. Still though I can't imagine that I'll pass up on FFXIII under any scenario.
Yeah Neogaf had users that finished the game that confirmed that it was very linear and it has practically no side missions and minigames. If you want a more open world FF game with side missions and minigames your best bet is Crystal Bearers. Which has gotten mixed reviews.
There, I said it.
Except for Dragon Quest IX and X, but that's Level-5 so that don't count.
I have no expectations for Versus XIII. Knowing Nomura, it'll be even more linear and bizarre than XIII.
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I'll tell you what....if FF 13 flops Square is officially DONE as a powerhouse developer. Really, done. I honestly can't see it being better than Lost Odyssey though, either way. LO was the next-gen FF I wanted and I already got it.
It had that Goochie heart and soul all over it, and I just can't see FF 13 topping it.
I honestly don't care, though. Wada, that new president is very arrogant and full of himself. Remember when he said crap like they won't support any individual console so no console can be dominant this gen? Whatever.
Pride comes before a fall, is all I can say.
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Cyrstal Bearers? Is that the only choice I get?
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That Wada guy is a fucking LOON. I remember the first interview I read with that guy, I said to myself wow this guy is crazier than Nintendo's Yamauchi! I knew then and there Square would never be the same.
Also, I think Square went downhill steadily after the FF movie came out. Even on PS2 they were not even close to their PS1 days, though at least they could still make a good FF. Now apparently they can't even do that.
They lost the Xenogears team...then Sakaguchi, then Matsuno...now they themselves are lost. Goodbye Squaresoft.
Square made two very good games recently (The World Ends With You and Rocket Slime), but other than that...
Even so, sales in Japan will carry FF13 and PSM3? I've never even heard of them. They could be just trollin'.
Personally, I won't be getting FF13 for a long as is possible to hold out (long enough for a price drop but before it goes Greatest Hits).
I'd also put the Kingdom Hearts games on the list of good games they've made. Well not all of them. Just KH 1 & 2.
Other than those two games I'm hard pressed to think of a lot of other games that SE has made that I have enjoyed outside of their remakes. Maybe FFT: A2, but even that was just a little better than average.
Didn't they publish those? I know TEWEY was done by Jupiter, but I'm also fairly sure Rocket Slime was outsourced.
So yeah, I'll post impressions on the Sonic demo as soon as I get it.
Corrected.
How does Ask even still look twice at Square-Enix games if he didn't like this one?
In all seriousness, if it wasn't for the few remakes and TWEWY, Squenix would have been dead to me already. It's really DQVI and DQIX and maybe that Final Fantasy Adventure remake that keeps them on my radar.
...and Dragon Quest Monsters 2...
...so... I just realized it's Old-School Square and Enix that keeps me hangin' on with them.
How do they stay in business...?
Oh. Dragon Quest. Nevermind I just answered my own question.
And Japan.
Square-Enix is still a powerhouse there.
And I agree. It's the remakes and DQ games that I only like now. And those games aren't made by SE!
And why did you have to put me in the same discussion with TWEWY again!?
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Because it's one of Life's Greatest Mysteries that you'll play games like Glory of Heracles and NOT like TWEWY.
Alright, you win. You got me there!
Still disappointed with TWEWY though. Don't know why, but I just couldn't get into it.
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Drew Brees, only 6 feet tall, gots some hops!
He's definitely an athlete!
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http://kotaku.com/5467016/ea-plans-dead-space-2-next-dragon-age-for-2011
Electronic Arts has is aiming for the first quarter of 2011 for two of its bigger upcoming releases, pegging Visceral Games' Dead Space 2 and BioWare's next Dragon Age title for release by March 31 of next year.
EA also lists the Dead Space and Dragon Age sequels as bound for handheld platforms in addition to consoles in its quarterly financial update, with "Dragon Age Title TBA" also coming to the PC. Handheld, in EA terms, includes mobile platforms, so don't be surprised if Dead Space shows up on your iPhone at some point in 2011.
Also coming sometime between January 1 and March 31 of 2011 is "Shooter from Epic TBA," the Epic Games/People Can Fly collaboration that might be known as Bulletstorm. It also has a new New For Speed game and "Action Title" planned for the same three month window.
As for this year, EA plans to have Crysis 2 out for PC and consoles sometime between October 1 and December 31, with Realtime Worlds' massively multiplayer cops and crooks game APB hitting sometime between July and September, a little later than we were expecting.
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Some awesome stuff there. I'm definitely pumped for Dead Space 2, the first one was fantastic. I loved Dragon Age so I'm naturally all for a sequel. I love me some Epic shooting goodness so I'm certainly interested on seeing what comes out on that front.
Oh yeah and I'm really excited for Crysis 2 seeing as it'll be hitting consoles this time.