I think it’s cyclical. The devs on the panel were emboldened by the crowd, but the crowd had been groomed by years and years of WoW where almost every female character looked like a sexual fantasy of one sort or another. From their point of view she was basically complaining that water was wet and the sky was blue,…

Or they could take this walkout to the big leagues and FORM. A. UNION.

This is not general advertising they are talking about though, this is paying extra directly to Sony to get in a featured section of the Sony store where they will then collect a cut of the sales. On top of it: this is something they pitched as pro-Indie because of the flat minimum fee that is the same for everyone.

“But this is kinda just how marketing works. If you want people to see your game front and center, be prepared to pay for that.”
It gets complicated when the advertiser is also the exclusive platform holder and also gets a cut of your sales. This is in the context of platform-specific ad campaigns - no social media or…

Looks to me like George Floyd did a decent job turning his life around. 5 terms in prison and then finally strung together 8 good years.

I mean... they could have been loading *anything* at that moment, including the end area - a well crafted and very linear demo could have the preloading done deliberately.  Just not the case this time.

All three of the people you just listed had their story telling abilities slowly go off the rails after Sakaguchi left the company. That’s the real reason you can’t make Final Fantasy VII in 2020. The technological achievement was never what made people love it for all these years.

I can help you with one of these Jason!
“Why does Aerith miss Midgar’s sky???”
This is just a modernization of a line of hers from the original. Aerith states that she feels uneasy being with the sky, and says something along the lines of it being too big and it’s enveloping her.  She’s lived her whole life in much more…

Yeah, I mean who cares if the game is good, right? The release methodology is what matters.

Maddy,
I appreciate this article greatly. You have succeeded at telling the tale of an era and put into writing what countless others felt but didn’t have the words for.

All that stuff you said happened, it’s just that you don’t see it. The party arrives after the fact and there is just blood *everywhere*.
Also, it is more likely you are chasing Jenova taking Sephiroth’s form rather than Sephiroth himself, but that’s not super important.

Calm yourself. It remains to be seen whether this is an issue or not.
Re: Why would Sephiroth be on the highway? The answer is pretty simple. Think about what just escaped from Shinra Tower and started heading for Kalm (probably not on a motor bike, ergo you could catch up with them). In the original you catch up with…

It was nice of Japanese Tim Rogers to make a cameo at the 3 minute mark..

You should go back and play Dragon Quest V. The story will hit you right in the feels. It’s all about family, and whereas IV had the chapter structure, V does a similar-but-different thing where it takes place in different decades of the main character’s life.

Yep. It’s like reading a beautiful description of a slow motion car crash. EA, please stop making statements about how you think your devs don’t deserve to be torn down and instead start LISTENING to them rather than knocking their legs out from under them.  Everyone sees what is going on except you guys.

Yes, the developers that spent their free time engaging with the community are definitely the ones responsible for deciding the release date of the game. The rage is totally not be misplaced.

I promise I am not trying to sound cynical when I say this, but why is *ANY* of this a shock to anyone who remotely follows this industry? For AAA games, especially ones from big publishers, and *especially* ones from EA this is 100% business as usual. Games are hyped, impressive early footage is shown in a…

Wait, didn’t they join up with Activision after regretting being independent from Microsoft? Bungie is that cool friend that keeps wanting to be single but always ends up in a bad long term relationship with some rich person.

I mean... his definition of “progressing well” can still be pretty slow...

“I gotta ask, do you remember regions from FF games other than FF7?” Yeah, that’s actually a decent strength of the series.