The true downfall of Square started here

>>715487743 (OP)
no its started with final fantasy x
Nomura became more in control

Honestly, there are a lot of examples of self-censorship in games published by Square Enix for some reason. Unlike companies like Inti Creates, Pqube and Compile Heart which have run into issues thanks to the platfolm holders themselves, Square Enix has published a lot of censored games but it wasn't becuase Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft said ''you have to censor or change this''...as far as we know, the censorship of Trials of Mana (the remake), Final Fantasy VII Remake, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake etc are games that they wanted to censor to appeal to a bigger audience (or something) but not because one of the platform holders forced them to.

This is enforced by western shareholders

I know people have been throwing around "DEI" a lot lately, but it's a real thing.

Investment firms literally tell game devs "we won't invest in your game unless you meet our nigger quota, and follow all these rules like no cleavage".

The devs have no choice. This is how modern capitalism works, shareholders control game development (and basically everything else).

>>715488608
Yeah, but remake was needlessly censored after a year.

>>715487743 (OP)
The West is responsible for this
All those trannies and feminist we used to laugh at 16 years ago? They are in charge now

>>715488608
They do it because they know what will be kicked back

Self censorship is the goal of these (((people))), it's a feature, not a bug

>>715488754
It's almost like they shouldn't listen to the west when making games.

>>715487743 (OP)
>started
That update was at the exact same as you absolute retards were viciously masturbating because swimsuit tifa was revealed or whatever.

>>715489075
swimsuit tifa occurred a couple of days after
a lot of people thought "yeah cool, but they might censor the game a year after again"

>>715487743 (OP)
When they gave Tifa 5 sports bras to nerf her awesome tits and make them look several cup sizes smaller was when I knew it was over.
>>715488978
The reason people love stuff like anime and Japanese games, is because it's so quirky and different than the cartoons and games we have at home. When you remove that whimsical element that made JP games endearing you lose soul.

>>715487743 (OP)
Stop sexualizing children.

>The true downfall of Square started here
After they nerfed her tits and gave her an undershirt for no reason in remake? Sure, OP.

The cowboy outfits always looked bad on ff7

>>715489256
Yes. That's why localization is fucking cancer.
Japanese culture shouldn't be replaced with western culture.
Jokes shouldn't be deleted nor changed, but translated. If they get lost in translation, fuck it. Someone smart enough will look for the context and will get it after.
That's why I like to play japanese games with japanese voices. With a handful of subbed anime under your belt, you'll start to notice discrepancies between scripts.

>>715489179
hearing normalfags see swimsuit Tifa and smugly go, "heh, see? it's not censored LOL!" made me want to kys myself

>>715489596

>>715488609
it's really not, especially for publicly traded companies

>>715489851
It's especially true for publicly traded companies, shareholders and their interests control the entire thing

They would also murder you and your entire family for a $1 increase in share price next quarter even if it meant the company went bankrupt the quarter after that, they would just sell and short the stock and/or buy puts to profit off it going bankrupt actually

>>715489596
FF16 lacked those anime moments and that is part of why I think it failed, there are a lot of other reasons though, but it's those dumb moments of levity that make the older FF games great.

>>715489770
So you are happy now that people see the light?

>>715490146
Normalfags will never see the light because they're retarded so, no, I'm not happy.

>>715490013
Well it's the same problem FF13 had. The good FFs have a lot of ups and downs. Before you got to Temple of the Ancients you had a moment of levity at the Gold Saucer. So you can feel the difference in tone. When its all melodrama all the time it eventually starts to run together and making characters dramatically cry is not going to make an impact after 3 hours of brooding

>>715488568
>no its started with final fantasy x
This.
The removal of the overworld and inclusion of voiced lines was a huge red flag. Also the disgusting art style they went with.

>>715490248
FF13 taking you to an amusement park and not letting you explore it, or play any games was horseshit.

>>715489419

She was 19 when that happened, she is basically a burgeoning adult.

>AI puts a shirt inside the shirt inside the
>oh no I’ve gone cross eyed

>>715489770
they unironically thought remake and rebirth were the same product

>>715490002
Ok show me the shareholder in SE (I bet that the majority are japanese) who pushed for DEI shit.

>>715490013
16 had some japanese humor, but it was way too scarce
16 had a lot of shonen manga moments tho, and those were great
the game failed cause people already watched the story on youtube by the time it released on pc

>>715490310

>>715490557
It's shareholders from investment firms outside of SE, investment firms giving money to SE which then pay the developers wages

Just as a well-known example, say Blackrock investing money in SE but only if they follow their DEI rules such as no cleavage and certain % niggers

>>715488568
>>715490294
>ffx was directed by kitase
>the whole "we need to make final fantasies for the modern audience" shit was said by kitase

NOOTICING

>>715487743 (OP)
AND THEIR MEANINGLESS EXISTENCE WITH IT

>>715490678
So fucking what?
Yui was 14yo during these transformations. Let's not pretend japs cared about sexualizing fictional characters.
Guess what, they are not real.

>>715487743 (OP)
I don't play the remake/rebirth but isn't this part of a short flashback mostly about Seph/Cloud/Zack and where she's an NPC?
No one would've cared if they left it alone

>>715490678

This doesn't even make sense, they flat out tell you in the original instruction manual from the original game she is 21 in modern day. Her and Cloud are the same age.

>>715487743 (OP)
FFXV was the start of Global Standards. They made Nomura censor the Skulls, and various other magic. From there it has snowballed.

>>715487743 (OP)
The real question is will gamers learn to NOT buy Square Enix games? Because from what I see their shitty games keep selling wonderful. Look at the remake of the recent Dragon Quest. And don't give me nothing Final Fantasy 7 Remake is overall selling decent. Square Enix is not losing cash on this project. And whenever Kingdom Hearts 4 rears its ugly head it will sell one hundred million units because you gamers are addicts.

Games get the industry they literally buy into.

>>715488568
Nomura is guilty of many things but I must reiterate its a team effort. Nomura, Nojima, Toriyama, Kitase, etc all of these hacks continue to fester Square Enix's pillar franchises. You want to fix it then fire these twats.

>>715488609
>Commie blames Capitalism for their own Commie agenda
Oh look, it must be a day ending in Y.

>>715491448
>The real question is will gamers learn to NOT buy Square Enix games?
Maybe.

>>715489256
>The reason people love stuff like anime and Japanese games, is because it's so quirky and different than the cartoons and games we have at home.

Don't know about the rest of you my reason for liking anime is simply because I think anime has cooler looking character designs and the female characters legit look attractive. You think any boy back in the day wanted to waste an erection on ugly ass angular gemetric shit like Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends compared to the skanks from Pokemon? Fast forward to modern day which do you think is considered more visually appealing ugly ass Adventure Time or Full Metal Alchemist. Anime simply has a universal attractive art style for itself. That gives it the advantage.

Western shit has always looked ugly. Westerners exceed at doing furries and even then the Asians are better furry artists. Westerners only had years of success without competition. That's what it is. America never had competition until Nintendo consoles brought Asian games and anime exploded with Pokemon, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball. That was the end of the west. And good riddance.

>>715491448
it's very easy to not buy square games
it's less easy to not buy final fantasy games
it's pretty hard to not buy yoko taro games

>>715488568
Nomura barely had control. He was present since FFIV but his influence was superficial, even if it continued to increase up to FFX, he got the Kingdom Hearts project but only really came back in FF7 Remake.

FFXII was a failure, FFXIII was a failure, FFXIV 1.0 was a failure, FFXV was a critical failure.

The best FF games are FF 1-6,11,12.

Basically any game with Kitase, Nomura, Nojima, Yoshi-p at the helm is a terrible game.

>>715491983
I forgot to mention that he had FF Versus XIII, well, he failed in even making the game

>>715488609
When Part 3 comes out, and they do an all-in-one version, I'm curious if they'll update the Yuffie Episode to be in this outfit. They'd have to update like all the CG cutscenes and such.

FFXI is the best in the series, also a hidden gem.

>>715491448
Finally the shartlus fag show his true colors

>>715488609
American puritanism is a fucking disgrace to western culture.

>>715491967
For me, my issue is about balance. I don't have an issue with "ugly" or rough looking women in games depending on aesthetic and tone. Final Fantasy is a far different feel than say Fallout. Which itself is a different feel than something like Mass Effect. Where I start to get annoyed is when people start to treat it as an all or nothing deal. Where even an over the top game can't have over the top designs to go with it.

>>715488609
I dont like how they made her as tall as the other girls. Shes not even as tall as them in the spinoff games like Dirge and thats years later.

>>715488568
Why does Nomura live rent free in the mind of people?
His autims is mostly contained to KH. And if anything, he is a based chuuni auteur that makes quality (mainline) games and kino ideas. And a great artist too (couple of designs aside).

>>715487743 (OP)
You don't need to see breasts.

The downfall of Square started with Spirits Within. Anyone saying different is either lying, misleading or ignorant.

>>715492715
you aren't funny or interesting

>>715491448
I bought 1-15, and regretted 13-15. I finally learned and didn't buy 16 or Rebirth.

>>715492802
I'm not here to entertain you.

>>715492591
he's the scapegoat whenever people unfamiliar with squeenix want to shit on it because he's one of the only familiar names for normies
>"oooh that damn nomura"
whether he has any involvement or not in the project in question

The actual start of their downfall started with the Enix merger.

Most likely going to skip every FF game from now on, literally didn't like any FF game ever since 13 and that was like 16 fucking years ago, i gave SE so many chances, I didn't even like Rebirth and that game was praised by many people.

How is monolith Soft in comparison to SE? i don't own a nintendo console so i don't know.

>>715487743 (OP)
no, it started all from here. the rot just festered until you can't ignore it anymore

>>715493537
I've only played XB1 and 2. I really like them both and I'll be moving on to 3 eventually. But there's a few things that piss me off like how often they rely on RNG for extra quests. Still they keep that feeling of going on a grand adventure with a bunch of weirdos, which I appreciate. I just wish the games didn't run like shit.

>>715492659
Wow that's egregious, I knew about the Siren change, but I didn't remember this one. Also, why the fuck did they cover Tifa up in Advent Children?

>>715493940
>why the fuck did they cover Tifa up in Advent Children?
probably cause they wanted a more mature look
still, if you are covering up a character for whatever reason, at the very least do it from the beginning. don't hotfix it months later to appease the trannoids

Kek i remember when i was a teenager i watched the FF7AC film without knowing anything about the game or the series, it was such a terrible idea...i didn't wtf was going on but i thought the fight with tifa in the church was cool.

>>715494680
My friend group in high school loved AC but didn't even know it was a sequel to FF7.