Quite the opposite I think. Like the super hardcore fans who don’t …

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Comment on Final Fantasy XIV Player Populations At Death’s Door by SpideyPHL:

Quite the opposite I think. Like the super hardcore fans who don’t want ff14 to “sell out” (and in the process keep it unplayably bad), there are these old school assholes who think anything Square’s made after 1996 is bad. FF7 is still by far the most popular FF game, and although it’s trendy on the internet to say that it sucks, that’s more hipster-ish “FF7 made the series popular, so now it sucks” kind of mentality.

Now I really enjoyed Square games back in the day before they merged with Enix, but I also realize that the game industry has changed since then. If they do remake FF7, they’ll have to update it in some way besides the graphics and adding voice acting. With their recent track record, I’m not sure I trust them to do it terribly well. However, they are at least trying to keep things fresh, more than can be said for other JRPG companies this generation.

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• Final Fantasy XIV Player Populations At Death’s Door:
  

  Agreed that it’s largely Wada’s fault. Since he took over the company has been less about quality IPs like it was before the merger, and more about bastardized spinoffs on portables. The KH series is a great example, a great strong franchise that had the power of its brand ruined by endless portable spinoffs instead of a proper continuation of the series. Even if they make a KH3, there’s so much that’s been added to a ridiculously convoluted canon that only a fraction of the players have tried, …

• Final Fantasy XIV Player Populations At Death’s Door:
  

  The new producer they put in actually has a really good head on his shoulders and has a great idea of where to go with the game. The problem is that kind of thing takes time, too long for most people to wait around. I myself couldn’t deal with the stupid market wards and stopped play for two months, but when I came back the Market Wards were at least usable and they’re going to put in an AH, and a lot of the changes have already made the game much more playable than before. Of course, assholes …

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