New Final Fantasy? Microsoft WTF?

July 17, 2007, 11:47 AM

With the up coming release of Blue Dragon. Microsoft's new Japanese style rpg, i decided to find out more about this surprising move from Gates & crew....

I was terribly shocked to discover that microsoft had employed figures that were previously closely associated with Square-Square Enix, the legend that is Nobuo Uematsu, Akira Toriyama-the genius behind Dragon Ball and the design of Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger, and also Hironobu Sakaguchi-main man, closely involved with most FF titles....

What is microsoft upto?
Isn't this essentially a new Final Fantasy?
Or is this just a cheap way for microsoft to compete in the Japanese rpg market?

Hmm your thoughts and opinions about this would be interesting.....

July 17, 2007, 11:51 AM

I dont see it as a new Final Fantasy and Im sure its creators wouldnt join Microsoft if they are planning to make a new Final Fantasy under a different name. It would be going agaisnt what theyve been creating for years. i say they are just giving Microsoft a helping hand.

July 17, 2007, 11:59 AM

I suppose so, although i have a biased view as i generally dislike Microsoft, so i'm not too happy to see the legendary trio working with Microsoft on a new game...I'll still have a go on it though

July 17, 2007, 7:35 PM

Sweet, I'll have to look into this one. I don't plan on buying a PS3 until a very, very long time. They can take both their $600 price and even the cheaper $500 one and shove it up their ass. Come back when its cheaper. Unfortunately I'll be giving up any FF series released for the system until such a time as it comes down to a reasonable price. But it's good to know that I'll still have the chance to play a good RPG from the same minds that gave us the FF games.

Do I expect it to be a cheap FF knockoff? I sure hope not. But I'd expect that there could be influences from the games with those three collaborating together. I'll have to read into it myself before I could decide whether it'd be a knockoff.

July 17, 2007, 11:27 PM

Microsoft picked up Mistwalker a few years ago and to be honest I think it is a good move by Microsoft. Xbox and Xbox 360 mostly seem to be a console aimed at the western side of the continent and doesn't have that much versatility in their library of video games. This is a good move for them to broaden their genres and appeal to others and who best to get than the likes of Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu?

Honestly, I have never really been that interested in Microsoft consoles as it really just seemed like it was full of FPS/TPS type games which I don't mind but they aren't the top of my favourite genres. The X360 is beginning to tempt me with games like Lost Odyssey and Cry On. X360 remains a slight possibility for me to get but that would be after I get a PS3.

About the games being like Final Fantasy, the only one I can see that resemblance would by Lost Oddysey, although I don't know much about its gameplay. Blue Dragon doesn't resemble Final Fantasy at all. There is also Cry On that I haven't seen any images about but I've seen that being described as an "Action RPG" which does not sound like Final Fantasy at all.

July 19, 2007, 10:56 AM

It will be very interesting to see what Blue Dragon will be like, of course the 'big' trio wouldn't want to just make a Final Fantasy clone, therfore they will strive to make some new innovations in the genre....but hey, we'll just have to wait and see....