I was thinking the same thing til I heard what he was saying, about how much they drew upon concepts and designs from the original. Add in a story that hopefully leads into where the original began (maybe followed by a remaster of the original if it does well) and it could be a solid return to the franchise.

the real answer - they probably hope to use the same netcode for red dead’s multiplayer when it comes out. So, its self serving to fix it now, and the good pr for fixing their game is just a bonus.

Final fantasy has always just been fantasy on the surface, sci fi further in. Final Fantasy 2 had machines that controlled the oceans and a whole thing about ancient technology. FF5 literally started with a ship from another world crashlanding as a meteor. And even 4, the one you mentioned, ending with a spaceship…

*coughgoldsaucercough* but seriously, I think the biggest holdback would be if they want to design all the animations. But I feel like if they go through the trouble of designing all the animations for blitzball, they could do this sort of hybrid approach. Manage a team, but let you substitute yourself as a player. If…

They already did that when tools like this allowed hackers access to admin tools that most recently allowed people to backdoor in malware. Despite this article making it about modding, it was much more about the hackers that were destroying the game for many people on PC.

Happy to see Phantasy Star IV listed here. I don’t think its the absolute best, but it was one of the first RPGs I played as a kid that the music deepened the scenes for me.

I’d be ok with it if it got more what made Recettear good. But what I’ve seen, it looks like another boring dungeon grind...

Reminds me more of Castle of the Wind.

Wow, they just broke a million donated. 1.3 if you count their 300K matched donation.

I went to a liberal college, from the people I can remember, I 100% agree that the large majority of them would never get remotely close to implementing a plan. That said, and perhaps more dangerously, might they overnight just charge out without a plan, just use what resources they have overnight to try something…

The bank you put your coins into between levels could be a front for bowser, and at the end of the game its revealed he stole it all to buy himself a new doom airship or mechabowser or something. Which, of course, Wario has to crush not because its threatening the kingdom, not to defeat the badguy, but just out of…

I feel an important part missing from this is the fact that these legends of ninja’s do have some historical basis. After all, if people think that assassins and spies are supernatural beings who can vanish into shadow, flash shuriken to strike down their foes, and call down forbidden magics, they won’t give a second…

Clearly the only logical progression at this point is dating sim rpg.

Except there was always a twist. Namely, the rules don’t require killing, but that someone in both the other games was manipulating things to try and force deaths. For all we know, the zero is this game could be in the same boat as everyone else and just manipulated things to be in a position of power when shit…