I’m quite literally the target audience for the new strategy. I played every final fantasy released until the PS3 era, than I quit consoles and became an exclusive PC gamer. This happened after I played FF7 Remake on the original PS4 and couldn’t play more than 3 hours a day because the horrendous FPS gave me a headache. Meanwhile, 144 fps on PC felt amazing, so I just sold my PS4 and I’ll never buy consoles again. I was quite literally cut off from my favorite franchise up until this new strategy of release, and if there are more people like me, I believe it’ll be very successful.

final fantasy has traditionally and very successfully embedded itself in the cultural identity of the West and projected its story from there. there was no uncertainty or wavering about Good and evil from this creative vantage point

however, the more people that have been introduced into the creative team thanks to the piper emphasis on graphics and shock and awe, the greater the uncertainty in speaking to that part of the western demographic that’s still subscribe to any kind of a traditional Western culture

there is a direct correlation in the lack of a firm and direct narrative speaking to a fan base and lowered sales. unfortunately for square, culturally driven narratives of good versus evil are not ever going to be something that you can sell to everyone since everyone has a wildly different take on what is good and evil today and if square tried to be relevant in speaking on Good and evil today, they would be canceled and accused of being a state-sponsored subversive organization

Rebirth is the best ff game in 20 years. So im happy with where there going.

final fantasy sux from ff 12…..
they stoped the old battle system, for geay noob mainstream battle chieldren system.

THEY NEED TO FIX PERFORMANCE MODE OF PS5 IN FF7 REBIRTH, BEFORE THEY EVEN RELEASE PART 3

Waiting on Harvestella 2

It’s better to have quality over quantity.

They might as well make a souls like final fantasy game at this point….

Its like SquareEnix have a self imposed rule that they MUST move away from traditional mechanics towards 3rd person action…

Problem is,
There’s already devs that dominate that corner of the market, like multiple goty winners…

So in trying to force this move,
They’ve just alienated swath of their core fan base,
whilst making games that obviously weren’t going to compete…

I mean they publish Persona,
So they know the score and have the blueprints for modern day Jrpg success…

At this point it’s just willfull ignorance and pride destroying their legacy 😅

“When making a near perfect Jrpg,
story and gameplay/mechanics are king!

Everything else is just a bonus…”

‘Me – 2025’

But that’s just like,
My opinion man 😎

Longtime fan here. So 16 was the first FF I’ve enjoyed (aside from 7r) in many years. It wasn’t perfect. It got the same incomplete story treatment as the Matsuno games, but it’s more of what I want to see in future square games. I’m 35 years old. I would love more mature story lines and different styles of play. I don’t really understand the vitriol for that game. It was so much fun and the darkness was a breath of fresh air.

7 is my fave of all time but I am tired of the retconning, the over stretching of the plot for money… I have a hard time with rebirth because it clearly wasn’t made for OG fans. But this is the only thing that sells for square atm.

I feel like I may need to accept that the story focused Squaresoft days are not coming back. I am terrified of the next mainline FF. IMO more of the last several have been shitty than have been good. I just want them to do like what they did with 16 and make a game THEY want to make without caring about consumer trends but yeah that won’t happen either. 😢

Beating rebirth and then 16 has me FEENING for re(union?) and 17. Bad.

I think they will say something about not enough sales after they have all the multiplatform releases.

I was so hyped for FF16 and I ended up enjoying it alright, but then BG3 came out, and I’m still playing it to the point I forgot FF supposed to be my favorite video game franchise.

Man, I wish they could produce games again that can suck me in like the good old days. Not just one random controversial one once a decade, but a new one every other year.

There was some developer that said “Our goal is to make this Final Fantasy the best RPG of its generation” and that is what Final Fantasy and Square means to me. The random side-games, that’s not what we think of when we think of FF. We think of 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Also, for those longing for turn based combat and character stories, try the Trails of series. A lot of what people are asking for in the comments (for Square to focus less on graphics and action combat) the Trails games are already doing

square is cooked

A company that owns Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, Parasite Eve, Vagrant Story and does absolutely nothing with those IPs. I’m currently replaying FF VIII and having way more fun than with Rebirth

one of the reasons i cant really get into ever crisis is I’m still pretty salty Square shut down Dissidia Opera Omnia it was one of the only mobile games Square or otherwise that I was really able to get into and it really made me sad they killed it off.

Final fantasy hasn’t been good since X.

the games have looked great, but had almost zero substance. ff15 at least SORTA had open world, but it felt super small. i want continent airshipping open world barely there linear gameplay. final fantasy 16 was 100% linear and no open world. just a series of loaded stages that the main map gave you travel points to to make you think you had options.

final fantasy 3 (6) is still the best one. vast open map to at least travel on your own that CHANGED because originally you FAIL and the world map becomes a different post apocalyptic version. so ahead of its time. characters had emotion. kefka killing espers was the first time i remember feeling actual hate. game was a masterpiece.

the best final fantasy game to come out in recent years oddly is dragon quest 11. just play that instead.

I just started playing 16. Its great 👍🏾

Turn based modern FF is that too much to ask ?

It must survive

DAMN! Give Square a chance to cook!

I’m most interested in the Tactics remaster, but I would really like to see a new Ivalice series game, that or a new Crystal Chronicles game.

All I want is for SE to stop funneling FFXIV cash into trash IP’s that fail instantly and put that money back into ffxiv. Dawntrail is in a really bad spot right now and many including myself have jumped ship. There just isn’t enough content currently (though what’s been given has been good at least). Also the story just isn’t up to par with the rest of FFXIV. It’s objectively not a good story and not well written. I didn’t hate it like most but I recognize the huge flaws in it. We need a well paid and well motivated writing team that can give us better patch msq leading into 8.0.

What happened to that Final Fantasy 9 remake / remaster that they were working on? Or was that still in the realm of rumor?

What shocks me most is also Square sold Crytstal Dyanmics, Tomb Raider and Deus Ex for 300 Mi. Guess Square’s vision “Is not augmented! What a shame!””

Final fantasy has lost its way 😞

I would love for them to release another Dissidia title but one that is similar to the PSP classics. Or like Opera Omnia but for consoles and no gacha elements, just a solid turn based RPG crossover

GO WOKE, GET BROKE

Rebirth was open world shlop made to waste your time. Change my mind.

Unless they stop doing the Mortal Kombat play style of Final Fantasy games I will never play again . I was so excited when they announced FF& remake but they just reskinned 16 and used FF7 story then turned it in 3 different non connected games like what’s the point pay 70 bucks to finish a story then start over people would have paid 200 USD for a updated/upgrade FF7 game if they left everything the same

Make a Power Rangers Final Fantasy game and itll make a hundred million billion dollars trust

Bring back squaresoft .. 16 sucks bigtime weres my remastered of ff13 series??

I’ve got an idea how about we remake FF6 like they were planning to do 25 years ago before they slapped us with the gloomy drama that is FF7 …. No one has even played the 3rd chapter of FF7 remake and I already know how it’s going to end, Aerith is going to be hooked up with Zack and Cloud is going to go coocoo for coconuts over it and all the gamers are going to rage about how there’s no alternative choices in the game.

16 kinda sucked

All I want is a FF8 remake. But that will probably never happen…

FFXI still going strong for those sick of 14.

FF7 is the bane of FF now imo. They milked it so much I don’t even like FF7 anymore. If I see Cloud or Sephiroth again I am going to gauge my forking eyes out. With a fork. LOL But seriously, the bias for their cash cows is insane and annoying af. I just want a GOOD new FF game. N E W. and G O O D. All we see in the RPG scene lately is REMAKES and RERELEASES and everyone is so hype and I am just: But I already played this…. Am I the only one who feels this way?

Never thought I would hear about Mini Ninjas again. Was a good game.

One idea I have: Stop keeping your games trapped on playstation and optimize your games on PC

they may not have many final fantasy games on the horizon (ports are in the works for pc and hopefully switch 2) but there’s plenty of other ip’s coming out, kingdom hearts and dragon quest games to name a few

In my personal opinion the future is not uncertain with regards to FF. Other FF games will be released with good to mixed quality and reviews, FFXIV will slowly come to an end after one or two more expansions. In truth, what other future could there be?

Square also closed Romancing saga RE in Oct.

Enix really needs to go the capcom model and work on their popular ip when a ff game is getting worked on a og or nier game should be getting ready to be released

Sorry, not sorry but even the 2010-13 are really low numbers. Up to 2000 we got 10 (TEN) main games and even titles like Chrono Trigger. In the last 25 years we got 5 single player Final Fantasy main titles. I don’t care about remakes, chocobo racing farming, mobile games and other bs projects. I don’t care that much about graphics. Just give me a regular FF game with beautiful story. And sorry, but the last 25 years are just bland in comparison to the time when they were making 6 and 7 and 10 and even less popular titles were still great.

Just do not repeat anything that has to do with ff16 that game is fucking slow boring depressing and all around shit. Fucking hate it

Bring back actual old school FF back, not this Devil May Cry nonsense or Social media generation garbage!
The older games are so much better!! Go back to ur roots and stop selling out to ur actual fanbase….🤡

I wish they could do a remake of Parasite Eve. I don’t know how popular it would be today but I loved it.

Remake Chrono Trigger, the plot, the characters, the music – masterpiece

They fucked it up themselves with the remake project

am FF8 Remake would be better than people would think..

I’m mostly looking for FF7R-3, and I’m intrigued to find out which team will make FF17.

I loved 7 but I refuse to participate in the grubby shit the remake is. Corporate dummies are out of touch. Also Im not paying for phone pixels that i dont actually own.

Going Playstation-exclusive really hurt the hype and sales for the new FF games.

and yet he can’t have a normal press conference on how he will lower grocery store prices lmaoooo

It’s not like I want this company to fail. I have a lot of time and emotion invested into the games produced by Squaresoft/Square Enix. It’s the same with Disney.

The problem is I cannot support the direction these companies are going and it is heartbreaking to witness them destroy themselves in order to appease a nearly non-existent audience who does not have anywhere near the same amount of investment into these franchises and IPs.

At this point, do we really want a re-release of IX knowing who is at the helm? I suffer the thought of what they would do to Princess Garnet, who is arguably the most well-written female protagonist in all of Final Fantasy. It’s best to leave it where it is as to not throw paint on a masterpiece.

After how much I hate rebirth makes me move back to older type rpgs

I discovered this channel last year on January 2024 while I was stuck at my house cuz had covid. That made me replay again FF7 from my last time probably on 2003 and also played again FF4 with the pixel remaster from my last time probably on 2001 or 2002.

A bit controversial.. but as a last resort they could *quit making fucking Sony exclusives and realize PC is not only the largest, but the FUTURE of gaming.* Haha.. just a thought.

I prefer higher quality games, ff16 and ff7 remake satisfied that for me and showed a return to form I was sceptical on following from FF13 onwards

Just create some cohesive and easy to understand no bullshit.

This last FFXIV expansion was the only time I wasn’t sitting on the edge of my seat to see the next part of the story. I almost skipped the cutscenes. So so bad, hard to believe the same people worked on it.

I bought almost every version of every Final Fantasy since Nintendo and I’ve never played one of the phone games, they don’t exist to me

Eh, for a poor PC lad like me, I’m just fine.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth comes out in just a couple of weeks on PC. Kingdom Hearts Master Collection came out on PC last year, as did FF16, and next year I have FF14’s next expansion to look forward to (Each expansion typically comes out every 2 years. The one exception to that norm was Endwalker, and it’s completely understandable since the pandemic slowed down everything to a crawl).

Plus I get to look forward to that from this point on, there’s not going to be any more console-exclusivity bullshit from Square-Enix. Nor (I hope) any more Epic Games Store exclusivity idiocy (which is why I had to wait FOUR extra years to play the PC version of the Kingdom Hearts Master Collection).

When FF17 is finally announced, I’ll have the certainty that it will be released on PC at the same time as the console versions.

akira torimaggot’s “dRagOn bAlL”: “cRoNo tRiGeR” is what killed Final Fantasy.

Hell, akira torimaggot himself and it’s neo-satanic cult made very sure to kill the entire entertainment industry.

Stop letting Sony pay you to keep your games locked behind a terrible console.

Whatever the next mainline game is, it needs to have a balance of playable and well written male AND female characters. Final Fantasy was formative for me as a little girl because I saw characters I could see myself in when I played. It’s like after XIII they just decided the games did poorly because women aren’t people and we need to stop including them, instead of actually listening to the fans complaints about the games.

is that john oeth in the background?

Every new FF game is a magical experience that i will never miss ~ so many masterpieces within one franchise, any new FF game will be lifechanging ❤

It feels like FF7 part 3 is going to be the defining game of what they do forward with the series.

Theatrhythm final bar line was a really fun spin-off but I wish it fixed it’s issues: not enough final fantasy track, having multiplayer locked behind a subscription service (PS+), and an endless mode that focuses to much on a boring mechanic (should have just implemented adveture mode from the previous game).

Wish they would have kept updating the game with more tracks. Could just release it on PC and get the playerbase to do it, if nothing else.

I’m old, I’m no longer their key demographic. I’ve had fun with some of the recent titles but I don’t expect another experience on par with FF7. Hopefully FF19 or FF20 is a life-changing experience for some kid in 15 years. Honestly.

This is kinda spoiler of the last few titles we got, but can SE just make an ending that doesn’t kinda drop the ball in its final moments? Why does everyone have to die or seemingly die to a kinda 1 dimensional final boss without much development to them. I love 13, 15, and 16 for their own reasons but this trend is the annoying for me, personally.

I am kinda disapointed in Yoshi-P’s latest work. He seem to only know how to do one thing and just keeps repeating that. FFXIV has being using the same formula for over a decade and I was board of it only 2 year into it. XVI carries over a bunch of it with the only differences being stuff done new people brought from other companies. He keeps conflating accessablility with difficulty. Yes you want more people to play the game but it underminds any fun the combat has and bring in ludonarrative dissonance. Either he needs to change or I hope he never does anything outside of XIV ever again.

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Square-Enix always does something new with each FF game since X which prevents them being able to iterate upon themselves. So instead of solving the issues the previous game had, they just replace it with different ones. (same philosophy behind job design in FFXIV)

The next final fantasy game needs to be smaller in scale. FFX is on of the best in the series and was capable of doing way more with far less compared to XVI’s big budget graphics, environments, and setpieces.

Just wanna see another epic traditional square rpg like FFVI and Xenogears

Final fantasy needs to go back to its roots. The classic knight and black wizards, thief’s ninjas and red mage. I would love to see a modern version of final fantasy 1 on the PS5

I think they should continue with the remakes! 9, 6 & 8 would be great 😁We can hope lol

every ff game after 12 is trash.

my problem with ffxiv was how woke it went

Would be nice if FF would just alternate numbering.

Odd – Turn base and atb.

Even – Devil May Cry rip offs.

FF14:AAR and ending with MSQ Endwalker, I really loved ff14, but they really had a mediocre content post msq in Endwalker and in Dawntrail.

Personally hated ff chao, 15 and 16.

Plenty of room for tactics, turn and atb.

Dawntrail destroyed my enthusiasm for FFXIV

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If Square fumbles to the point of bankruptcy that’s pathetic. There’s no excuse with their older catalogue as the blueprint for what their fans will pay for.

A Vagrant Story remake is deserved and needed to expose new generations to such a rpg. A Xenogears remake as well. Two of em actually; one using the engine from the Star Ocean II remake, and one using modern graphics (ideally the Fox Engine from Metal Gear Solid V).

Final Fantasies VI and VIII also deserve the treatment FFVII is getting.

I really hope we get another mainline FF set in Ivalice. I love XII and the fact it’s set in the same world as Tactics and Vagrant Story is so cool.

The series needs a couple mainline entries that are space operas. Xenosaga, Star Ocean, and Phantasy Star need some direct competition from the FF series.

Hey guys, I got into FF last year when I played FF7 remake and rebirth and am wondering what’s the next one I should play

I haven’t been able to enjoy any Final Fantasy game that’s come out in the past ten years, so it won’t really affect me at all either way.

I grew up on Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, I love turn-based JRPGs, when they went action RPG, I lost a lot of my love for the series, I’m glad DQ hasn’t gone the same way yet, like with DQ, I wish FF had kept the action RPGs for their spinoffs, action RPGs are a dime a dozen, making FF no different than the others like it, I know its just my opinion, but I miss the old turn based systems.

They banked on going woke and went broke

All I care about is Seeing a Better ending for FFVII(Everyone Lives)

Square lost my business when the first trailer for ff7 remake was shown. Not even close to what i was hoping for. The last ff game i enjoyed was 12 not zodiac age.

I’d they don’t start styling the graphics and continue down these god of war/horizon zero dawn ultra super epic graphics, 2/3 year development just for graphics then final fantasy is doomed

Final Fantasy doesn’t need to pander to new audiences. If they stuck to what the core fans want. They wouldn’t have to worry about sales numbers.

I’ve always said that I would not play FF7 until a remake was done. I last played FF7 when it came out in 1997 and did everything in it.
Later, when FF7 remake was at last annonced, I was ecstatic until I learned it would be in parts. I then decided to not play it until every part was released and I would play it all in one go. I have already bought the 2 first parts, really hope the 3rd one is the last one. So, maybe I’ll finaly have played it before 2030!

If Yoshida wants to see FF Tactics and Vagrant Story come back, I truly hope they can do both to the same high level of quality as Tactics Ogre. I do not agree with the consensus about Rebirth, it was a massive disappointment for me. While enjoyable, FF16 wasn’t excellent like I think SE hoped it would be. Though, for me, its flaws were things that I could deal with as opposed to Rebirth which ended up making me quit that game. I loved my time in FF14, but I genuinely have no interest in the current expansion and have no plans on going back any time soon.

I’m personally feeling like I’ve been eating good with Final Fantasy the last ten years with the mainline titles. Once all the naysayers cleared out, I enjoyed my time with XV and XVI, but also had fun with Remake and Rebirth. I think they could still make something for the old school people who like turn-based, but…I’m not likely going to touch it. FF7 got a pass because I got into the franchise when more content had been released, so I knew if I rushed through it, I’d have more interesting things to play (at the time, the original Crisis Core had just come out and I watched Advent Children Complete). I’ll wait until all the other titles have had remakes of their own to delve into their stories.

I’m happy with waiting for content as the quality, for me at least, has mostly been worth it (a few qualms with XV and XVI not withstanding).

My wild hope is that XVII is announced and is not a full action game like XVI. I’d also love it if they iterated on XII’s combat system, doesn’t have to be Final Fantasy though. And speaking of non-FF stuff, anything to do with Vagrant Story would be an absolute dream come true.

Dang I remember when they announced the FFIX anime…didn’t know it was in limbo 😅 and yeah the remake rumors suddenly just died down.

If they plan to stick with ARPG style for FFXVII, at least make all party members playable…

The road forward is pretty simple from where I sit actually. It’s a three prong approach that I think stands to make them a lot of money.

The mainline: Continued numbered entries in the mainline that expand on the concept of Final Fantasy and tell unique stories that stand on their own. In this mainline, they’re free to explore styles of game, whether it’s action/adventure or turn based.

The sub-series: remakes or original entries that take advantage of their HD-2D technology and provide a classic, turn-based Final Fantasy experience. The recent DQ remake being a proof of concept for this model. Also included: 3D remakes in the style of FF7R.

The spin-off: More titles like Stranger Of Paradise, that offer a unique spin on Final Fantasy gameplay, mythos, and designs. A proper Dissidia remaster/remake would also fall into this category. The much wanted Dirge Of Cerberus remaster/remake would also fall here.

There are plenty of ways to cash in on Final Fantasy and where it currently stands. It’s just whether or not Square is willing to invest in themselves and the brand this way.

Final Fantasy X. Thats all. Square, do something with that game

FF16 was, for me, the death knell of the series. I’m not even sure I’ll be interested enough to pay attention when they actually announce 17. Like others have said, the pixel remasters really served to remind me just how far the series has fallen away from what used to make it great.

Is that acoustic honey bee… omfg yes it is

*Final Fantasy XXX must be made*

I wonder how will Final fantasy 17 look like

Ima be honest guys, I don’t see Square going back to any sort of traditional rpg battle system.
They’re clearly trying to push away from that stagnant type of play style, Kingdom hearts and the recent FF’s are examples of this.
Even 13 was really fast paced when you got down to pulse and you actually have to use the mechanics.

Even ff7remake keeps it action oriented.

I think maybe- this was always the idea? It was always supposed to be cinematic and grand but they probably didn’t have the technology at the time.
I think any of the older FF’s could work as remakes simply because their story and characters because I think that’s what really carried them- the stories and characters and not necessarily the gameplay.
I mean everyone knows Squall is awesome- but do most people even like that game?

It’s because they alienated their fan base they don’t do turn-based fighting no more they took away any exploration and treasure finding…. the fact of the matter is they turned away from their old fan base to try and attract a younger audience and the younger audience doesn’t have an attention span so it doesn’t work for Final Fantasy they screwed themselves and now they only want to do mobile games.

I wished they re-release Final Fantasy Record Keeper, but instead of in-app purchases or gacha, make it a full game where you pay upfront.

I’m currently playing Fantasian Neo Dimension, so my 42 year old Final Fantasy lifer is eating well currently.

xbox series x, when ;-;

An original non-Episodic Final Fantasy title, with gameplay like FF7R, kingdom hearts or the OG turn based, controllable party members, an amazing story that doesn’t falter, an incredible world design and no Hollywood writers. That’s the game Square needs to win.

All I want is a game like FF7,8,9 or 10. Turn based and with good characters and a few mini games. But we’re not allowed that anymore it seems.

I think all these changes in gaming and Square Enix’s approach to it, particularly who they align with and who they don’t, already paint a very clear picture of what we can expect in the coming decades.

Final Fantasy lost it’s identity. The turn based gameplay and soundtrack were iconic. Now, they are just subpar action games with generic music.

Just make everything the same quality as Rebirth, and I’ll be happy.

As soon as I saw Square Enix on that list of SBI clients, I had an awful feeling.
Thus explaining their Ethics Department.
I have suffered through Video Game Censorship back in the 80s and 90s.
I knew I was sick of this rearing it’s ugly head again.

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remake chrono trigger damn it

I guess this gives me time to catch up, though I do wish there was something new to look forward to…

I haven’t enjoyed a new Final Fantasy game since 12. The franchise has been kinda dead to me for a while. I’ve enjoyed the pixel remastere, and reissues of games 1 through 10, and 12, on the modern consoles. I’m halpy to reolay those til the cows ckme home. But I haven’t put more than an hour into 13, 15, and 16. They’re soulless snore festivals. I miss the days of FF4 (or as I played it, FF2)

Abandon uncanny realism and action combat

Return to art style and substance

I know Final Fantasy XIII is a bit of an outlier, but I honestly enjoyed the gameplay mechanics, I feel as though the world building and character development was it’s ultimate downfall for a lot of people, and it absolutely would have benefited from a more ‘Open-World’ concept rather than a linier story driven narrative world with so many points of no return. XIII-2 semi fixed the concept of the game with being able to travel to other locations and timelines, but it could have done so much more.

They traded the charm in their games for EXPO demo presentations. Fans literally giving them ideas, making remakes of their games. See Final Fantasy Echos mods. They are literally just bleeding money for the sake of it I swear. I have no idea who is in charge of ideas over there. But they are clearly dry and need a replacement.

As someone who just replayed Vagrant Story in the last month, it would do great but it definitely would need some quality of life upgrades. People would fall in love with characters like Ashley and Sydney all over again. The character design makes it feel timeless and unique and gives it an edge over the other dark fantasy games at the time that went for a more traditional route.

As long as FF doesn’t have DEI, I’m good with it

final fantasy used to be fun, funny and exciting

i dream of an original FF game with FF7R fighting style

Whoever has control over FF single player experiences now is running it into the dirt.

Thanks for the information..

FF died with 13… its a garbage franchises since then

They need to finish their games before releasing them. FFXV and FFXVI both were functional games that were lacking because they put a polished unfinished game out the door without needed features to take them to the level they needed.

FFXV: never figured out how to populate its world to feel organic.

FFXVI: organic feeling world and great story, hindered by a combat system that fails to put in strengths and weaknesses to add depth to gameplay.

It’s weird that only FFVII Remake has gotten the understanding on how to make combat and world deep and involved.

If they start remaking FF6 now, they’ll be done before we get GTA6.

I really want XVII to use Amano’s artwork throughout. I would love for it to look like a moving painting. I also want XVII to use a new type of setting not seen in the series before.

Id like to see an offline release of FFXI

FF14 and FFTactics have my interest. I would love to see SE produce a new tactics game akin to Unicorn Overlord.

The recent change in playstyle for the past decade has been a huge turnoff for me. FFXV looked amazing and played ok, but when they did FFVII Remake in the same action playstyle I just couldn’t enjoy it anymore. I did not buy FFXVI or Rebirth and won’t purchase anymore unless I see a clear gameplay shift again.

they need to reebot the versus , reintroduce type series, or continunation of series XVII and so on

Still not going to play the FF7 remake (lol) until they get all the parts out

No FF9Remake or Anime would be sad. Though maybe theyre just waiting til its all close to being finished before announcing & releasing. I suppose only time will tell

What they really need to do is roll it way back and go back to their roots. But no. Gotta always change things dramatically alienating fans giving new ones priority.

Hope FF stays like 16. Maybe add party members you can switch out to, but it’s nice to see a game that plays like a real action game instead of that souls nonsense.

Thank you for making this account. Nothing but final fantasy. I’m a big ff8 fan. Love it. Been playing it for 25 years. Thank u. And I will be on death bed playing this game.

Sadly Square brought this themselves it’s a damaged brand

Let’s be real here, the last actual game in the series was X-2. The mmo’s were a nice series of treats but especially after Dawntrail the ride is basically over.

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-FF13 trilogy (or maybe just a twin pack of the first two) for PS5… they’ll probably find a way to lazy port it over. It’s kind of their thing…
-FFT on PS5, maybe assuming they’ll want to build off The War of the Lions version, hopefully with the slowdowns that plagued the PSP version finally addressed.
-Even more investment in FF14… because why not.
-Something(?!) with FF9, eventually. We can hope…

I wished rebirth was on PC on day 1, preorder mine. It’s hard to stay away from spoilers. FFXVI would have more sales from PC if we did not have to wait, I bet many gave up or bought other things.

I would love for Ever Crisis to get a console release, because that is the remake I wanted to see, I just can’t play on mobile, and get through the gacha clutter

I think I speak for many when i say that FF9 remake would be sick and is at the top of my list.

Inb4 ff9 remake comes out this year

We need the full completion of FF7 regardless if the studio ends up on fire. That game MUST be completed for the sake of humanity.

I’d rather play the original FF7 any day of the week. I loved this franchise before they changed it.

final fantasy for me died when they stepped away from turn based combat

They lost me when the serie became more action oriented. Still playing the old one to this day.

If they don’t make a sequel to type 0 or 16 then they should just let the franchise die. They really dropped the ball.

FFX was the last good entry (and the best in the series imo). They understood rpg’s from 6-10 and then randomly and completely abandoned/forgot what made rpg stories and characters good lol. I really don’t care if it dies out, because it’s been half dead for over 2 decades

After opera omnia getting the chop I gave up on the other mobile games just a waste of time

Ever since the switch to pure action the games been just shit

Not enough twinks or rabbit girls

Gotta remember, Squenix is still probably recovering from going hard on some NFT nonsense a while back. I think their approach is right: focus on quality instead of quantity.

This Year – Final Fantasy x Magic the Gathering is a thing !! 🙂

I don’t like counting MMO games as main FF entries, just make it into it’s own thing.

Sony really needs to loosen its stranglehold on the series. Exclusivity has objectively damaged the franchise’s notoriety.

Honestly SE is failing because they move away from what they where good at, which was turn based rpgs with good graphics, since they move to action games only I have not bought a square game aside from FF16 which I had to just because I always get the mainline gf games but even then I was not too much of the action combat

i sure would love a non-monetized brave exvius

10:20 That is rough for the hired studios. Sounds like what happened with AlphaDream with Nintendo. That is my closest example. While I would suggest Mistwalker, their staff had some history with struggling finances since FF Spirits Within. They have stayed afloat, but I assume Square Enix wants guarantees. It makes sense considering the projects involving Nomura and FF7 being their cashcow. Today, we would include Yoko Taro as a consistent creator and writer. Even if their IPs last beyond the original creator.

Final fantasy 16 and rebirth are two absolute masterpieces, I’d say they have a bright future

Talking about time-line here. I’m waiting for fft,ff9, ff7-r3 and then ff17. I think this will be the order of release

Personally I’ve liked the direction that they went working on FFVII remake/rebirth and FFXVI concurrently. I would be ecstatic if they were to do a FFVI remake and FFXVII tandem project.

I’m personally looking forward to whatever Yoko Taro has been working on and Dragon Quest 12.

In regards to Final Fantasy I’d say let’s be a little patient, its barely been 2 weeks into 2025.

There have been hints at SE doing more with 16, potentially more DLC. So lets just wait and see what happens

Square should not have abandoned ff16, royal edition for ff15 jumped sales to 10 million

I just have apathy towards this franchise now. All it does is flash, and no gameplay substance

You forgot about the infamous FF13 remaster/remake rumor. With Square even responding with the idea of a remake on Twitter 😭💀

I really don’t like the direction SE has gone in recent years. I just want turn-based Final Fantasy back. Recent releases are not Final Fantasy. I also really hope that if SE gives Tactics the HD-2D treatment they don’t pull that body Type A/Type B BS they did with DQ3, gender is really important in Tactics team building.

Had no idea Brave Exvius shut down, I used to be a massive whale of that game. Shame they couldn’t make it an offline version instead as it had a decent story and gameplay.

It’s an uncomfirmed leak, but FF7Remake is being hinted for that Switch 2 launch and lines up with the plan to spread out releases to be multiplatform

The problem with the franchise at the moment is that its doesnt appeal to a younger audience. FF14 is basically a retirement home for gamers. I really think the whole franchise needs a reboot if its going to survive in the long run.

Like i asked my nephew awhile back if he wanted to try FF16 and the reply i got was that “its a game for old people” lol

I wish they would surprise us all and give us a super slick modern turned based game.

FFXIV will be getting content updates throughout 2025 so people will have that to look forward too. We will be soon coming to 7.2 which will be a major patch and the first major patch to actually be releasing a lot of the content people have been looking forward to the most. Including the Relics/Exploration zone. Cosmic Exploration/Lifestyle content. The next raid tier.

The mention of brave exvius still hurts 😢

Other than Rebirth (I thought Remake was drab and full of filler), I haven’t enjoyed a FF game released after IX. IX was the peak of the franchise and it fell off a cliff right afterwards. SE doesn’t understand FF, and has almost completely and successfully torn to shreds what magic it had to catch audiences FF cannot and should not try to catch.

Edit: I want to emphasize Rebirth’s exclusion from this. Outside of the multiverse shenanigans, nauseating traversal, and pace-straining forced minigames, I found Rebirth to be absolutely outstanding. The way Barret’s arch was told and shown in Rebirth left a lasting impression on me, and it’s a prime example of exceptional narrative design in games. I also want to congratulate the combat since it’s incredibly engaging and a wonderful evolution of Remake’s. It will never replacing turn-based combat, but it’s something I do and will continue to greatly enjoy going forward so long as it’s included in future entries and *_slowly_* iterated on with *_meaningful_* changes over time.

Werent fan of ff15 and 16. i MUCH prefer ff7r type of battle system and party synergy. I hate playing noctis and noctis 2.0. I find it dumb they get the most «flashy» abilities cuse they r MC.

Still praying for that Final Fantasy 9 remake.

Cmon guys it died years ago, it’s crazy how people have only just seem to have noticed, final fantasy is a soulless husk of what it once was as much as that saddens me. Even the FF7 reboot is just a big bloated 3 part convoluted cash grab.

We can make 5000 more of these essays. But we ultimately have to face the barren truth: Final Fantasy isn’t a prestige series anymore and quality does not matter in this case. They have an image problem.
FFVII Remake and Rebirth are one of the best games ever made and yet people don’t buy them. Same would happen if they were turn based

That turn-base mechanics is what made the FF. Commanding each characters for the play or strategy.

This is how we used to play FF before.

Hopefully the FF tactics remake doesn’t play as sluggishly like Tactics ogre reborn.

I feel like the bravest thing SE could do right now would be to make the next mainline FF be a throwback to the roots of FF – airships, world maps, deep party customization, multiple/merged worlds, and most of all a sense of adventure and fun – kind of like what FF9 did.

I’m not saying it has to be 2D, but I’m personally burnt out with the super glitzy action extravaganzas. I feel like even the fans who like that sort of thing are a bit bored with the latest FFs.

It’s good to bring things back to the heart of FF every so often

2025 and Tactics still can only be purchased on mobile……that’s absurd

I’m tired of FF7 MF’S not realizing remake is a secret sequel disguised as a remake. The story cannot happen if the OG didn’t happen, it’s a direct reference when they show you the old 2007 cgi in the ending.

I’m sick of MF’S saying “Sephiroth is in it too much” THATS THE FUCKING POINT

Nomura at some point played Metal Gear Solid 2 and went: “I WANNA DO THAT!!!”

Bring Yoshinori Kitase back as head role for FFXVII. He’s been the key person for all of my favorite games; VIII, X, X-2, and XIII

I haven’t touched anything final fantasy past 12. I’ve been told to give 13 a shot someday. It’s hard feeling like a relic from a prior time when I’m only 30. I fell in love with FF and Square for the story telling and worlds they created, but I just enjoy turn based rpgs. I don’t know why companies decided that format of gameplay was not worth pursuing anymore, but it certainly makes me feel left out. It’s like if Pokemon decided the next game was going to be exclusively a hack and slash. It might look cooler, but that’s not what the game is about to me.

Even if they went the route of Zelda and had alternating releases with more cartoonish style, lower budget games and high def new style ones, I just hope someday they return to form.

Straight up embarrassing square is unwilling to make a new triple a turn based rpg and lies saying would look stupid mean while many other companies are making triple a turn based rpgs and breaking records for their companies

16 is the future, there I said it

Please give us a Final Fantasy XI remake!

I just want Kingdom Hearts to come back and also be properly ported to Nintendo’s systems.

Turn-based and party-based or bust. I’ve been a diehard fan of FF since OG NES FF1. I love everything up through FF12 (12 was amazing but imperfect). 13 had flaws but OK moments. 15 is where they completely lost me. Then the abortion that is FF7R. Then the DMC wannabe 16. Squenix has lost a LONG-TIME fan that spent a lot of hard-earned cash on its products. Until they return to what made the franchise so beloved in the first place (it was never story alone, like some argue), then I’ll be happy playing my backlog and other turn-based franchises (Larian, Atlus, Yakuza, etc).

Tactics! Tactics! Tactics! Tactics! Tactics!

I feel like the final fantasy series is reaching a point similar to where they first started. Sure hope they can continue to thrive and keep the IP alive.

ff16 and ff7r meet expetaction its bc of game like forspoke that they didnt meet them

Well i just finished Bozja and Eureka… so bring on the new field operation content!

FFVI HD2.5 remake with the GBA content and some new extras please.

The only thing SE can do to get me back on board is the FFT Remaster or Remake and even then I’m very wary.

Final Fantasy just hasn’t been the same since the merger. The games have expanded but lost their souls. They released too many games of subpar standard. Their best games are just milking the first 10. I played 7 remake and I wasn’t impressed despite it’s “glowing reviews”. I’m scared to touch rebirth. Final Fantasy used to be my favorite RPGs now I’m more excited about the level of storytelling the west has to offer.

The more final fantasy i play, the more i want to try 14. But I’ve never been an MMO guy, and i literally can’t afford the monthly sub 😂
The thing that keeps me iff is just how much content there is and how long it would actually take me to play it all 😂
Maybe one day when i can get it all in one and solo it

Im the biggest FF fan. I grew up on these games. My uncles worked at Square. One was part of the team for GPs. The other was just at the company, he didnt really said what he did. Maybe just fot people tea I dont know. These games suck now. The old FFs were something you wanted to see and experience. The new FF, i just wanna see how its gonna crash and burn and see how people are gonna ezperience garbage. Sorry for my English, it is my second language

If I’m totally honest I’d love to see a final fantasy go back to its roots that made the games popular and make a new turn based final fantasy game 🎮 please 🙏

Instead of full on remakes, as beautiful as they are, they take forever, for obvious reasons, but if they did Tactics style remakes for other games, a Tactics style 1-6 would be awesome for the settings among other reasons, but 7-10 would be really cool to see those settings in a Tactics style game.

The Memoria project that remade the beginning of FF9 is something I can get behind 100% I know its fan made, but the details and care that went into it are seriously top notch!
I still look forward to a FF9 remake, but not like how 7 is being treated; a cash grab!

I have absolutely no desire to buy into FF7 until the final product is released and bundled, much like how Kingdom Hearts was compiled but at 1/10 the price of buying each game separately.

Man, a massive part of square enix’s press releases recently has been all about ‘not enough profit’. In almost every comment section you can see people saying ‘please give us a turn based game like the good old days’, and still we get arpg after arpg

They should make ff 18 a high quality pixelated game. Not these high budget multimillion dollar animated monsters it’s unnecessary

Dont forget that Square Enix has its own internal D.I.E. department…

Remember Forsaken ??!

Hopefully this series is not actually going to be final… see what I did there?

Square Enix is missmanaging its own property for at least 10 years….
Just trying to catch up to trends and no originality as of the old days….

Management is uterly useless -.-“” CEOs are worst and worst each time….
Naoki Yoshida is the ONLY face of SE that players like and is the only reason they are not bankrupt already -.-“””

But this state…well…its a bad state and something must change or it will end badly…

Remakes, rewrites, remasters….. where is the new stuff ??!!!

There hasn’t been a truly extraordinary FF game since the Enix merger.

Dissidia needs to comeback with the Smash Ultimate/Sparking Zero mindset when it comes to the roster. Have like 100+ characters, everyone is here! Give it some good gameplay based on the principles of the psp games, market it like there is no tomorrow and voila.

Didnt like 16. It also had bad performance. Not getting ff rebirth, bit too expensive even with sale and I hear its bloated with minigames.

Either they bring back the turn based system that IS final fantasy, or they go bust after a few more games. Mark my words.
They NEVER needed to change the game formula – they had PERFECTION.
Go back before its too late, Square.

P.S. GRAPHCS dont matter. AT ALL. Give us FF7 Ps1 graphics with an incredible story, rather than ff13/15 graphics with a complete trash linear story.

Just dipping my toes into Dawntrail (finances delayed me a lot) – and it’s not a story anything like what we’ve done these past expansions. My brother keeps exclaiming that we are babysitters, haha – and he’s not entirely wrong. BUT, to me at least, it feels very good to have that dialing back of expectation and tension. Endwalker just about broke me, it was glorious but so intense that I seriously had to shepherd my mental health. So intense that I haven’t yet played it the second time (I have two characters and for someone who used to have twenty alts on WoW that’s a pretty big change, ha). So I’m very glad of Dawntrail’s slower pace, lesser goals, quieter overall vibe. There is no blade that will not break under enough stress and our Warrior of Light needs a damn vacation. I’m happy enough with Trail of Tacos! [Less on topic, I think Yoshi-P needed a vacation too, does that man EVER SLEEP, my gods]
WOULD like to see Tactics get some love, not least because my husband would be over the moon about it. I am no good at that game style but Ogre Tactics and FF Tactics were some of his very favorite titles of all time.

They have abandoned the RPG part of the series. XV and XVI were good games, and while the stories were FF level stories, they didn’t have FF gameplay.

I just got a PS5 last week, I’ve only been able to play the demo of 16 but the gameplay, especially in Eikonic Challange, made it soot up for mildly interesting to my most wanted game, and this is coming from soemone who also devoured Metaphor ReFantazio.

I’m sorry but highest quality? Up until 13 what brought us all to this franchise? The unique characters exciting worlds, and epic storylines. Can you even say 15,and 16 did any of that? They felt so bland and watered down of anything related to FF and what you’d expect. Yea are the graphics shiny? Sure but 15 you could literally have the game essentially battle for you and 16 honestly felt so devoid of individuality I’d be hard pressed to even consider it an FF aside from the random chocobo or occasional eidolon

Remakes of 1-6 made similar to Bravely Default

Love to hear so many of John Oeth’s renditions throughout this video, lovely stuff.

There’s a lot to like about FF 16 but square hasn’t had a cohesive vision for FF since the unfairly maligned 13. I didn’t like 13 when it released either. After giving it a chance again last year, it’s in if my favorite. It’s the side content mainly: it is awful in Rebirth and 16. It’s meaningless, boring filler.

its time for a return to form. no more action game stuff. return to turnbased gameplay.

We dont need the most epic graphics. Hell make Final Fantasy 17 throwback to PS1/PS2 era with graphics from that age idc. Give us a good story and fun battle/level up system.

I will always, and I mean *ALWAYS*, take a single quality final fantasy game over 12 FF schlock releases that die in 6 months.

I think it was too much… lots of slop with 50 someodd releases… really took down some of the “brand value” if you will… however, i feel they’ve overcorrected with the lack of brand momentum.

That said, if they do release a new quality game in 2 – 4 years… i won’t really be that disappointed. There are other things to play in the interim.

I just want a remake of 8 and a FFT2. Not a remake, a new FFT game with noses!

I feel like, unfortunately, it needs to be said. people don’t like final fantasy. they might like final fantasy vi or vii or ix or whatever they grew up with, but as a series, they really don’t like or understand the long history of experimentation and iteration. square enix’s barometer for what people want in RPGs is stuff like octopath or bravely default, very mechanics driven and gameplay heavy, and when that consistently loses out to Anime High School With Light RPG Elements put out in 200 hour portions, they don’t want to put all their eggs in one basket and bet everything on now being the right time to “return to the formula” and make a game that the God of War Resident Evil Remake Yellow Paint mass market really genuinely does not want.

Square-Enix needs to recapture the magic and have a team working on sprite based games for nostalgic turn-around.

I dont next gen graphics and would settle for PS2 Graphics if the game were decent.

Simple has its place and they keep going to large a scale for their productions.

So sad nothing yet for IX 😢

imho they should show more love for PC people. In the west there’s an entire generation of people who grew up on old FF games and now these people are young adults or even reaching their middle age. Such people are not very likely to keep buying the latest consoles, but they’re very likely to have a decent to good PC and fall into the casual gamer category. Not to mention they have enough disposable income to buy a few square games for nostalgia sake.

For the love of god, give me a FF7 remake treatement for FF8. I would LOVE that game getting remade.

As much as I think Yoshi-P deserves credit, I hope they keep him away from Final Fantasy 17. I completely disagree with his ideology on forcing action-focused gameplay into FF because he thinks that’s what “younger” gamers want. Final Fantasy needs to double down on it’s roots and do a main line high production C-J-RPG bringing back classic final fantasy with modern elements (Like Buldar’s gate 3 did for CRPGS).

Bring back full party control, large cast of characters, in-depth character progression, lots of interesting side content and brutal optional boss fights.

i want a turn-based FF VII/VIII/IX remake. that’s all i want.

The problem with FF is that they doubled down Tetsuya Nomura. The dude is a terrible storyteller with an obsession with belt buckles.

I just wish they’ll go back to making jrpgs and stop producing these shallow action rpgs, 15/16 were so disappointing, although 16 looked amazing graphically.

I hope this isnt a sign they’re gonna push harder into mmos… 11 was great

14 was disappointing because in less than a month you could finish and gear every job.. and then they just released cosmetics and no new content for soo long.

Then suddenly so much content you wouldn’t be able to keep up being a casual player. They just can’t decide how to schedule updates lol

Then again, we may just be spoiled from the flood of everything lately

Where do you get this? This is the stupidest title ever. The future is set for FF, unlike most IP’s FF always sells well. There is not a single FF that doesn’t sell more than 90% of all other IP in the same releases year. The fact that sqaure enix as more share holders then they used to in the past and they want more $ and more $ evry year even if the releases doesn’t sell as fast or well they want to, to gwt their $$ bonuses. News flash!!! Gamers don’t give a sh**t about shareholders, and the FF ges will always sell well. See FFXVI by example. A new and brand new gamellay thar I hated, still bought the game and played it.

Switch 2 and PC dayone. If these things happens they will solve their problems with sells.

Needs to be a major reset. I’ve actually though accepted the Final Fantasy i loved and identify with, is dead and buried now.

Still much to go back to and enjoy so can’t complain.

I would like a FF8 Remake after 7, and a 9 and 10 remake would be nice too. And I hope we get FF 17 before 2030

No idea about the bottom line of SQEX but the quality certainly is much better recently than early 2010s. I hope they continue with HD pixel remakes like DQ3 and more in this direction to complement those AAA blockbusters.

I wanted to say how much i want to see ff9 remake like in that fan made video with Vivi in Alexandria, or ff8 remake having same treatment as ff7 but with better story writing (and no bs with Squall being dead, though, don’t like that plot twist). But then i remembered that i won’t be able to play them anyway, bc Sony doesn’t work with my country and my pc is a potato (i could afford only that much), so it’s all pointless for me anyway…. 😢 But i’ll be happy for people who will experience these things one day. It’s a good dream to have ^^

I never buy from square enix again. GO WOKE GO BROKE

Dissidia Opera Omnia also had EOS last yeah in febuary :c

Everywhere I go, I hear that damn bee.

Maybe it’s time for final fantasy.

As much as I like most of the recent Final Fantasy games (I enjoyed playing Opera Omnia when it was available, and I just got back to playing Final Bar Line), I think the issue with the recent Final Fantasy games is just that they’re not that fun or interesting to play. If anything, they’re the complete opposite of that.

I was interested to play Final Fantasy XVI, but I got bored at playing the game because the story & lore became unnoticeably uninteresting.

Then there’s games like Stranger of Paradise or the Final Fantasy VII Remakes, where they just changed the plot & characters for the worse, rather then trying to make them as memorable as the originals. Though, this is only towards my issues with the FF7 Remakes, (and Stranger of Paradise), as a lot of fans love playing those games.

Honestly, I think the best way to keep the Final Fantasy series alive is for SquEnix to expand on what they already do. They’ve already published novels and mangas based on the Final Fantasy series, so why not make comic books based on the series (I mean it’s not like it’s gonna be impossible to translate a video game series made in Japan to a comic book series, just look at SEGA & Capcom with their Sonic & Street Fighter comics.). They could make some original FF shorts on their YouTube channel similar to what Valve & Blizzard used to do. Heck, instead of making an anime based on Final Fantasy IX like they were rumored to do, they could make another Final Fantasy anime similar to what they did with Unlimited.

The possibilities are endless. But really though… those are just secondary ideas. In terms for what media that helped started the Final Fantasy series, the games… I think all the executives at SquEnix has to do is just, find a solution. There’s already a crutch in the team behind the FFVII Remakes, and same goes to Creative Business Unit III… so I think they should split the teams of each into 4 separate teams, so they could work on their own passion project or even another Final Fantasy game. Heck, why not hire more designers to work at SquEnix. They must think of something. But who am I kidding… there’s just no way they could do this. I’m just some internet user on a internet site where I’m just trying to explain what I think a major corporation like Square Enix should do. There’s just nothing we can do other then making a post or comment, that Square’s HR or PR team would read.

I miss endgame content like in FFX, now the end game content is do the same thing over again on a harder difficulty. Its boring and lazy as fuck.

At this rate, FF17 is just going to be a Dynasty Warriors game but one where you can spam firaga while some British lady berates you. But it’ll be pretty so goty.

I miss Squaresoft.

I can give them a certainty and perspective.
FF8 Remake
FF9 Remake
FF10 Remake
Done

I recently played FF 16 and it was missing soul.
Was the same thing I’d played before in FF15.
Square are becoming like Ubisoft just the same game with different skins.

Waiting for 7 part 3 and I am done with FF.

Who cares about Final Fantasy when we have Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy and the Live A Live remake?

I miss the time based mechanics in battle and dislike what combat has become in the last 2 installments…

i will take quality over quantity but yeah seems like a bit of a FF drought for some time

Looks like no new final fantasy games this year

Square needs to make 17 turn based. Go back to the roots of the series.

Square learned the hard way that keeping your most beloved franchise to 1 platform is detrimental to the game’s financial wellbeing. In the past exclusives made sense but Square needs to move with the times and release simultaneously on ALL available platforms! Keeping it off Xbox and having it come to PC more than a year later is not good business sense anymore. Companies underestimate the patience we as PC gamers have, if you had me wait 2-3 years to get a game on my preferred platform then I don’t mind waiting another 6-12 months for that game to go on massive sale which means companies lose more money than they would have gained if everyone bought at 60 or 70 dollars at launch.🤦‍♂

Kweh❤

Do you think FF17 will be another online game? 11 and 14 had 2 Final Fantasies between them, does this mean FF17 will follow the same formula since we already got 15 and 16?

Final Fantasy has been losing its way since FF12.

Yeah way to present the thumbnail and title in a way that suggests there’s going to be no more Final Fantasy *slow clap*.

honestly? i havent played since 15, the drastic change in playstyle that only got worse in 16. 16 isjust Devil May Cry in all but name. If i wanted to play DMC i would have bought DMC

Mini Ninjas is actually still owned by Square Enix, same with Kane & Lynch lol. Creative Studio 2 which is helmed by Kitase and Toriyama has nothing announced right now with just SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered and Final Fantasy IX Remake expected to be in the works

I really miss the 90s to early 2000s with all of the releases we were getting. Main series games. We were so spoiled.

I feel like I am in the minority, but I loved 16 (warts and all, and boy it had some warts), so I want more of that world. Don’t care how, I just want a little bit more.

I wish octopath traveler cotc would be on stream so I could play it on a bigger screen 😂 6:32

Final Fantasy 7 Remake project are going to bankrupt Square, and the lack of sales show how FF7 are overrated.

Square Enix is just making a mess of everything these days.
I’m very greatful for the years of joy and I very much enjoyed FF16 enough to play it twice and i’m very invested in the outcome of the FF7 remake trilogy.
But they are doing awful, somehow having these amazing games with a near invincible foundation of trust and yet they still apparently manage to lose money or “not meet expectations”
These materials in the hands of a business more competent would be a golden goose, but square has rested on the laurels of their past staff members too long.

You are completely mental if you say that we were spoiled with releases during the 2010 – 2020 decade. We got:
1) hallway simulator (FF13 – yeh, i liked it, but it wasn’t extraordinary)
2) crash simulator (FF14) EVENTUALLY REBORN IN THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FETCH QUEST SIMULATOR
3) low budget side games

Woooooow i feel so spoiled!!!! A whole whopping two mainline games and one of them is almost decent!!!!

Too many people claim turn based is dead. It scares the directors/producers.
I LOVE turn based and often find more twitch based games hard to play…
Public opinion is not on my side.
It’s not a happy time.

X was the last high quality FF. 12 started showing signs. 13 afterwards started to show signs 🫤

Perhaps they need to fire 90% of their staff and go back to making good and creative fun games instead of cinematic “masterpieces” that cost more to produce than a small island.

It’s the second spirits within

Still hoping for a 13 remaster or at least a port to current systems. Love that game. Graphics are still amaze

Final Fantasy needs to take a step back from large cinematics for starters . How about taking a page from Dragon Quest and have an open world with a primary Baddie but give the player the ability to explore the world / worlds available . Helping or solving smaller quest in towns / villages and such and getting items to help get access to battle the big baddie .
The difference here is that there will be no guidance to go a certain direction, if you accidentally run into a level 99 Dragon then you probably know this area might be better to try later. FF has always had a type of open world but parts were blocked by either terrain or other types of nature boundaries. If you start off with a hero that has a mount or vehicle that can traverse those terrains then it is up to you on where you go and how you want to do your adventure.
Now all that is left is a story that makes you want to venture out and see how it ends . That’s the hard part good luck FF

Final fantasy doesn’t know what it is, or why it’s first final fantasy saved the company, and why the slop they’re turning out the last 20 years isn’t working

go back to turn based and tactics again please

Is that the honey bee raid song from FFXIV. I love it

I wish they put more attention towards the Final Fantasy TCG. Its a really fun game with gorgeous cards but there is 0 advertising and its barely sold anywhere. I feel like if they put it out there more it could get as big as MTG, YuGiOh, and the likes. The fan base is already there.

ff rebirth was unfun after the first 8 hrs … i’m also sick of the unreal engine look and feel.
the first part was fun most of the way through though

On Naoki Yoshida, as much faith and as much of a fan I am of Yoshi-P–I dont know if its an issue between him and the other CBU heads or corporate, but the choices for his game direction can come off as really conservative.

Like FF14 cant change so much in its gameplay anymore due to their refusal to upend the game’s 10 year old code cus there’d be too much to fix. So QoL issues that couldve been addressed ages ago just wont get any attention anymore. Or they just refuse to do any really complex mechanics anymore. Thinking about how theur new developers worked on Endwalkers Myths of the Realm raid series and there were just a lot of missed potential.

With FF16 they wanted to cram so much story into it but not in a way that diverges from how you usually get it in FF. So a lot of the quests feel like FF14 which is just go to point A-D and back. Though there was the Active Time storytelling thing, that just did not feel immersive like FFTs Tavern Rumors–which were essentially the sane thing. They could’ve expanded upon that. It plays more like a movie rather than make anything meaningful of the reaction buttons on screen like Kingdom Hearts does with its attack menu.

I just hope he gets the heart/gets allowed to innovate and take risks.

His storytelling teams already got it pretty well, but like with Dawntrail where they said they refuse to age characters or commit to a death is because things would get messy, its just like the current MCU, thats bound to get stale and boring down the line.

Its funny because my gut reaction is to say “omg the last 8ish years have just been so slow for the brand” but then you look at the sheer volume of releases and realize that just is not true at all. We were just so spoiled for the 2000s and a bulk of the 2010s that even a release cadence of 2-3 FF games a year feels like nothin.

8:26 Dawntrail was so boring. After spending a dozen or hours on the story, I canceled my sub to FFXIV and I haven’t been able to muster enough desire to go back to it.

The comments section reveals a huge problem for Square.

No matter they release, people will not be happy. Attempts to change the formula is met with derision and Turn Based – while that is what everyone thinks they want – is too risky in their current business model.

Some of the criticisms of the newer games comes from a place of older fans hating change. Some of the criticisms are legitimate. I have loved every mainline game released – I played XIII for the first time last year and enjoyed my time, XV was a bit of a shift but I had fun and XVI’s story was absolutely fantastic. Rebirth reignited my love of games. But all flawed, like EVERY GAME.

However, the bad blood that Square themselves have created is 99% of the problem. I would guarantee that Square would not be criticised near as much if their PR was much better.

Oh as a fan of War of the Visions, thinking its one of the coolest twists in Final Fantasy’s storytelling in a long time — I do worry for its health considering they bumrushed Global to catch up with JP with little incentive. Following that they also phased out the EN voice acting of the game. Ive seen YouTube channels have recordings of the story cutscenes, I do hope that game gets to be archived since its a good font for FF story inspiration.

You know you are doing something very wrong, when your two of your best selling titles don’t make enough.

Final Fantasy is an amazing series with so much potential for great games and stories. Its unfortunately under the whims of Square Enix’s corporate heads that are desperate to break into AI, mobile, and sacrificing every goid thing about a game for the pinnacle of graphics.

Its truly sad that one of its greatest praised games in its history is Final Fantasy Tactics. Something that goes against most of what its corporate hungers for.

I truly loathe their desperation to be the best graphics in media that sacrifices overall style and other aspects of a good game. They should take a page out of Atlus.

Square always making the worst decisions out come or chasing the trend that players don’t really care

They should make a more traditional turn-based FF but with a modern AAA budget and see how it fares.

I’d bet it would dominate sales.

I grew up when the latest Final Fantasy was the standard bearer for what the current console could do. Now great looking games are a dime a dozen and it’s hard for anything to stand out.

As I grow older and as I played FF7 Rebirth and FF16. I kind of realised I dont really recognise the series anymore. The graphics are as stunning as FF7 stunned me when I was 13 years old when it first came out on PSone…however as the years go by, I think about the series less and less. As we move further into the action space we are beginning to lose more of the RPG elements that I enjoyed so much. I know everyone will go “go play the old games then” but I’d really love to see a true JRPG rather than a fast paced action game with kind of RPG elements. But if this is the direction that appeals to the next generation then I guess old fans like me will become extinct xD.

Without Sakaguchi and Uematsu, there is no future. Square-Enix is a cursed company

Never asked for every game they make to turn into final kingdom fantasy hearts 😂😂😂 what a bunch of simp trash. Bravely default and octopath are the only IPs they have that I give a rats ass about, and don’t get me started on the DEI disgrace that the FF6 pixel remaster is…let’s remove configuration settings, actual stats and the whole relic page said no one ever except these new age clowns 😂 final fantasy is basically dead to me and has been for years

Ff9 remake and kingdom hearts 4 that’s it that’s all they have to do

Final Fantasy hardcore fan here. I still to this day love FF XVI and i think it’s the road that Square should take in terms of story, tone and characters. Gameplay wise, the systems and core game design of FF7 RE Trilogy is their masterpiece. I would love to see FF XVII to mix these elements from both games and boom. Tactical Action Masterclass RPG. I love this franchise so much and i wish nothing but an amazing future.

It’s time to face facts. Final Fantasy doesn’t have the brand power that it had in the golden age anymore. FF7R3 is likely to sell fewer copies than Rebirth given that there is typically a sequel sales drop. Square needs to find a way to wow the fans again. The market has spoken, and rpg fans are buying soulslikes these days.

After 16 and Rebirth, i don’t think it’s that surprising that we end up with a bit of a quiet year. Those were both massive undertakings and those devs aren’t likely to be putting anything new out for a few years if we expect a modicum of quality to it.

Dawntrail was far from bad in it’s initial release. It’s just Endwalker set an impossible standard with it being a magnificent culmination of literally the entire game leading up to it. No one expected Dawntrail to somehow top all that by itself but it still did well enough that i’m not worried about the future of 14. They’ll keep with the patch cycle we got and i’m sure this time next year the playerbase is gonna be in full hype mode for whatever the next expansion ends up being.

I personally expect 2025 to be a year of announcements. The final part of the FF7 Remake trilogy and the next 14 expansion feel pretty likely to get announced later in the year. I wouldn’t expect anything tangible on a 17 yet but we might get an off-hand remark that it’s being worked on or something. For a wishlist pick, i’d like some kind of remaster treatment for the 13 trilogy. It’s been plenty long enough since they were released and the closest we got were some very shoddy PC ports.

Honestly, with how many FF games there are, and how successful they are, we MIGHT be able to push for other Final Fantasy games to get a remake as well. FFVIII, FFX, and FFXII which have their pitfalls, but would actually be INSANE if remade with the same care as FF7 (Series).

Turn based.

I wish they’d tap into whatever formula atlus has cracked to get SMT games out nice and frequently. I suppose they are usually less ambitious projects, but they seem to do well with critics and sales

I’ve been playing Final Fantasy since the original nintendo. Seen all the changes and updates to the series. This series is constantly trying to draw in new players while drowning out what made the series special, imo.
I can’t quite put my finger on it but the series doesn’t hit home for me like it used too.
I will always have my favorites like 4, 6, Tactics, 9, 12 and 13, which I replay from time to time. I have such wonderful memories and feelings attatched to the series. For that I’m forever grateful to the people that put in the work to bring my favorites to life.
I still hold out hope for the series to “return to greatness” and want them to succeed. Time will tell.

Make an MMORPG using the Franchise’ characters FF1-16, this is the way to go

FFT3 ?!?!?!?????

What I want for the future is that FF17 would go back to the roots of battle with ATB.

FFXIV has been carrying SE for years already and still up to this day. SE needs to focus more to their existing both active and dormant IPs to be revived. Am also aware how this studio has been reconstructed after selling of their Western Studios back in 2023 iirc to focus more in their internal structure and that was a good call.

SKYRIM STYLE FINAL FANTASY PLEASE!

I almost feel like they should either let the franchise die (or at least be put on a moratorium for several years) after the final installment of the FF7 remake series or license the IP out to another studio and see what breath of fresh air and life other creators can bring to the franchise. Quite frankly, I think they should be courting Larian after the success of BG3. Or turn the franchise over to the fans and create a formalized TTRPG in the style of D&D or Pathfinder and let the community create their own stories and characters set in the various settings of the franchise.

I don’t really have any expectations for Final Fantasy anymore. I tend to be more interested in AA smaller games now. Most RPG’s I’m looking forward to are all remasters, besides Clair Obscur and Monster Hunter. Which I guess isn’t exactly optimistic, now that I think about it. When I think about a possible big AAA RPG, now I think Atlus, not Square Enix. More stuff like Fantasian, Triangle Strategy, and Octopath Traveler would make me happy though.

SE needs to go back to basics on why people liked Final Fantasy and why games like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Metaphor kicked their ass. I feel there’s a lack of critical thinking and not understanding what RPG players want. Like nearly all AAA, Square got too big and don’t really know what they’re doing. At least they’re making one positive change with stopping Sony exclusivity. Not enough PS5 owners to pay for your company. When you find yourself disappointed, just go find your fun elsewhere. Square either adapts, figures out their shit and survives, or they don’t. It is what it is.

Maybe they should sack the teams that spend hundreds of millions of dollars to produce a game and get a handful of people to make a game for the ps1 which will be more enjoyable.

TBH as a life long fan. The past few have been good. But They should give their Golden age the remake to win back everyone. While giving us a new FF IP. and a better expansion for 14. Like Remake 6,8,and 9. 10 maybe later. but X HD remaster still holds up and is amazing. Finish FF7 with Revive/Reborn. Pixel remaster also helped.

They really should go back to turn based, seeing games such as Baldur’s Gate 3, Metaphor and Claire Obscure Expedition 33. It made me realize SE needs to go back to it’s roots and I ain’t trying to be elitist or whatever but those games I mentioned above are great examples of how they can still hook both older and newer audiences. FF has always been inconsistent with its identity such as changing gameplay from different series and they always try to reinvent and I wouldn’t be surprised if FFXVII is nothing about both FFVIIR or FFXVI.

The merger with enix was the end

Final fantasy 12 was the mainline entry i thought was any good 13 15 and 16 didnt do much for me couldnt finish 13 and didnt care enough to play 15 or 6

not only that but we have went minus in many sides.. i miss opera omnia

It’s so weird to hear FF/SE isn’t doing well when personally I think FF7 Rebirth and FF16 are two of the best games in the series.

But I also liked XIII, and I find it more memorable than XV, so

My hopes are:
– Offline FFXI, non-mmo single player game so I can experience the story
– Tactics Remaster
– A non-MMO FF game that uses the job system, imagine a single player FF game with FF14 mechanics, where you can pick a job. This is what I was expecting for FF16 but instead Yoshi-p gave us an action game 😅.
– A BG3-like combat system Ff game with a rich combat and class system. Choices can have less weight, but with a rich story, even if it is linear.

What I want is a classic turn based Final Fantasy with Octopath Traveler’s HD 2D art style and FF16’s darker tone and high fantasy setting. Bing bang boom. Game of the year.

I hope they remaster the XIII trilogy but I doubt it because of Toriyama working on 7remake series.
My next biggest hope is seeing FFT and especially Vagrant Story being remastered. Matsuno is a genius and Tactics Ogre Reborn became one of my favorite games

I too think that Final Fantasy may have gone into an uncertain road. But that doesn’t mean that Final Fantasy got lost or hit the wall. I think Square Enix need to step back to it’s roots. We have been invited to to experience glorious worlds with more and more graphic advancement throughout the years. Sadly (to me) the stories has more and more lost it touch, compared to the older games.

I hope Square Enix goes back to the graphic they used in “Secret of Mana Remake” and “Trials of Mana Remake” and start working on larger and longer stories again. Why not build a few Mana-games when their at it. When their story-telling in the games start to expand to the level that the original Final Fantasy 7 had, I think they could go back to working with the advanced graphics we see in their games today. I believe that the graphic engine they use right now eat to much of their funds for the games.

Trying to make a game to suit all gamers usually don’t end well

Final fantasy is dying

I just want KH4
Final Fantasy 17
And The last part of Final Fantasy 7 remake.

I’ll be good if we can at least get those.

Ffviii’s story deserves a re-imagining.

Square Enix is relying too much on FFXIV’s revenue to fund disaster projects like Foamstars, that one NFT game, FF7 first solider, FF7 Rebirth being exclusive on one platform
So many misses and FFXIV had to mitigate, but how long is that gonna last with the player base diminishing?

WOTV seems to be doing a lot better than FFBE as even though it did start off rough it is now managed better than FFBE as GUMI knows they cant pull the same stunts they did with FFBE in WOTV since everyone mainly finds what team comp and elect they like and mainly build their accounts around that and they have been shown to be very generous with the older units collabs like FF14 and FFT cuz units like Agrias and Thancred have now been brought up to the current meta thanks to their enhancements.

Rumor is ff7 remake coming on Xbox

So they’re focusing on quality rather than quantity? And that’s a bad thing WHY?!

Mobile games are mostly successful in the Asia and not really in NA and EU. They can get a minimum of a yr of success. But after that, it’s up in the air. It also doesn’t help that square doesn’t release the mobile games on consoles, steam, or epic games. In which it would have a longer life span than the mobile life span in the NA and EU.

Exclusive to one console used to be the way to go back then. But now no one cares(except nintendo) and everyone want those exclusive games to be on everything. Even sony is finally giving up and putting their games on PC.

I blame the brainless drones that are too uncultured to play a good rpg. They rather play dead game like cod.

They still work with sweet baby inc so they are doomed

Considering that Squeenix is going whole hog on AI and NFTs, I feel uneasy about Final Fantasy’s future…

I think we want something like FF1-6 or 9 but with modern graphics. Just a normal old school jrpg but with modern graphics and cinematic storytelling. Customizable party members, not afraid to be somewhat grindey in some parts, TURN BASED COMBAT, and some comedic relief here and there. Back to old school, no action combat, less sci-fi more fantasy, bosses, lots of good party dialogue and character development, and classic job/class system.

I am honestly hoping we don’t get a remake of FF9.

Of all the games in the series, I found it the most unenjoyable, with characters that it was incredibly hard to form a connection with.

If they were to re-make any game, I’d suggest FFX/X-2, or even FF8.

Am I crazy to think it could behoove Square to try toning it down a bit with development of the next few FFs? Budget wise, shrinking it down a lot. Doesn’t have to look exactly like a SNES game, but maybe not throw the wealth of a small nation into graphics and effects and then being surprised Pikachu when it “doesn’t meet sales expectations.”

If you try throwing some smaller budget entries at the wall, focusing on good writing and gameplay without the expensive bells and whistles, you never know what could become a massive hit, giving them exponential ROI like Shovel Knight or Stardew Valley. And if it doesn’t, well at least you didn’t spend $10 billion on one game.

As uncertain if Cloud will turn out into a boy or a girl 🤡

We find ourselves in a good situation. Let Final Fantasy rest and breath a damn moment.

I’m still waiting for FF xgagsgsei17373859595 vagabond story.

Just reduce their production budget, that’s all. Theyll comain about not being able to pay their unrealistialy sized teams, scale back their staff size, and _ideally_ roll their graphics back to the point of ffxiii, make more traditional jrpg games while having 1 or so action spinoffs and problem fuckin solved. They’re so fucking bloated that its killing them and the ip, production fees alone make it hard to break even or hit revenue goals.

That somber Honey B. Lovely song version in the background lol

They need to find new devs to work on FF games instead of handing the director’s chair to the same old retread hacks.

Off topic, but can we please just let Kingdom Hearts die once and for all?

better be compatible with the steamdeck oled at least to get with the times.