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Comment on Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST

rafoix@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

SE’s obsession with making every mainline FF game a 100+ million dollar project with hours of cutscenes and a combat system ill suited to fight the skyscraper sized enemies is killing the series.

They’re obsessed with spectacle. Nobody really cares about spectacle anymore.

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angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I mean, being the cutting edge turn based JRPG that’s on par with the most impressive AAA titles if not an industry leader itself was historically Final Fantasy’s place in the market, in contrast to Dragon Quest’s traditionalism.

Hell, I believe Expedition 33 is popular because it more or less filled the spot that Final Fantasy forfeited when it went action.

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TalkingFlower@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I still remember they put Deus Ex in the freezer, handed it over to Embracer, then they murdered it before the final chapter.

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