The twisted irony is rather insane and rage inducing.
I don't know what their hard on for the PSP is about at this point. 3 years ago, I could understand wanting to shore up the handheld market by meeting Sony's contractual development requirements but at this point they appear to be scared shitless at the prospect of developing for major home consoles.
It took them over 4 fucking years to develop FFXIII for the PS3 and it turned out as lukewarm shit. It's taking them 5 years plus to make FFXIII Versus. KH3 is just MIA. Lost in an ocean of spin offs and stories most people have had enough of.
Square is like some little child at the edge of a pool, skittishly dipping its toes into the water and then shaking its head in fear. You're gonna have to take the plunge eventually S-E. The next generation is gonna be over by the time you finally grow some balls and develop for it.
I think that they're too wrapped up in visuals, and they forgot what gaming was really about. If anything, them making a CG movie with AC is almost proof of that because it's gorgeous, but it's pretty disfunctional as a story. ACC helped that a lot, but that was like learning from a mistake, which isn't really an option for a game. Moving from FFVII - X, it's clear that they're always pushing the graphics in their games, but with the capabilities of the PS3, it seems like they get WAY too caught up in the technology in the PS3 and get starry eyed in how pretty some things can be, and it feels like they forget what they're doing. That's the only way I can imagine them spending so long on a game like that. It's like hitting the graphics threshold for the PSP reminds them that there's a game that comes with it, and they get back into the comfortable groove that I remember from VII - X, at least that's how it felt with Crisis Core. The game was pretty as hell, but you only get SO much you can put into the graphics, and the story was solid. I think it just feels like the way they work now, they're more suited to make really good PSP games, and I'd rather have them do well at that than waste time and suck at Console releases.
That being said, they REALLY do need to get their shit together and start making REAL CONSOLE GAMES again. Not that I won't love taking some Final Fantasy or Parasite Eve with me where ever I go (Thank GOD for them deciding to pick up PE again btw). I think that if they can just buckle down, and really understand how to develop a game for the current gen systems and get comfortable with it, they could be great again. I think it might need to take a new IP to spark that, because it'd be a team that would HAVE to be focusing on everything new instead of just working on what they know from the past.
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