Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

...
That makes no sense.
It would make sense if the game sold the same as the first, and saw no growth.
But no. I wish these dicks could just be honest.
"A lot of our customers were quite dissatisfied with Final Fantasy XIII in game play, setting, and characters. We alienated what good will the fans held for the franchise and half of them weren't willing to chance another bad experience Sorry. Please buy the next one. It's better. I promise. snicker snicker"

[Finch]

It's because the Square side of Square Enix is the type of company that announces the announcement for a non-existant Final Fantasy while they already have 3 Final Fantasy games being made: the third game in a series that no one cares for (that really looks awful), an update to a game that received the worst reaction in the series since Westerners figured out how to play FFII, and a game that no one really believes actually exists. And then they cry about how hard it is to succeed with console games and how iOS games more profitable, so they release "All the Bravest", a game that could appropriately described as "shitting on the biggest fans of the series".
Things were looking bad but no worse than "Dissidia Duodecim" and "FFIV: Complete Collection" bad around the time of Theatrhythm. How did they fall off the cliff after that? Did they lay off everyone who had any idea of how to make and market a good game? Were they already in terrible shape? Was Opaque right and did the earthquake really deal this big of a blow to Japanese gaming? All of the big companies are being really terrible now.

[Geo]

Is Final Fantasy XIV finally done and out the door? If not, the sooner the better. They've put almost the entire company to work on that game, I'm hoping afterwards they'll be able to re-focus and put out better console games. Also, get rid of Toriyama, he's terrible at making games.

I expect we'll see a renamed Final Fantasy Versus XIII at E3, maybe as FF XV, and announced for release sometime soon. I did think it would be for PS3, given all the work they've done for it and needing to recoup costs with the much larger install base, but yesterday's announcement at the Sony presentation makes me wonder if it's PS4 instead. Either way, can't wait for them to finally wash their hands of that damn game.

I'd love for Square (Enix) to be great again.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Robotrek Robot Alchemic Drive HD coming to an Orbis and Durango near you!

[MechDeus]

Is Final Fantasy XIV finally done and out the door?

In about 4-6 months, most likely. They're about to begin the beta testing which will have six phases if I recall, and the PS3 beta won't hit until like phase 3. Plus there's the work on the new FFXI expansion.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Hey, we should all get together and run through XI!

[Mzo]

=[ I still kind of want to but it's so bad

[MechDeus]

I seriously tried. It was a good time back in the day but I just couldn't go back.

I still play a lot of Tera if you want to finally get around to installing that!

[Fe 26]

So this game has depressing elements? HM. i added it to my list. I'll buy it if i see it cheap.

did you ever buy this game, or did you get metal saga instead?

Nier is pretty awesome. Gameplay is kind of vintage, but it pushes the line in other ways.

Also, don't read anything about the game before you buy it. Not knowing details about the story, and taking it at face value each step of the way makes it a better experience.

[A Robot Bit Me]

Square Enix did not develop Nier. They only published it and did a terrible job doing so.