Final Fantasy 16 Will Be More Action-Oriented But Not At The Expense Of Its Story

@riptal: "They practically killed the Resident Evil series" This is where I point out RE6 sold really well (as did FFXV) and then you go REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

@riptal: It was dead at X. As soon as the took away the deep customization it was over. The sphere grid and 2 slots for equipment is an absolute joke to this day.

@riptal: Kind of an apples and oranges situation though. When Capcom decided to take RE in the action direction, they created a GOAT tier singleplayer game, then followed it up with a GOAT tier co-op game. Squeenix didn't do anything close to that. Instead, they created a bunch of mediocre tripe. It wasn't until FF7R did they FINALLY make a good action FF.

It's also highly inaccurate to suggest the action REs nearly ruined the franchise. In reality, Capcom wasn't very high on the franchise after RE3 and the core team had a lot of bored devs tired of creating the same games over and over again. Not only did RE4 actually save the franchise, but the successes of RE5 and 6 helped ensure the franchise would live long enough to return to horror. The truth is NOT changing the games would have killed the franchise.

This is a far cry from what happened with FF where every game was somewhat different in some way and the franchise was at the height of its popularity during the turn based era. When people say they want turn based FF, they're not saying Squeenix CAN'T do good ARPGs, but that FF was at its absolute, distinct best when they were traditional JRPGs.

@Thanatos2k: Failures? The game was a massive hit when it came out. The only failures they had was the development time prior.

@thecupidstunts: It does look to be on the stylish action side like FF7R.

@imajinn: Japanese companies think that the majority of western gamers don't like tactical/strategical games that requires patience and thinking. Only shooting, slashing and see things go boom. Can't blame them as the modern gamers do seem to have the attention span of a goldfish. Explains why Nintendo dumbed down the difficulty of Pokemon games over the years.

@imajinn: SE has ditched the idea of bringing classic FF into a more modern game, instead creating old-school FF games rebranded as Bravely Default.

So depending on what exactly you're looking for, either at the end of this month or never.

@lionheartssj1: I'm seeing people that are saying Bravely 2 sucks though.

@tbird7586: when did you start playing FF?

@tbird7586: those two things aren't mutually exclusive. Plenty of good games are "accessible" to the greater population.

Also nothing was particularly hard about pressing up and down to select menu options. I love turn based games but lets be real there.