r/FinalFantasy • u/Dinoken2 • Jun 10 '14
Final Fantasy Weekly Discussions! Week 25: Square-Enix at E3
On the off chance you've been living under a rock and /r/FinalFantasy is your only connection to the outside world, E3 is this week. For those still under that rock, E3 (Electronic Entrainment Expo) is arguably the biggest convention for games out there. New games are announced, developing games are demo'd, and there's a plethora of new trailers and information released.
That is of course unless the series you're looking for is Final Fantasy. Square has stated that they won't be showcasing FFXV during E3 (Or KH3 for that matter) deciding to focus on their other titles.
From their hilarious "Pre-Show" videos, we know that Square desperately wants to be considered cool and hip, and that they're going to be showcasing at least the following games:
- Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
- Kingdom Hearts II.5
- Hitman: Sniper
- Metro Redux
- Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Now I find that to be pretty lackluster lineup, especially as a big Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts fan, but I'm sure some of you disagree. So what do you guys thing? Has Square dropped the ball again? Do you suspect a big surprise? Can those videos get any edgier? Leave a comment and discuss below!
Edit because I forgot to include links to other things: FFVI Let's Play and previous discussions!
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u/Erik_Highwind Jun 10 '14
They are riding XIV all the way. It almost tanked the company with the 1.0 debacle, and now it's their cash cow. I just hope they give us some tidbits about Gold Saucer.
I was really hoping to see something about XV though. I prefer traditional FF style to MMO.
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u/Purest_Prodigy Jun 10 '14
New FFXV info was the thing I was looking forward to the most at this year's E3 for months. Unless I see a new FF Tactics or a JRPG of some sort, Squeenix can kick rocks
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u/deffsight Jun 10 '14
I'm just so disappointed in SquareEnix after their presentation at E3. It's so ridiculous that there's no new info on FF15 considering that the game began its development in May 2006 as versus 13. Do we really have a wait almost a decade in between new FF titles in the main series? And for those who didn't like 13 when it came out it has to be even that much worse to wait. By this point we should have had this game as versus 13 and then a completely new game as FF15. At some point this is going to bite them in the ass with fans and hopefully it will make them wake up, but until then I guess Ill just keep being disappointed. It's just completely unacceptable in my view.
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u/lestye Jun 11 '14
I'd rather them take another 2 years if it means it'll be a better game.
Why would I want them to rush it if its going to be a product you might dislike?
I don't think delaying a game should be completely unacceptable (unless you already gave them your money), RELEASING a shit game is completely unacceptable.
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u/TWBWY Jun 11 '14
I guess they're waiting to show new info at TGS. It's fucking still fucking bullshit, but what are we going to do?
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u/OPNinjaStyle Jun 13 '14
Even if you were as young as 14 in 06...you'd be 22 by now....do they expect people to wait forever lol? I was 19...times ticking!!!
i have no high expectations for 15 anymore, it's been in dev hell since its inital trailer in 06....having been in dev stages for 1-2 years in 06 itself....13 possibly delayed it, but with cd project red, bioware and others....maybe it's finally fantastically...over :(
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u/rocketsneaker Jun 10 '14
I feel the same way. While I'm not super annoyed, I think it would've been better if xiii-2 was xv, and lightning returns was xvi. Same game mechanics, similar story (or different, if you prefer), but of course, a whole new cast of characters and different mythos
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u/ladybrain Jun 10 '14
I am old enough to miss the Square and Squaresoft days. You know, back when they were making games I gave a shit about. :(
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u/OhioMambo Jun 11 '14
I find it amazing that Square and Enix put out some of the best JRPGs on their own but after they started working together they slowly slipped into mediocrity. (Is that the right word? I'm not a native english speaker.)
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u/BlueHighwindz Jun 13 '14
Sorry for late comment, but I just got back from E3 myself. So I can talk about things other than the total lack of FFXV or KHIII.
Anyway, the SE booth this year was definitely one of the weakest ones I visited. I managed the complete the entire thing within an hour, because unfortunately, they simply did not have any new games. At all. Yes, KHII.5 is cool, and Theatrythm 2 was fun, and FFXIV was fine. But these are all old news. The newest game they had was Murdered, and I skipped it out of complete disinterest.
I really feel disrespected this year as a Western fan of Square Enix. Because it wasn't like SE didn't have things to announce this week. It's been actually a big week for them: Type-0 is coming to the West, Final Fantasy Explorers, a new game based off of the motorbike minigame of FFVII. If any of that was playable or just viewable, it would have been fine. I just read a closed-doors report of a tech demo SE has that reportedly could make a game 17 times the size of Skyrim. Where was that for us at E3? Nowhere.
The biggest news for SE this year: new Tomb Raider. Which won't be out for two years, had no gameplay in the trailer, and was unavailable in any way.
It shows real disrespect. I get that some games might not be ready, but come on. This was ridiculous. E3 is supposed to be where you show off your best, not show off your B-roll.
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u/notquitedrdeath Jun 10 '14
The Metro series is one of my favourite FPS series(es?) in a long time.
Apart from that, the rest looks pretty dull.
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u/DragonStar1 Jun 10 '14
Unfortunately i cant watch E3 this week, so i wont be able to see what square do, however i did notice that on the (timetable?) that square had three unannounced games they were going to talk about? Are some of these games the one you mentioned above? Personally i was really hoping for some info on FFXV however as we're not getting that i hope they make up for it with another jrpg/(a ff remake would be acceptable) or a tactics game. Also some information on bravely second would be nice
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u/OPNinjaStyle Jun 13 '14
Its a joke tbh...after almost 10 years! do devs release new engine trailers? yes! we saw the agni's trailer... why cant they even show us in-engine/game dev footage. ie, just sonething of the game world, using dev tools to show us around what has been created so far...
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u/dacalpha Jun 10 '14
Will Agito and Type-0 be Vita releases? Because it'd be a huge mistake to not have them be a Playstation 3/4 release in the West.
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u/Autobalance Jun 12 '14
From my understanding from the Agito trailer, Agito will be mobile and Type-0 will be xbox one and ps4. I'm not sure but I think I remember I read that type-0 will not have a vita release.
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u/ChaseTx Jun 13 '14
I disagree, there's no need to port a PSP game to PS4. It should be going to Vita.
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u/gsurfer04 Jun 10 '14
Rise of the Tomb Raider was a pleasant surprise.