You own Square-Enix: What's the next step for Final Fantasy?

[Akihiko]

Stop trying to make mmorpgs and keep focusing on making new and interesting experiences. XIII was fine and Versus XIII looks great.

 

[Taerdin]

Move all development efforts to a HD remake of Final Fantasy VII, make boatloads of cash, kill Final Fantasy forever, sell the company and retire on the massive pile of cash.

 

[Casimir_Effect]

Remake Final Fantasy XIII almost exactly the same just to fuck with people

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Ax the franchise and focus on Dragon Quest instead.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

sell it.

seriously i would, forget FF, every time a new one comes out, its just recycled from older FF games. theres no innovation anymore, just roughly the same ammount of charcters with different names and outfits, different settings, same kind of situation.

 

[Tanis]

I'd say STOP claiming remakes older games which are just ports.

Start remaking all the previous (non-PS2) games with modern graphics and the ability to play with more then just one combat system.

How hard is it to combine a 'classic' battle system (random encounters) with the more modern battle system (FF12/13)?


After you've gotten that crap out of the way...start supporting other developers who have got a good history of making 'well reviewed but mixed sales' companies like Atlus.

 

[Panorama]

Make FF10 again, with better graphics

 

[Scarecrow]

Axe it and make 'TWEWY 2'. That's a much better idea.

 

[fire-exit-man]

I would release one final game that tied up any loose ends in the canon, end with a bombshell, and come up with a new bloody IP.


If the shareholders don't like it, then tough. There's only so much one IP can do, and it's pretty clear from an outsider's POV that the series is very severely stagnating.

Please get someone to do this with Mario and Zelda!

OT - I'm honestly not sure, but I'd definately get rid of the characters that whine constantly, spoiling my enjoyment of the games somewhat, and the overly-effeminate lady-boy characters (Kuja being the best example).

And I'd remake XII so it's actually fun to play rather than being badly acted and very dull (IMO).

 

[Booze Zombie]

Well, time to make it so all of the Final Fantasy characters don't look like a clown parade covering for the YMCA... perhaps make their clothing, world and story have purpose and colour.

 

[Trolldor]

12 had a good battle mechanic, if you could combine that with the Materia System of VII then that would be XIV for me.
Storywise I would stop hiring Japanese writers. Gets boring seeing the same characters in every fucking game.

 

[Ellen of Kitten]

The next step? HOHOHO! You fools! The power!! >
o_o

Final Fantasy 7 Remake. It will have a proper budget. It will emulate the original. It will adapt new methods of gaming design. I will hire the Extra Credits crew on for consulting. It will be made, and we will take our time sculpting it proper.

 

[Mallefunction]

I'd just burn down the company building. Honestly...don't even want the money that selling it off would bring.

 

[The Urban Moose]

It's my opinion that the current final fantasy games rely on an ancient mechanic: turn-based RPG. They're great, and hell, there were some classics back in the day, but it's become old. That was back when they lacked the processing power to actually portray battles, so picking the ATTACK button, and then afterward having the computer tell you how much damage you did was the most they could do.

Nowadays we have the power to create and portray fantastic, unscripted battles against monsters and enemies and what have you, but final fantasy, in most cases, sticks to the tried and tested model of turn-based action.

I mean think about it. Turn-based action? The very word is an oxymoron. I say let it die, and create a more action-oriented rpg where the "you encountered a monster. Kill it. Pick up lewtz. Repeat," ritual isn't such a drag.

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

First,unleash the old ps1 games onto the cyber marketplaces of the industry (maybe xbox live since ff13 was on 360) and use the profits to fund my super atomic robot of angry vivi to conquer the world! (evil laugh)