Corpse Run 643: What can I do for you?
As mentioned last week, I briefly tried to play FFx-2 before giving up for a number of reasons:
- FFX is not a game that needs a sequel, even though it ends with some questions going unanswered and creating a few new ones, the story was tight and the ending was more or less satisfying. Final Fantasies in general should not have sequels as it detracts from the original games.
- The returning characters were acting completely out of character from their FFX appearances.
- The voice acting was annoying
- The newly introduced capture monster mechanic didn’t fit the feel of a FF game
- The over the top, silly dance segments.
- The multiple tutorials that treated the player like an idiot.
Something to note, by the way. I’ve routinely mentioned that Tales of Symphonia copied a lot from FFX both in plot and themes, so it was kind of mind-blowing to learn that FFX-2 had a system where the player could capture monsters and have them fight alongside you.
You know what other game did that? Dawn of the New World, which was the sequel to Tales of Symphonia.
Tales of Symphonia will always be one of my favorite games (DotNW not so much), but holy heck this makes my suspicions of plagiarism much stronger.
Then again, Namco hasn’t made a good Tales game since Xilia, which was 5 years (and a Xilia sequel and additional mothership game ago).
Then again, Square hasn’t made a good Final Fantasy since FFX, which was 15 years ago…
Final Fantasy X ruined the entire franchise. And they made a Final Fantasy X-2! What were they thinking?!
I wouldn’t put the blame on FFX, it was solid. Everything that came after was the issue. Square moved away from what made them successful in the first place.
They got into the sequel game, the MMO game, the random ass sequel movie game, the spinoff game, they forgot to make actual FF games.
It’s true: for example, they made Theatrhythm Final Fantasy.
But to be honest, there was a more classical fighting game with the FF7 characters (Ehrgeiz).
Hold up son, I’ll have you know I loved Xillia and Graces f and Xillia 2 and Zestiria. How terrible of you.
Hey, I loved Xillia! Everything else was sub par to me though. Xillia was the pinnacle of Tales battle systems, everything since has been downhill.
While I haven’t played it yet, I hear FF XII is pretty good. I really want to check it out since it is set in Ivalice, the same world as the FF Tactics games.
I can also personally say that FF XIV is a REALLY good MMO!
I have been hearing positive things about Berseria, so hopefully you’ll enjoy that when it comes out.
Guys, should we tell him about ffx 2.5 and ffx will?
It’s not like his opinion of the sequals can drop any lower right….right?
I have X-2 and I don’t remember a monster catching mechanic… Were you playing the HD remastered version? Because that was not in the original version.
Did you not like Final Fantasy XII? At the time I was really dubious about the weird gambit-centric real time battle system, but it wasn’t too long before I found myself loving it, preferring it almost. I just replayed it for the first time in nearly a decade and I was shocked at how well it holds up.
As for Tales, I’m nearing what I hope is the end in Zestiria right now and if nothing else it’s been a great way to remind me of all the things Xillia managed to do really well. Just knowing Berseria takes place in the same world really dampens my hopes for it.