The Square Enix Griefing Thread

[Mega Black]

I remember there was some kind of activity with the Gex IP relatively recently, maybe we'll get something out of that. Another reboot of Tomb Raider but good, perhaps? Probably not

I would love a reboot of Tomb Raider that's either more in line with the originals or perhaps closer to their original idea, a horror Shadow of the Colossus style game where Lara was shoved into an actual survival situation against ancient cosmic horrors. I doubt it, since Rambo With Tits sells really well and I'm sure the devs want a surefire hit after cranking out that Avengers shitshow, but a man can dream, and without Square there to autistically demand that Tomb Raider of all things sell COD numbers we might get lucky.

Gex could be fun, mascot platformers are kind of sort of coming back around a bit as a niche so that's possible. Sadly, though, I think anyone who thinks that this means Square isn't going to produce garbage aimed at appealing to Western markets is going to be sorely disappointed. Expect the Forsaken randomly generated nigress NFTs any day now.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

I would love a reboot of Tomb Raider that's either more in line with the originals or perhaps closer to their original idea, a horror Shadow of the Colossus style game where Lara was shoved into an actual survival situation against ancient cosmic horrors. I doubt it, since Rambo With Tits sells really well and I'm sure the devs want a surefire hit after cranking out that Avengers shitshow, but a man can dream, and without Square there to autistically demand that Tomb Raider of all things sell COD numbers we might get lucky.

Gex could be fun, mascot platformers are kind of sort of coming back around a bit as a niche so that's possible. Sadly, though, I think anyone who thinks that this means Square isn't going to produce garbage aimed at appealing to Western markets is going to be sorely disappointed. Expect the Forsaken randomly generated nigress NFTs any day now.

That sounds amazing, so it won't happen. Croft's chest will get flatter and flatter, along with her personality, and it'll be a Horizon clone or something.

 

[Mega Black]

That sounds amazing, so it won't happen. Croft's chest will get flatter and flatter, along with her personality, and it'll be a Horizon clone or something.

The games might as well already be Horizon so going full bore retarded open world wouldn't surprise me. The reboot games have been teetering on that line for a very long time anyway. Another ugly manjawed female protagonist with a bow and arrow running around shooting chuds from bushes that make her completely invisible, sounds too close to real.

To be honest, I didn't mind the first two reboots so much for what they were. Gritty action games where you sneak around and stab faggots in the neck while exploring ancient environs, that's not a terrible idea, but it isn't Tomb Raider, it's Rambo if he had a vagina. They kept toning down the combat later on, though, in favor of exploration... but it was half-baked exploration. By Shadows the game was doing neither style of gameplay very well.

 

[TVB]

The games might as well already be Horizon so going full bore retarded open world wouldn't surprise me. The reboot games have been teetering on that line for a very long time anyway. Another ugly manjawed female protagonist with a bow and arrow running around shooting chuds from bushes that make her completely invisible, sounds too close to real.

To be honest, I didn't mind the first two reboots so much for what they were. Gritty action games where you sneak around and stab faggots in the neck while exploring ancient environs, that's not a terrible idea, but it isn't Tomb Raider, it's Rambo if he had a vagina. They kept toning down the combat later on, though, in favor of exploration... but it was half-baked exploration. By Shadows the game was doing neither style of gameplay very well.

NuRaider is also comparable to shit like Hunger Games or female Uncharted. The 2013 game was good as a different game, but not as an actual Tomb Raider game. Rise and Shadow still sucked and I will keep saying that until the end of time.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Square Enix managed to make a 5 year streak by releasing shitty games absolutely no one asked for:
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Excited for what 2023 will bring us.

They are going for the 6 year mark.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-enixs-forspoken-delayed-to-2023-for-ps5-and-pc/1100-6505130/

 

[TVB]

They are going for the 6 year mark.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-enixs-forspoken-delayed-to-2023-for-ps5-and-pc/1100-6505130/

Fucking. Lovely.

ONE, NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.
TWO, NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

An incredible year:

Babylon's Fall Will Be Shut Down In February 2023 - IGN

Poorly received action game Babylon’s Fall will be shut down in February, less than a year after it was released.

www.ign.com

Final Fantasy 7 mobile battle royale The First Soldier shuts down next year

Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 battle royale The First Soldier will shut down in January next year. The game was first r…

www.eurogamer.net

Square Enix ditches Nintendo Switch racer Chocobo GP after just nine months

Square Enix has announced an end to "large scale updates" for embattled Nintendo Switch racer Chocobo GP just nine mont…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Cisna H. Scumale]

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Shit, what was wrong with Valkyrie Elysium?

 

[ZMOT]

An incredible year:

Babylon's Fall Will Be Shut Down In February 2023 - IGN

Poorly received action game Babylon’s Fall will be shut down in February, less than a year after it was released.

www.ign.com

Final Fantasy 7 mobile battle royale The First Soldier shuts down next year

Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 battle royale The First Soldier will shut down in January next year. The game was first r…

www.eurogamer.net

Square Enix ditches Nintendo Switch racer Chocobo GP after just nine months

Square Enix has announced an end to "large scale updates" for embattled Nintendo Switch racer Chocobo GP just nine mont…

www.eurogamer.net

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wasn't harvestella shoving "non-binary" in your face right from the start? because that's what you want in your comfy farming-sim on a kids console.

Shit, what was wrong with Valkyrie Elysium?

can't remember hearing anything good nor bad, it seems to just have flown under the radar. doesn't mean it's bad, just not OMG IT'S ELDEN RING super popular/memetic (I probably enjoyed more "slightly above average/shit games" than AAA by now).

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

wasn't harvestella shoving "non-binary" in your face right from the start? because that's what you want in your comfy farming-sim on a kids console.

That killed any interest I had in it. I hope that's a factor in it bombing, but maybe it was also just shitty.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

An incredible year:

Babylon's Fall Will Be Shut Down In February 2023 - IGN

Poorly received action game Babylon’s Fall will be shut down in February, less than a year after it was released.

www.ign.com

Final Fantasy 7 mobile battle royale The First Soldier shuts down next year

Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 battle royale The First Soldier will shut down in January next year. The game was first r…

www.eurogamer.net

Square Enix ditches Nintendo Switch racer Chocobo GP after just nine months

Square Enix has announced an end to "large scale updates" for embattled Nintendo Switch racer Chocobo GP just nine mont…

www.eurogamer.net

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But wait...there's more!

 

[ZMOT]

That killed any interest I had in it. I hope that's a factor in it bombing, but maybe it was also just shitty.

I think it didn't help that there are like 3 or 4 comfy farm-sim games coming out, so competition is/was a bit stiff

 

[Kheapathic]

Shit, what was wrong with Valkyrie Elysium?

It wasn't Valkyrie Profile 3: Hrist.

I mean, wasn't too bad; but VP was always a Tri-Ace title that plays second chair to Star Ocean (which is a fucking crime). My main complaint is they went more Nier/Drag On Dragoon instead of the 4-person RPG/Fighting Game combat system from previous games. Doesn't help the trailers looked like the game could use polish; so factor in economic problems, on top of a niche title, that looks unifinished.

But that's my problem, I don't ask the retards on review sites their opinions.

 

[Miller]

An incredible year:

Babylon's Fall Will Be Shut Down In February 2023 - IGN

Poorly received action game Babylon’s Fall will be shut down in February, less than a year after it was released.

www.ign.com

Final Fantasy 7 mobile battle royale The First Soldier shuts down next year

Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 battle royale The First Soldier will shut down in January next year. The game was first r…

www.eurogamer.net

Square Enix ditches Nintendo Switch racer Chocobo GP after just nine months

Square Enix has announced an end to "large scale updates" for embattled Nintendo Switch racer Chocobo GP just nine mont…

www.eurogamer.net

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They're fucked now, they can't put all the blame on their western studios anymore.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Shit, what was wrong with Valkyrie Elysium?

It could have been better if the devs given the player more choice in what to do, but instead the battles get samey fast and are usually such a clusterfuck it's impossible to do any strategy but mash attacks. And the summons being "press X for appropriate enemy" doesn't help. Also absolutely annoying how missing something means replaying an hour long level. Besides that there are like tenth of the amount of characters to any RPG and the plot is barebones, makes no sense and expectable.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Maybe they should make AAA RPGs again instead of reserving that just for Final Fantasy. And that series is just action now, so they don't have any AAA JRPGs anymore, except maybe Dragon Quest.

 

[Michael Wade]

Correct me if im wrong but I believe Square can afford to experiment and make mistakes because of 14 ironically. Next year looks a lot more promising for their titles. Forspoken not withstanding.

 

[TheDarknessGrows]

How about a game that expands upon the mechanics of The Last Remnant? That game is somewhat underrated.

 

[Nobunaga]

Maybe they should make AAA RPGs again instead of reserving that just for Final Fantasy. And that series is just action now, so they don't have any AAA JRPGs anymore, except maybe Dragon Quest.

SaGa says hello

 

[Pissmaster]

SaGa says hello

SaGa was never AAA, shit I don't even think they ever promoted it much. Octopath Traveler and I Am Setsuna both got like a thousand times more press than any game in that series