Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is due in North America tomorrow. Why aren't I lined up outside some game store waiting to buy it the moment they open their doors? Well, I've got class tomorrow, for one thing. And I don't own a PSP. And I'm pretty sure I'm the only person on the planet that didn't think FFVII was the most awesome game ever made.
Don't get me wrong, Square is a great company (I suppose they're Squeenix now, though). Square even produced the game that I do consider the most awesome RPG ever made (Xenogears, for those interested). I just never really got into FFVII. And much like my reaction to MegaTokyo, the presence of a hundred other people ranting to me about how amazingly amazing it is really turned me off. Xenogears' production money being slashed in favor of the original FFVII probably didn't hurt my resentment any, either.
But I understand why Squeenix wanted another FFVII title out on the shelves: it was one of their most profitable games, and they want more money. That's not really my problem. It's that the original Final Fantasy was named such because it was a fantasy game, and was likely going to be the last one Square ever made, because they were bankrupt. The games in the series are decent enough; I've played all of them except XI and XII to some extent (the first movie was crap, though, and I never saw the FFVII movie because as I've said, FFVII didn't really interest me). The issue is that Square(-Enix) is still making Final Fantasy titles. Isn't it time to make the final Final Fantasy? Like was promised to us by the title of the very first game?
- Final Fantasy
- Final Fantasy II
- Final Fantasy III
- Final Fantasy IV
- Final Fantasy V
- Final Fantasy VI
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy IX
- Final Fantasy X
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
- Final Fantasy XI
- Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy XII
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (future release)
- Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (future release)
- Final Fantasy IV the After: Tsuki no Kikan (release date TBA)
- Final Fantasy XIII (release date TBA)
- Final Fantasy Agito XIII (release date TBA)
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII (release date TBA)
- 10 spin-off series
- 8 collections
- 5 animated films/short films
- 16 companion books
- 12 novels/manga
- 3 radio shows
- 30 music albums
Can we please end this thing already? Take a risk and start a new series up!
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