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IkariX

23 September at 16:06

@deathkid

No one is stopping you from enjoying the FFVII Reamke games. But my point still stands, it's poorly written fanfiction. First time I played Final Fantasy VII was in 1999. Final Fantasy VII and Resident Evil 1(I still have both), were my first 2 PlayStation 1 games. So I've played Final Fantasy VII numerous times over the years. What what the Remake games are, are nothing more than imitators.

It's mass market slop at it's finest. Does it make it terrible games? Not at all, Remake Part 1 was fairly decent. But let's not pretend that any of the remake games are as good as the original. I hope Square Enix doesn't touch Final Fantasy VIII. Because they'll ruin that as well.

deaththekid

23 September at 14:17

@phreak - Dont't get me wrong, many fans have valid criticism's with the game and I respect that. And It sucks when a game you're excited for doesn't hit the way you'd hope. I mean as fans we want to enjoy all entries in our favourite franchises.

I feel that as I'm getting older I rather just enjoy games for what they are.

One thing that I am not happy with is that FFVII Revelation will not be fully on disc, even though physical discs are included.

UmarB

23 September at 13:49

I'm a pretty hardcore FF fan but if you love the Remake series, as I do, you also kind of have to understand that a lot of contentious decisions were made in the story and it's just not gonna land with some people. I totally get why some folks don't like it or agree with the changes.

I do hope however that the announcement of FFXVII is close, feels like the FF fandom needs a new mainline title to reset after the Remake series lol

phreak

23 September at 12:49

Hope it lives up to your expectations and you love it.
Always sucks to not be with happy for a game you were excited about.

Lurch

23 September at 12:43

@phreak - that I understand. Rabid defenders are rarely better than those that hate on a game. If you like a game or series, it makes sense you want to discuss what it could have done better or where it might go in the future.

Think people have become to comfortable with giving simplistic aggressive responses, attaching a strong emotion to it as justification, then calling it a day.

phreak

23 September at 12:43

I will never deny that the FF7 remake games have good graphics, runs well and a great combat system.
Those parts are really well done. It's other things I don't like

phreak

23 September at 12:39

As I said, I hope everyone excited for it enjoys it.
Won't deny you that ever. Hope you love it.
I'm just tired of being insulted for not liking changes I feel are disrespectful to the original. Changes I won't talk about here due to spoilers.

deaththekid

23 September at 12:31

@phreak @IcariX - Everyone is entitled to their opinions but personally I am excited for Revelations. I never played the OG FFVII until 2006ish.

Loved it, but the remakes are even better. The combat, graphics and party interactions are great.

Played Remake and while it does have its slow parts i.e walking simulator. It's still a great game. Played Rebirth last month only and it was even better, much more exploration, and yes while there is a ton of side content - most of it is optional.

It was a joy to see Zack again and play as him. and I think in the remakes Aerith's characterisation is miles better than Tifa.

I am hyped for Revelations and cant wait for more.

I am not a purist so do not care much with the story changes, by the end of the trilogy I doubt there will be any crazy differences to the actual ending of FFVII.

Resonance will be my GOTY though, I can see it already.

Lurch

23 September at 12:27

Elitism is fine except when people lose sense of the context in which games (or any other media) are made.

We're shifting into a bipolar market - maybe exacerbated by social media - where things are near perfect and therefore worth money/time, or people fixate on flaws without considering things like the developers cultural setting, size, budget, development time, and publisher influence.

Increasingly problematic when a few flaws lead to small teams (and sometimes bigger ones) collectively trashed for one or two elements with no regard given for everything else the games/series/movie does well.

Does not bode well as that ultimately means more safe bets and more homogenisation (especially in the console market where creative indie titles don't sell nearly as many copies as on PC).

IkariX

23 September at 12:07

@Phreak

I can't wait for Resonance. But the more I hear Square Enix talk about Revelations, the less I'm interested in playing it.

I've been called an elitist as well. But the whole Remake trilogy so far feels like poorly written fanfiction. I hope Square Enix stays far far far away from Final Fantasy VIII

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Former Rockstar Games Dev Joins Forza Horizon 5 Team

by Sam Aberdeen on 04 October, 2019

We know very little about Forza Horizon 5, which is currently in development over at the Microsoft-acquired Playground Games. The Horizon series has remained consistently excellent in terms of Xbox exclusives, notably being some of the highest rated on the Xbox One. It's likely that Forza Horizon 5 will launch alongside the Xbox Scarlett late next year. Recently, Playground Games picked up a former Rockstar Games developer to lead the charge on the next project in the series.

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Former Rockstar Games Lead Tester Nathan Buchanan has joined the Forza Horizon 5 team as its Associate Producer. Additionally, the team is on a hiring spree looking for more developers in the industry, from Art Director, Art Manager, Associate Art Director, Associate Art Manager, Associate Lead Environment Artist - Assets, and a Build Engineer. You can view the entire list of requirements over on Playground Games' official website.

We're expecting Forza Horizon 5 to be officially unveiled at E3 2020 as a launch title alongside the Xbox Scarlett, with the possibility of cross-platform as well for Xbox One. Many are still anticipating the series to shift gears to the Far East, as a Horizon game set in Japan has been long-requested by the community. Could this be the game to fulfill that wish? Time will tell.

Forza Horizon 5 is currently in development over at Playground Games.