You are free to not care, but being sour about it won't change the mind of Capcom execs. Fans will always stay, it's Capcom's responsibility to acknowledge this by, again, giving classic fans access to the whole library .
The damage numbers are one of the few improvements imo, almost everything else is just bad, the nerfed to death monsters both in dmg and hp, the overpowered mount, infinite heals, laughably bad open world combat, performance and so much more, the games just not challenging in the slightest at all. Finally knowing what works and how good it works/how much dmg different attacks deal is a godsend but its completely useless since everything dies if you look at it sternly.
That was one I almost mentioned until I thought about Halo. I wouldn't say the lows were that bad really, just a shame to see them not hold up to the great first few games. I'll even say that I enjoyed the complete CoD clone reboot they tried, Warfighter.
They go up, they go down; it's not an absolute.
Why would i think that any kind of Capcom exec cares about what i think? Bringing this up in a pointless rant about franchises we think went to shit is even more pointless.
That shouldn't be the case at all, but it's really seeming like it
I can’t admit it mainly because I can’t really see it as an actual ”steady” decline, moreso that there have been both steep ups AND steep downs. It’s similar to Sonic, or Spider-Man, nowadays, where every fan and creator has their own specific view of what it should and shouldn’t be, and kind of becoming too big for its britches and failing to please everyone, so there will always be a squadron of fans who very vocally both like and dislike it, and that tribalism sort of confirms to me that it hasn’t totally shit the bed yet.
And affects most franchises to sometimes disastrous effects.
Saw some quick gameplay footage just now, I did find the aesthetic very pleasing. Which means, if the gameplay is shitty, then it breaks my heart
Final Fantasy is still doing the exact same thing they've always been doing, but unfortunately game development means it takes a decade before you'll get your next mainline game now.
It's a real stinker, unfortunately, even compared to Mythologies. It was a cool idea at least of having a run-and-gun spin off with Jax, but clearly it did not work out. I think the biggest issue is it's really just 'bad bad', at least with Mythologies there's some cheesy cutscenes and the whole thing feeling like a fever dream.Saw some quick gameplay footage just now, I did find the aesthetic very pleasing. Which means, if the gameplay is shitty, then it breaks my heart
I actually finally bought Rise/Sunbreak recently. The portable team tends to make the better games imo. So far it's a bit faster than I'd prefer MonHunt to be but that doesn't make it bad. I'm having a great time with it. It has plenty of that stylistic flair that I felt World was missing. Like sure you play Monster Hunter to hunt monsters but I always appreciated how much charm and color the older entries had.
It's the never ending cycle of "new bad, old good". Sort of makes these kind of topics a worthless endeavor.
doesn't help that this *is* a retro games forum, so I would assume most of the people here prefer older games to newer ones to start with lmao
I'd really love to see Medal of Honor make a comeback... Before the many CoDs, I've played a lot of Underground and Allied Assault. Really a sad thought but who knows?
If they would just stop trying to copy Devil May Cry in the worst way possible i would like 15/16, i like almost everything about 15 but the worst part about the game is 100% the combat. Either give me better DmC like combat or give me turn based stuff back pls -.-
The exact same? Dude there hasnt been a turn based FF in 20 years. just give me turn based stuff back and im happy. Stop trying to copy Devil may Cry very badly or whatever the fuck XIII/2/3 was. I actually like 15 but the combat is torture. I still havent played 16 or the 7 remakes because i know that the combat and the rewrites in 7 specifically will just make me sad (theyve been installed for years at this point though and i cant bring myself to start any of them -.-). That combat in the original Crisis Core on PSP was bearable and a nice distraction for a while but thats about it, i wish it would have died there.
These kinds of threads work when it leads to good discussion about the content rather than just basic doomposting, to be fair.
I think it's still owned by EA, so who knows. Respawn made that last VR game maybe they'll get another go at it eventually.
Final Fantasy stopped being turn-based long before 20 years ago, they switched to ATB based back on the SNES. They have always been innovating and trying new things while building off previous systems. From FF4 to FF9 they used the ATB system, changing up the gameplay with different characters and jobs, building off what the (admittedly far more basic) first three games paved way for. 10 then introduced the conditional turn-based system. 11 ignored 10 and went with its own combat system as it was an MMO, although still taking inspiration from the previous entries in other ways (mainly the job system, although traces of the original battle system can still be found). 12 was then taking inspiration from 11, but with much more ATB influence. 13 went back to being purely ATB driven, although its own take on it. 14 took most of its inspiration from 11, as it was the only previous MMO, although by this point its been updated and changed so much over the years that a lot of that inspiration is less visible.
franchises doomed to weird handheld/spinoff hell for all eternity... May they get the love they deserve in the future
Nostalgia is both blinding and true.
