Am I the only one who hates Square-Enix? Time and time again, I'm forced to play shitty game after shitty game (with the exception of Kingdom Hearts II and Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core), and sit back and wonder where the times have gone. You know, back when Enix was Enix and Square was Squaresoft. I guess this just shows how bad the industry has gotten, with only memories of my childhood for these two great companies.
I never played much Dragon Warrior, but I did love Dragon Warrior Monsters. And for Squaresoft, there was the Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana and I guess Parasite Eve. But now it's like the only thing left I have of them are, well...memories. My first RPG was FF7, and I loved it to death. I still have my copy of it on the Playstation. My cartridge of DWM is sitting with my other Game Boy games. It seems that this merger has done more bad then good.
^Square-Enix's last main character. What a fag.
Final Fantasy XII brought a new sense of suckitude to the series. After Final Fantasy X-2, NOTHING could get worse, right? WRONG. It did get worse. At least FFX-2 had a familiar battle system, FFXII had a shitty one. It felt like I was playing .hack, which isn't a bad thing, but that's not Final Fantasy. Vaan was a poor excuse for a main character. Penelo was annoying. The only saving grace the game had was Balthier and Fran. I <3 Fran. So much, I would jam unnamed items in certain orifices of her body. Anyways... the game would have been much better with Buckethead as the main character. If you don't know who Buckethead is, here's a picture.
^Buckethead in all his glory.
Buckethead wouldn't take any shit from Penelo like Vaan would have, which probably would have made it a better game. Regardless, it was a piss poor effort by Square. While there have been some great games, like Kingdom Hearts II and Crisis Core, those alone can't save Square. I just hope Final Fantasy XIII blows the balls off of people, because damn, Square hasn't made a great RPG since FFIX. They are even getting which handheld to release games for wrong too. Why would you release Chrono Trigger on the DS?! I would much rather play an updated Chrono Trigger with better graphics on my PSP. Gah, I hate this.
Enix isn't off the hook either. Enix's crowning acheivement is Star Ocean 2. Perhaps the most underrated and best RPG on the Playstation. I logged so many hours into it, it was unreal. Star Ocean: Until the End of Time sucked, but at least they are putting both Star Oceans on the PSP. Yay for us. Maybe one day...just one day, we will see a game worthy of the labels for both Square and Enix. A man can dream, can't he?
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