Should We Just Pretend Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Never Happened?

[Korten12]

FFCC was AMAZING. Crystal Bearers could have been good but I heard was terrible from everyone.

 

[RagnarokHybrid]

This is why Square Enix makes me angry sometimes. KH2's secret ending hinted at a KH3 everyone has been waiting for since they beat the game.

People thought it was hinting at KH3 but it was actually for Birth by Sleep. There's supposed to be a secret ending at the end of BBS but I haven't seen it and I don't want to spoil it until I've unlocked it.

I don't know if I'm ever getting BBS. After a while of getting teased at the prospect of KH3, I don't know if I want to continue on with the canon until I know, for sure, that it's going somewhere :/

Feel free to tell me about that ending when you unlock it, though. Maybe it'll give me something to hope for in the questionably near future.

I to think that Square Enix needs to go back and look at where they were headed with the series and realize one things:

STICK
TO
YOUR
FUCKING
ROOTS.

The Celtic characteristics between the clothing, music and overall style of the world are something I haven't seen come about in an RPG since then. The grinding gameplay mechanic is by far, the only one in an RPG I've seen as completely forgiveable, because it encouraged multiplayer and only someone who NEVER played the actual multiplayer mode of that game would talk shit about it.

Yes!

I kept hoping that with that original TCB trailer that we'd be getting a fucking full fledged sequel to the original game, with a timeskip to explain the advances in the world, what's become of it after the miasma had been lifted and more... And what I got instead was a piece of shit 'experiment' of a game from Square Enix that felt like a crappy attempt at an 'open world' type of game. God it pissed me off to no end.

BUT NOPE, CAN'T HAVE THAT, TCB WAS A TESTING GROUND FOR SOME GAMEPLAY SYSTEM THAT DIDN'T EXPAND BEYOND THE MEDIOCRE EXPERIENCE IT WAS.

YES!!

OP, I was so ready to come in here and tear you a new asshole...

and... Yea... ouch... That would have been painful.

One thing I'd definitely love to is more character customization if they ever do return to FFCC's roots. It was nice to see my avatar's attire change with certain armor. Maybe I'm just a sucker for customization but I'd like a wide array of hairstyles, clothes, and weapon-styles to choose from. But yeah, dungeon-crawling worked well for FFCC. I don't know what TCB was trying to be but it didn't succeed--unless it was trying to be bad. In which case, it deserves an award--namely: Yahtzee's "Indiana Jones in a Fridge Award for Franchise Murder."

 

[Elo125]

I've lived for so many years pretending that Final Fantasy stopped at 10. Everything after that was pure crap compared to the older games and if I don't pretend it doesn't exist I'd probably have to cry myself to sleep every night. Damn you, Square-Enix!

 

[shadowsoul222]

NINTENDO IS ONLY ALLOWING ONE WIIU CONTROLLER PER CONSOLE which makes it impossible to play local multiplayer.

WAIT WHAT!? That's the one thing I thought would be awesome about the WiiU : (

I know! I hadn't heard that either. Ugh, Nintendo you're making it harder and harder for people to defend you when you go and do shit like this. >.<

OT: I fucking LOVED Crystal Chronicles, the music, the art style, the awesome as fuck multiplayer (although having to hold the chalice was a bit of a pain if you had less than 4 people), and some of the most satisfying combat I've seen in a Final Fantasy game. I hope to god that they make a new one that's as good as the original.

Also as a side note, I never played MLaaK and MLaaDL, where they any good?

 

[Tselis]

So it's time to take the crystals out of our hearts that have been lodged there for 2000 years? Or something like that, it's been awhile.

 

[Eskwyre]

Threads of Fate comes to mind for me... but, apparently, I'm the only one who cares about that game anymore...

****in' loved that game. Beat it with both characters for the second time a few months ago. You have no idea how hard it was to find the disc image for my emulator...

On topic, I never actually beat CC, but it's the only FF games I can remember enjoying as a kid. Probably cause I mainly only liked multiplayer, but still. Fond memories.

 

[KeyMaster45]

I don't know if I'm ever getting BBS. After a while of getting teased at the prospect of KH3, I don't know if I want to continue on with the canon until I know, for sure, that it's going somewhere :/

I would highly recommend BBS simply because on it's own it is a great KH game and it answers some back story questions with answers I think they'll probably be using in KH3. The game was just damned good and an amazing breath of fresh air after the smoldering pile of crap that was Days. plus it's not a tired retread of KH1. That immediately scored it mega points in my book. One of the biggest features I enjoyed was getting the game's story from three different perspectives. If you do get it I advise playing it thru as Ventas, then Aqua, and finally Terra. Trust me when I say that that order is the one to give you the most bang for your story mileage. It's hard to explain without spoiling the story but suffice it be said that Ventas sets things up, Aqua answers some questions but raises more, and Terra brings the whole shebang together. Whatever you do though, leave Terra for last, I can't stress that enough. Terra is like mega spoilers for Ventas and Aqua's stories, and to be honest his just comes off more as a third act rather than a first or second.

In terms of quality, BBS is more than worthy to stand besides KH 1 & 2 as a core game to the franchise. I think you'd regret skipping out on it come the eventual release of 3.

 

[RagnarokHybrid]

I don't know if I'm ever getting BBS. After a while of getting teased at the prospect of KH3, I don't know if I want to continue on with the canon until I know, for sure, that it's going somewhere :/

I would highly recommend BBS simply because on it's own it is a great KH game and it answers some back story questions with answers I think they'll probably be using in KH3. The game was just damned good and an amazing breath of fresh air after the smoldering pile of crap that was Days. plus it's not a tired retread of KH1. That immediately scored it mega points in my book. One of the biggest features I enjoyed was getting the game's story from three different perspectives. If you do get it I advise playing it thru as Ventas, then Aqua, and finally Terra. Trust me when I say that that order is the one to give you the most bang for your story mileage. It's hard to explain without spoiling the story but suffice it be said that Ventas sets things up, Aqua answers some questions but raises more, and Terra brings the whole shebang together. Whatever you do though, leave Terra for last, I can't stress that enough. Terra is like mega spoilers for Ventas and Aqua's stories, and to be honest his just comes off more as a third act rather than a first or second.

In terms of quality, BBS is more than worthy to stand besides KH 1 & 2 as a core game to the franchise. I think you'd regret skipping out on it come the eventual release of 3.

Hmm... Maybe I should get it then. I just don't like PSP controls, I guess. Without a second analog stick for camera controls, I usually get frustrated and rage quit--like I did with Monster Hunter Freedom U. Maybe I should replay KH 1 and 2, first, though. Is Square Enix ever going to do an HD re-release of those two?

 

[Kyogissun]

I to think that Square Enix needs to go back and look at where they were headed with the series and realize one things:

STICK
TO
YOUR
FUCKING
ROOTS.

The Celtic characteristics between the clothing, music and overall style of the world are something I haven't seen come about in an RPG since then. The grinding gameplay mechanic is by far, the only one in an RPG I've seen as completely forgiveable, because it encouraged multiplayer and only someone who NEVER played the actual multiplayer mode of that game would talk shit about it.

Yes!

I kept hoping that with that original TCB trailer that we'd be getting a fucking full fledged sequel to the original game, with a timeskip to explain the advances in the world, what's become of it after the miasma had been lifted and more... And what I got instead was a piece of shit 'experiment' of a game from Square Enix that felt like a crappy attempt at an 'open world' type of game. God it pissed me off to no end.

BUT NOPE, CAN'T HAVE THAT, TCB WAS A TESTING GROUND FOR SOME GAMEPLAY SYSTEM THAT DIDN'T EXPAND BEYOND THE MEDIOCRE EXPERIENCE IT WAS.

YES!!

OP, I was so ready to come in here and tear you a new asshole...

and... Yea... ouch... That would have been painful.

One thing I'd definitely love to is more character customization if they ever do return to FFCC's roots. It was nice to see my avatar's attire change with certain armor. Maybe I'm just a sucker for customization but I'd like a wide array of hairstyles, clothes, and weapon-styles to choose from. But yeah, dungeon-crawling worked well for FFCC. I don't know what TCB was trying to be but it didn't succeed--unless it was trying to be bad. In which case, it deserves an award--namely: Yahtzee's "Indiana Jones in a Fridge Award for Franchise Murder."

I don't believe SE has any plans to ever take the FFCC sub-series ever again. But hey, maybe if there's enough fan outcry, we could see a beefed up remake of the original game... perhaps on the 3DS or PSP =/

Still, it's sad that this game will be one I continue to look back on and think 'what if' about all the time...

...The same can be said for Okami after Okamiden's lukewarm to disappointed reception from the presses.