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A new FF title, especially anything to do with 7, will always be a day one for me.

@Uromastryx oh I know, I was just being sarcastic. I love the game and have always known that it's just a loud minority on the Internet. Glad to see it's still thriving.

Looking forward to both, assassin's creed japan has been a long time coming.

I thought no one liked this game? How odd.

Yuffie and Red Xiii is enough for me! Only 3 weeks to go, can't believe it's so close.

I've always been a big japan nerd. Jrpgs, manga and Anime are my dominant hobbies so this is nice to see.

@Splat To be fair, it was missing really simple features like replaying missions, changing the time of day and being able to listen to JJJ in your collectibles. These were all in the first game but oddly just completely missing in 2.

Not sure if I should play or wait for the full release... Leaning on the latter.

If only this was a good game, I could actually be excited.

Can't wait to play this wonderful game twice just like the first part. Hard mode was a fantastic addition, sure I'll love every second.

Reload is essentially Fes but without The Answer (the answer was so incredibly boring anyway.) so I would still consider this the definitive P3. I hope they add an improved Answer and FeMC in the future though.

Moving goal posts how? That wasn't all you stated, you literally said that FF16 was a flop and I asked for proof and only recieved proof for the 3rd thing I asked of which was Square Enix's financial struggles.

Yes FF7 needs to succeed but I see no reason why it shouldn't so why is this even a discussion? Why so much drama? A business is heavily promoting their product because they want it to sell, big surprise.

@Ray_Ray_Regasis Again, as much as that article tries to claim otherwise by stating "mixed reviews" despite reviews being overall very positive. FF16 had nothing to do with the 2 billion loss. Even in this article it states multiple factors including mobile games and big flops like Forspoken.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FinalFantasy/comments/16hdajl/square_enix_loses_2_billion_in_value_after_ff16/

People on reddit can explain it better than me. If you truly want to understand the situation of course. I've seen your comment history though and how you feel about FF16 so I'm sure you'd like to continue believing it's a failure.

@Matroska Did you read the article? FF16 couldn't make up for the losses of flops like forspoken and marvels avengers. The 2 billion has nothing to do with FF16 itself.

They've stated that they're satisfied with FF16's sales which is rare for Square who consider pretty much everything a failure.

Square Enix (idiots that they are) were hoping FF16 would sell so much that it would help pull them out of a hole dug by the likes of Forspoken, Avengers, Triangle Strategy, Star Ocean, Valkyrie Elysium and all the other underbaked games they churned out.

Of course though even a mainline FF title can't do that much heavy lifting so FF7 and FF14 will help do the trick.

However FF16 was NOT part of the losses, it's a part of the recovery.
Of course though, there will always be people who want to belive otherwise because it's an entry they didn't personally enjoy but sorry FF16 was succesful.

Can't wait! Really hope I can finish persona 3 before this drops.

I don't need a demo, I already know this is a day one buy for me.

@Ray_Ray_Regasis The only true thing in that paragraph is that FF7 is a gem. Do you just make things up as you go along? Got a source for FF16 being a flop? Or that FF7 would need to sell such ridiculous numbers? Any proof that Square Enix is struggling?

Is the DLC on the disc? Or as a code? I hate it when they do codes.

Looks really good besides some slightly janky facial animations. I'll definitely be getting it, looks like there's a lot in way of customization.

I keep on seeing the idea thrown around that FF7 remake would've been better off if it was remade 1:1 but this isn't true for one simple reason.

Look at the Shadow Of Colossus remake or the Demons Souls remake. Who still talks about these games? Exactly... No one. I'm not saying that the 2 remakes I mentioned are bad, far from it but they are played, enjoyed and then mostly forgotten.

By splitting the FF7 remake into multiple games that have expanded and transformed FF7 into its own series, they've guaranteed that people will still be talking about FF7 for decades more to come. I'm glad they've done it the way they have, means more Cloud and Co to enjoy and makes the discussion around it more exciting.

Where FF6 is concerned, I don't really care if they remake it or not or how they do it but 20 years sounds dumb as hell.

I literally don't care. Day one purchase for me.

I'm playing right now, I love Reina as my new main. I suck at fighting games but still enjoy playing them.

It's sitting on my shelf right now waiting to be played. I'm holding off because Persona 3 is right round the corner, followed by FF7. Not to mention Granblu Fantasy and Tekken and oh my god there are just way too many games this year!

It's about damn time this patch released. They release an "ultimate edition" with bugs because once again, they rushed the release to get it out before Christmas. CDPR clearly never learnt their lesson. The constant praise they recieve is undeserved IMO even if I do love Cyberpunk to death.

@gipsojo Is this sarcasm? Why would you play an average game 4 times?

Ai has its uses so I'm more concerned about their focus on multiplayer.

I've seen them mention "adding multiplayer to enhance the single player experience" what does that even mean?

Can't wait, hoping to spend at least 200 hours on it. I spent over 100 on the first part which was significantly smaller so can't wait for this to eat up all my time.

@FatalBubbles That's fair. Amazon, GAME, Square Enix etc. are quite unreliable as far as release day goes (though Amazon have improved) which Is why I order a majority of my games from ShopTo as they often deliver early and have never missed a release date so far.

I definitely see the benefits of Digital as opposed to Physical like game sharing and convenience. For me personally it's all about having the Disc as I hate not physically owning something. All I can hope for is that the option to have one or the other is always on the table as a completely Digital future is a major turn off for me.

@FatalBubbles Not to be rude but ever heard of Amazon? Or a postbox? I've never understood this argument for Digital when deliveries exist. I often get my games delivered days before the actual release date.

@nomither6 Woops, forgot about origins. You are indeed correct. I will edit my comment.

What are they doing!?!? I'm starting to feel like the Arkham Games were an accident, like "oops, we made 4 good games, better correct that!"

Yes! Finally some good gaming news! Preorder secured, let's goooo!

Can't believe that this is connected to the Arkham Series. We could've gotten a Superman game but instead we get this atrocity.

I'm more looking forward to Metaphor. It looks like everything I've ever wanted in a new Atlus game.

I hate the idea of 1 hour = £1 or that length = Quality. I'm tired of games being long just for the sake of it. Too much padding and fluff in games these days all because people want to fill their time with mundane repeatable objectives just to feel like they "got their money's worth".

I'd rather have quality than quantity personally. For example, I liked Spider-Man 2 more than the first because it didn't waste my time.

Only 20 comments and there's already 10 different opinions on what a FF should or shouldn't be. The only consistent thing about FF is the inconsistency of its fanbase 😄

I want this game to be good but I'm not too convinced it will be. I'm definitely on the fence with this one.

@dimi They mentioned that they're fully customizable, gender included.

I kinda hope not for a very personal reason. I quite literally bought the Japanese version just a few days ago so this would be mildly irritating if true. I would also be excited to be able to actually read it in English of course but bitter that I would have to buy it for a second time 😅

@zupertramp I always choose Console over PC solely because they still offer physical media. I buy a lot of games day one and physical is cheaper %99.9 of the time and I love having a shelf full of games.

An all digital future would ruin a big part of gaming for me. I wouldn't want to miss out however so if it happens, then my future gaming will be on PC since my only reason for picking console would be gone.

I don't even see the point in owning a console if they went all digital. I'd just move over to PC the day that happens. No physical, no purchase.

Competition is good but things are starting to get messy. We could end up needing 7 different platforms just to play our favourite games. The future of gaming has never looked more bleak imo.

I'm surprised it hasn't sold more to be honest considering it's positive reception. Still, I'm happy it's doing well enough and I'm excited for the future of the series.

Looks great, can't wait to hang out with Alphen and Co again!

Delays incoming fo' sho'

Can't wait to explore every last millimeter of it! It's gonna be a crazy good start to the year.

For games as big as Persona, I don't see why this had to go to Limited Run. I hate buying from them but if needs must...

@Kidfried I agree that UK box charts aren't an entirely reliable source for how well a game is doing but I disagree that "few people" buy Physical games. Of course more people buy Digital these days but those articles that spout nonsense like "99% of game sales are digital" include sales of DLC, Digital only Indie Games and Mobile purchases which also renders those articles mostly redundant when comparing Digital vs Physical sales.

I would guess that Digital to Physical if we're talking games that actually release physically is more of like a 70-30 split in favour of Digital. This is a guess as I'm not sure of the actual numbers but it's definitely not 99-1 anyway as people like to spread around.

Cloud, Tifa and Yuffie were my main team so that's enough for me. I'm sure they'll be playable in part 3 anyway.

Can't wait! I'm so delighted that FF7 is getting so much expanded content as its my favourite game of all time so more of it is very much appreciated. Never been happier to be a fan 😁