PSXE Poll Update: Final Fantasy Must Make Some Changes
It almost doesn't matter what those "changes" should be; the majority of our readers believe that if Square-Enix doesn't give the franchise a boost in one way or another, the series is on its last legs.
Maybe they could re-introduce turn-based in a slick, modernized, original fashion, all the while keeping the role-playing elements that fans have always craved. Maybe they could once again progress forward from Final Fantasy XIII and give us something entirely new (which wouldn't be altogether unpleasant). I will always say that FFXIII is often unfairly persecuted against by the long-time fans and although I've been guilty of that in the past, I really do think it's a fantastically great game. It just isn't a great Final Fantasy. So the question is, what can Square-Enix do? What should they do? Company president Yoichi Wada has admitted he's not sure of the intended "direction" for the franchise, so maybe if enough fans step forward and offer a few suggestions... Hey, you never know. They might listen. Just don't forget that like 1 in every 2 PS3 owners in Japan bought FFXIII and most evidently loved it.
For this week, it's the whole Cole fiasco. Sucker Punch has revealed they're re-overhauling the hero and we wanna know what you think. Bear in mind that we're not really getting the old Cole back; we're merely getting a hero that "looks more like" the original Cole. So what do you think? Good enough? Or do they need to change the voice, too? Maybe such a poll will help out the devs.
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7/25/2010 9:24:48 PM Ben Dutka
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hellish_devil
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 9:58:03 PM
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hellish_devil
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:09:25 PM
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in terms of costumer satisfaction is so abysmal?? Is he blind or something?? Well, he may be blind, maybe he has to much M$ cash in front of him so that he cannot look further than his f*king nose. Oh god, M$ is causing the game industry to go downhill, and that is really pissing me off.
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Alienange
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:11:21 PM
NoSmokingBandit
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:46:51 PM
shadowscorpio
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:21:20 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:08:50 PM
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While I would prefer to have Old Cole back, that's probably too much to ask but I'm VERY glad that SP listened to the ire from the fans and are gonna fix him.
FM23
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:24:57 PM
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As far as the whole cole thing goes, they need to change that 'sqeaky nerd trying to be rough' voice or just give him back is original voice. The new look is okay besides that Uncharted haircut. Fix the voice and haricut so I can take Cole serious in round 2.
ffrevenge
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:33:34 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:44:12 PM
aaronisbla
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:35:30 PM
kraygen
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:40:25 PM
FF13 is some game that square enix made and didn't want a new IP so they plugged the FF name on it. It has almost no similarity to any FF game. That's the problem.
BTNwarrior
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:41:06 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:44:36 PM
Mell
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:45:56 PM
BTNwarrior
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:51:45 PM
aaronisbla
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:37:30 PM
Underdog15
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:33:10 PM
aaronisbla
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:34:03 PM
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kraygen
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:43:24 PM
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As for Cole, I watched the video and his voice is still incredibly annoying. He sounds like steve urkel trying to sound tough and gravelly. In the end it sounds like Bruce Willis with a terrible sinus infection, just awful.
dante_zero
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:45:42 PM
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Hooray old cole is back but newer but not too newer. confused. lol
Ultimadream
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:12:59 AM
Underdog15
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:36:22 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:48:57 PM
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Underdog15
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:51:16 AM
PS3_Wizard
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:21:14 AM
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I have no interest for the new FF MMORPG that's suppose to launch and as of right now, I don't intend of buying another damn square enix game. I know my $60 won't make much of a difference, but I'm sure as hell not going to support a company that takes all of my loyalty since ff6 and shuts me out in the cold after slapping me in the freaking face.
Really now...where would SE be without me and most of the other PSX who have been around since the beginning? Now its painfully obvious that Wada doesn't care about any of us Final Fantasy gamers of olde. He just ONLY worries about getting western gamers. I'd kill to get a decent JRPG man...(And I'd go on a killing spree to get a turn-based rpg.)
Loyalty gets you nothing this day in age...
StangMan80
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:51:40 AM
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Gordo
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:01:58 AM
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I think FF has passed me by so won't be buying any future games.
Demon's Souls has got me at the moment. Utterly fantastic game. I have Dragon Age: Origins on my shelf waiting to be played. I also loved Fallout3.
So I think western RPG's have the edge in my opinion. I doubt I would buy a remake of FFVII as it's never going to live up to the fans expectations.
PS3_Wizard
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:35:08 AM
The only thing I think they should change is that they should include a cutscene viewer.
Underdog15
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:43:30 AM
shadowscorpio
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:34:51 PM
___________
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:51:50 AM
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true JRPG, traditional story, traditional gameplay, massive worlds to loose yourself in, heaps of side quests and collectibles to find.
i cant believe im saying this, but neir felt more like a traditional RPG than FFXIII did!
and maybe bring back the turn based mechanics, though that ones a bit of a gamble.
the old school will be kissing your feet for it!
but, well its not going to go down well with other, more up to date players.
but to them i say FF is a RPG, a strategy RPG not a action hack and slash game!
Underdog15
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:49:46 AM
Alienange
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 5:12:07 PM
sawao_yamanaka
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:29:34 AM
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Scarecrow
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:26:26 AM
Ultimadream
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:58:17 AM
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I have played most FF games and i definatly say it's around the middle, its not the standard of 6-10. But i had such a fun time playing through it it had many tributes to the series, mainly through the missions. I can see why people were upset, due to the lack of exploration. but i would rather that and have a nicely structured story with frequent events than XII's non existent plot, the part where you had to go up that temple in XII was just torture.
ffrevenge
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 5:20:08 AM
Ultimadream
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:11:11 AM
Underdog15
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:46:17 AM
Also, I have a fantastic reference from a guy who has a PhD in philosophy who has written an incredible piece on the character Kefka and how his character is built entirely around the philosophy of the philosopher Kafka. VERY interesting stuff! It was a very literal and on-purpose piece of character development. Well thought out by whoever wrote the story to FF6. With that context, Kefka's personality makes perfect sense. He is not merely 'mad'.
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Snaaaake
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:24:32 AM
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I don't wanna see the following in FFXV :
1) No towns
2) Lack of NPC interaction
3) Over-the-top linearity that made you felt like you're travelling in a straight line.
Without these FFXIII would have been one of the best FF.
Which got me thinking, if SE wanna appeal to the western audience, why the heck did they made FFXIII so damn linear when WRPG aren't linear at all.
WolfCrimson
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:32:07 AM
shadowscorpio
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:43:15 PM
Lotusflow3r
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:50:21 AM
Chris Morris is an absolute god! I've met him too in Nottingham at the premiere of his film Four Lions.
He is, along with Peter Cook, the greatest comedian/satirist Britain has ever seen.
Back on topic...Square-Who?
Level 5, mate.
Cowsick
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:54:18 PM
JackC8
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:01:28 AM
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BigBoss4ever
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:44:34 AM
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johnld
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:18:07 PM
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and dont tell me how to beat him, i know how. I farmed that damn adamantoise to max out.what happened to the float spell anyway? my characters are maxed on all roles and i can still get taken out by marked/hunt enemies sometimes pretty easily. I even beat some marks pretty fast but still no S ranking its retarded.
Alienange
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:06:46 PM
Underdog15
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:05:06 AM
As for the S rankings, keep at it. I platinum'd FFXIII, and it was really just a matter of exploitation. Once I found out that each paradigm featuring 3 of the same classes has a latent effect, things got easier...
for example: Tortoise (3 sentinals) latent effect is half damage taken. No spells necessary. 3 Commando's is double magic power (which sounds stupid... but it just doubles the effectiveness of Ruin which classifies as a magic spell. Which is why if you cast Death or One Man Army or the like, then switch to 3 Commando's while casting, the damage is doubled)
Stabs88
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:17:43 AM
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Final Fantasy XIII










jman12343
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Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 9:48:19 PM
EDIT: Also, as for the new poll. I could care less about looks for the most part, but the voice is truly what defined Cole in the first game. Without that, they could have straight copied his previous appearance and it still wouldn't help.
Last edited by jman12343 on 7/25/2010 9:55:24 PM