Thread 724052369

Are YOU ready for GOTY 2026?

>>724052369 (OP)
I hope it dies earlier than a year. What the fuck is wrong with SE?

>>724052654
>What the fuck is wrong with SE?

>>724052369 (OP)
I'd play it if it was on PC, and no I do not feel like touching shit ass android emulators ever again.

>turning an arena PVP fighter into a gacha auto-battler
i hate square enix

>>724052760
Apt

Barry thread.

>>724052654
>What the fuck is wrong with SE?
A lot.

>>724052369 (OP)
>caring about slopssidia

>>724057270
>t. Square Enix

>>724052369 (OP)
im ready for it to be EOS under a year

>When you look at Dissidia Final Fantasy, a fighting game of hectic proportions featuring your beloved heroes from franchises past, don't you just think "wow I wish I could play this on my cellphone so it'd be horribly stressful! And I want them to be dressed like real life hipsters, not at all like themselves."
>Uh... No?
>Exactly. Here it is!
>What?
>Enjoy!
>????

>>724052369 (OP)
Why do they absolutely REFUSE to make a normal Dissidia?
>two PSP games were completely loved and full of content for both single player and multiplayer
>tons of soul with references, the UI, costumes, etc
>actually interesting story if a bit long winded
>tons of characters and some good rep picks
Then they do NT, complete flop no one wants because it’s 99% online and neutered all the complexity the PSP games had (note: flopped in arcades AND home consoles)
Then they do OO, complete flop and gets shut down
Now they’re doing a fusion of NT and OO, aka a gacha esports title that literally NOBODY is excited for
What is their actual problem? Is this not a perfect opportunity to make another normal title but with new reps from 14 and 16?

>>724057670
But what of the gachamoney anon?

>>724057670
>note: flopped in arcades
That would be nice but no, it did especially good in the first year it came out and had machines running that shit for 6 years.

>they shut down Dissidia Opera Omnia for this shit
>for a fucking dress up game pretending to be a PVP brawler

>>724052369 (OP)
Bastardized concept

>>724052369 (OP)
>pvp gacha
lol

>>724052369 (OP)
Look at this faggot shit.

I am convinced SE has inherited Sega's shit-tier decision making.

>>724057632
The clothing is probably based on how much FFXIV (and adjacent games like PSO2) have players just eating up outfits like that no matter how out of place it is.

>>724057670
>Is this not a perfect opportunity to make another normal title
no, the future of square enix is
>dq remasters
>ff7 milking
>mobile crap that ends within a year

>>724057670
They can't let the stockholders realize Nomura and Matsuno are the only ones left from Square who make good games that draw money. The board might wonder why the fk they have some retards constantly fucking everything up running the company instead of the actual talent

>>724059978
>Nomura and Matsuno are the only ones left from Square who make good games that draw money

>>724059978
The only thing that makes money at SE is the XVI and that has nothing to do with Nomura or Matsuno.

>>724052369 (OP)
what the fuck are these designs
is that kain or estinien?

>>724060308
Stop asking and start pulling.

>>724060172
>>724060252
>TGS2025
>Cover of their presentation booklet and first 3 pages
FFT
DQ
FF7
>Main game their booth is based on
FFT
>Last year
FF7
>Most anticipated games
FF7 Pt.3
Intergrade
KH4
>DS and PSP era
Nomura produces several acclaimed hit titles and new IP's
>Now
Creative Director for a new entry planned by someone else

>>724060763
Absolutely delusional.

>>724060848
>Your feelings mean more than facts
k

>>724060763
Do FF7 fans never get FF7 fatigue?

>>724061123
Read their quarterly report my man. All their HD games are failing. The only thing keeping the company alive is operating revenue which is XVI.

>>724061180
Rebirth sold 2m units. It's already set in.

>>724061332
sounds like slopfatigue

Not playing

>>724052654
Boomer executives

>>724052369 (OP)

>Android 18 Zidane

Why though? For what reason?

>>724052369 (OP)
I wouldn't even bitch about the modern day setting if it just played like Duodecim, why the fuck can't they just make a game that plays like Duodecim again for fuck's sake

>>724063213

How many fucking times do I have to explain this to you people?
FINAL
FANTASY
ALWAYS
HAS
TO
EVOLVE
The identity of Final Fantasy is to always be in in motion, always do new things, always change and become unique and vibrant and vivid. If you just want samey trash just buy DQ instead and leave the actual artists alone.

I think it's time for OUR HEROES 8ING to come out and make a FF fighting game. Let this be THEIR REDEMPTION SAGA.

>>724063474
Bad change is bad. Simple as.

>>724063474
>The identity of Final Fantasy is to always be in in motion, always do new things, always change and become unique and vibrant and vivid.
And now it has become slop.

more like eosoty

Even if we assume this setting really is what people want out of Final Fantasy and Dissidia in particular, do you think everyone has just forgotten Record Keeper, Brave Exvius, and Opera Omnia?

This shit feels designed to fail.

>>724064226
Personally I think the entire game is just an advertisement. It's another celebration of the franchise's roots because the root of this franchise is the only thing people have fond memories about anymore. They're also desperate for crossovers Cloud, Tifa and Aerith can appear in because they're terrified Rebirth's catastrophic flop memoryholed the entire Remake-series.
Which it kinda did, so they're right to be afraid.

Plus the second it doesn't turn a profit they'll just announce EOS in 3 months and poof.

>>724064618
If it's an ad and a celebration, the right strategy is to make it free, or a one-time payment for a complete game. Making a mobile gacha that will shut down in less than a year only makes the next mobile game less viable due to reputational harm.

>>724052369 (OP)
Lmao

>>724064785
True, but ask yourself: what reputation harm can they really do that hasn't already been done?
>XIV is a disaster after Dawntrail
>FF7R is a sinking shit after Rebirth
>XVI is literally completely forgotten
>SOP didn't work as a reimagining of FF1 like they hoped
>pretty much all mobile games are shut down or are hanging by a thread
>now Dissidia is being beaten to the cross for short-term profits
How exactly can they make it worse at this point? What is left to burn?

>>724065441
The typical strategy would be to stop burning things.

I know Sakaguchi isn't there anymore, but does no one at that company understand what Zidane's character is?
In all the compilation games he always comes across as a almost completely blank slate and it weirds me out considering how much growth and personality he had on display in FF9.

>>724065548
You'd think so right.

i don't understand who keeps giving this company money

>>724052369 (OP)
>high-school setting
Fuck off.

>>724066586
Is it? The only outfit that passes for a school uniform is Terra's. If we're forcing them into a modern setting, that actually works for her as a character. Just, ya know, as long as it's only Terra.

>>724061274
First, I guess you mean FFXIV, second, the long-term key is building brands. They are still milking FF7, KH, and other titles for decades. Yes FFXIV also makes money, they have many good to great games, but not many reach potential due to mismanagement and tampering. People are asking for a new true Dissidia, they aren't getting it because...

>>724067385
Oh, yes, XIV, my bad.

>>724052369 (OP)
more like EoS of the year lol

Do gachaslurpers even have any trust in square? So far they always shut down their gachas after a year or two
Just play another one that wont EoS immediately

>>724067549
Or just don't play gacha at all. Look within, obtain taste.

>>724067549
>Do gachaslurpers even have any trust in square
Nope. The entire conversation around this game has been how long it’ll last. Doubt they’re getting rid of that reputation any time soon.

>>724052369 (OP)
Short-lived notation

>>724067524
Think it'll get a whole year?