Square Enix Unveils Gargantuan Final Fantasy Anniversary Box Set

crazyrabbits

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NLS said:
In other news: Peter Jackson has announced that once The Hobbit trilogy is complete, they'll release "THE TOLKIEN MEGA PACK". It will include some artwork, The Hobbit: There and Back Again on 3D Blu-Ray, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Blu-Ray/DVD combo, LOTR: Return of the King on HD-DVD, LOTR: Two Towers Extended on DVD, and LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring on VHS. It will also include the animated movies on Laserdisc and Betamax, a downloadable code for the third Hobbit movie trailer (expires on January 1st 2016, must be redeemed through iTunes), and finally, "soundtracks" written with a permanent marker on a MiniDisc.
I just died laughing.

Seriously, though, I find this release to be...odd. If they're charging this much for a set, why couldn't they have done an upgraded re-release for all the early entries? I mean, they know people wanted a remake of FF7 - they could have upscaled the graphics, added some more goodies and showed it off as a centerpiece instead of repackaging the Japan/CD-ROM release from a decade ago. And what's with the native platform releases? They couldn't have emulated them and dropped them on a PS3 disc? Why re-release PS1 and PS2 discs?

Even then, there are a ton of games they could have included for completion's sake. X-2, FFIV: The After Years, the FF7 Compilation (Crisis/Dirge/Advent), Mystic Quest and XIII-2 would have been nice to have. Or, if they wanted to, they could have re-released all of the old GB/GBA games (Adventure, Legend I/II, Tactics) on emulated discs. I don't see the point of paying close to half-a-grand for a bunch of old discs and a handful of new content.
 

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Yeah, the different formats for a unified release is kinda strange. Also expensive as fuck. Pointless is another word that comes to mind, because not many people own ALL the PS consoles. Slash the price in half, make it on all platforms (PS3, Xbox360, Wii, PC, those would be different releases obviously), so we can choose what platform to play on and MAYBE I will think about it and even then it seems kinda iffy.

It might sound like a lot and maybe it is, but I'm not really an expert on how ports are done.
 

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Not to mention 8 of those 13 games are up for download off PSN japan (7 of them here) so really, the gouging is obvious. Gotaa love Otaku pandering.

I'd honestly hoped for better from Square for thier flagship title. A quick program dump onto a blu ray for 1 - 9 was kind of my minimum. Larger dreams included collecting and porting as many spin offs as possible, trophey support, the anime, the movies, video recordings of the concerts, and a few more disks to that "best of" soundtrack. Either that or avoid the collection route and be creative. Put out a FF themed Mario party like game with interviews, cinematics, retrospectives, and old commercials as unlockables.

This is just plain a poor effort.
 

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The UMD is the stupidest thing i've ever seen when included in that pack.

It's inclusion ensures that it's not possible to play all of the games on PS3 (mine is an early PS2 emu one).

So tell me, Square Enix, why i wouldn't just download a SNES emulator and buy the PS2 ones for $5 each?
FF13 isn't even that good. There's like 2 good PS1 games, providing you download a superior modified PC version of FF7.

So you save $400 and lose some artbooks and some music that will be up on youtube anyway.

Ryan Hughes said:
Minus the bad games in the series, i.e. FF II, VIII, X, XII, and XIII
What's wrong with 12?
I found that pretty good, actually.
 

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Okay so, for a long time now Square has been giving us less and less interesting things to play with. Going longer between games, many of the last few (X-2, XIII-2, Tactics Advance 2, arguably XIV) have been sequels which they used to never do, at least not for the FF properties for the most part *WHERE IS MY VAGRANT STORY 2!? I'LL KILL YOU, I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU BASTARDS! YOU CRAPPED OUT XIII-2 THEN REMADE XIV AND YOU CAN'T MAKE A GODDAMNED VAGRANT STORY 2 YOU ARE FUCKING DEAD YOU HEAR ME, YOU ARE DEAD*, *ahem*, well, I don't know where that came from; that was hawkward.

Look, the point I'm getting at is that they're not even trying to act like they're trying anymore. They're just pushing out old stuff and...Oh my god...Square is the new Capcom...they even made cross over fighting games with their characters...oh no. Oh...oh GAWD! WHAT DO WE DO NOW!?

I'm scared guys, what do we do?
 

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25 years of games, about two years of which are noteworthy.

Boudica said:
FF VI: "Focuses on a group of rebels as they seek to overthrow an imperial dictatorship."

FF VII: "Focuses on the eco-terrorist rebel organization AVALANCHE in their quest to stop the world-controlling megacorporation Shinra."

FF VIII: "Focuses on a group of young mercenaries who are drawn into an international conflict, and seek to protect the world from a sorceress manipulating the war for her own purposes."

Powerful group doing bad things, usually a government or big business. Rebels join forces to stop them. Every Final Fantasy game ever made.
They're ALL about rebels fighting an empire, and then some greater evil appears and they have to fight that too.
Mercenaries=/=rebels, but the story of VIII was still bonkers, so I'll let that one slide. As for the other games:

I - 4 warriors restoring crystals and banishing a great evil.
II - Group of rebels fighting against the eeeeeeevvvviiillll empire. (Surprised you missed this one)
III - 4 warriors restoring crystals and banishing a great evil.
IV - Couple of knights realize their king is evil(kinda), rebel(sort of), get caught up in other stuff. Also involves crystals, but not in the same exact way as the others, and eventually defeating a great evil thing. So, kinda rehashes both themes.
V - 4 warriors restoring crystals and banishing a great evil. With the added benefit of apparently being awesome and hilarious. Need to get around to playing it more.
IX - Actually not sure about this one, as I've yet to try it.
X - Some annoying prick and some other guys go fight a big evil thing. And laugh horribly.
XI - Doesn't count because MMO (commence whining)
XII - Group of rebels fighting the eeeeeeeeevvvvviiiillll Archadian empire. (And this one.)
XIII - Group of rebels fighting the eeeeeeeeeeevvvviiiiiiillllll Cocoon leaders and stuff. (Missed this one too?)
XIV - Also doesn't count because broken MMO

So, yeah. Not ALL of them are about rebels vs. the empire. Some are about a group of chums faffing about with crystals and slaying Mr. Evil McLastBoss. Gotta be thorough if you're gonna write off a whole series as being the same thing over and over. It's actually TWO things over and over! (With some varied bits thrown in somewhere.)

Doesn't keep me from enjoying the series in general. XIII is still shit, though.
[small]And VII is still a fairly average yet way overhyped game.[/small]

EDIT: As for the Anniversary Box Set itself, I already own most of the games, I don't have the money, and the whole set is probably not NTSC compatible. So, I'll have to give this one a pass, nifty though it may be.
 

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The only thing out of this collection I want is the artbook, and the music CD depending on the tracklisting.

I mean I already have all of the games cept X. They left out X-2, and which versions of I,II, and IV is it gonna be?

That they opted to put out several discs as opposed to a few blurays is silly. Since PS3 no longer has half the functionality of when it debuted you would need to dig up a PS2. I know PS2 still probably outsells PS3 and XBOX in Japan so its not that big an issue.

The UMD however...that is just stupid. They could have made is a PSN voucher and that way you could still play it on your PSP or PS3.

Those 2 suggestions alone would save them a ton on manufacturing and consumers a ton on the product.
 

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Awesome! Wait, it comes with 8, 10, 11, and 13?

And Those aren't even the best versions of FF 1, 2, 4, 5, or 6!
 

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Salad Is Murder said:
Okay so, for a long time now Square has been giving us less and less interesting things to play with. Going longer between games, many of the last few (X-2, XIII-2, Tactics Advance 2, arguably XIV) have been sequels which they used to never do, at least not for the FF properties for the most part *WHERE IS MY VAGRANT STORY 2!? I'LL KILL YOU, I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU BASTARDS! YOU CRAPPED OUT XIII-2 THEN REMADE XIV AND YOU CAN'T MAKE A GODDAMNED VAGRANT STORY 2 YOU ARE FUCKING DEAD YOU HEAR ME, YOU ARE DEAD*, *ahem*, well, I don't know where that came from; that was hawkward.

Look, the point I'm getting at is that they're not even trying to act like they're trying anymore. They're just pushing out old stuff and...Oh my god...Square is the new Capcom...they even made cross over fighting games with their characters...oh no. Oh...oh GAWD! WHAT DO WE DO NOW!?

I'm scared guys, what do we do?
"Square is the new Capcom" WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, Woah, woah there fella.

That's a little extreme. At least SE remembers to release games of actual quality for their trademark franchise.
 

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I wish I had something clever and hate filled to say about this but I don't. I just can't believe someone, anyone, would pay for any Final Fantasy game starting from X let alone THIS.
 

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Ryan Hughes said:
Basically a Final Fantasy fan's dream. . . Too bad all the fans stopped caring around the time FF X came out, about 11 years ago. I have FF I on the PSP, as well as FF IV, and FF VI and VII on the PSN.

Minus the bad games in the series, i.e. FF II, VIII, X, XII, and XIII, I would be paying for FF III, V, and IX. FF V and IX available on PSN for $10 USD each, and I can buy a used Nintendo DS with a copy of FF III for about $40 bucks including shipping.

This is just a terrible deal, ladies and gents.
I like how you make the assumption that because YOU stopped caring, everyone else did.

The sales for FFXIII were insanely good, there's a LOT of fans of the series still, they just gave up caring about stupid twits bashing the series they like on the internet, so they abandoned the internet and continued on with their merry life.

To summarize, you are a shit-waffle. :D
 

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MattAn24 said:
Ryan Hughes said:
Basically a Final Fantasy fan's dream. . . Too bad all the fans stopped caring around the time FF X came out, about 11 years ago. I have FF I on the PSP, as well as FF IV, and FF VI and VII on the PSN.

Minus the bad games in the series, i.e. FF II, VIII, X, XII, and XIII, I would be paying for FF III, V, and IX. FF V and IX available on PSN for $10 USD each, and I can buy a used Nintendo DS with a copy of FF III for about $40 bucks including shipping.

This is just a terrible deal, ladies and gents.
I like how you make the assumption that because YOU stopped caring, everyone else did.

The sales for FFXIII were insanely good, there's a LOT of fans of the series still, they just gave up caring about stupid twits bashing the series they like on the internet, so they abandoned the internet and continued on with their merry life.

To summarize, you are a shit-waffle. :D
Man, I love how your vulgar personal insults really prove your point.
 

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Remind me why they collected all these into one collection but didn't collect them all in one format and distribute them on fewer discs?
 

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Ryan Hughes said:
Man, I love how your vulgar personal insults really prove your point.
And how exactly is that any different to you speaking for other people that aren't you, claiming that your view is the be all and end all of opinions? Dude, I wouldn't insult you if you weren't actually an ass.

*You* don't like the series. No one is forcing you to, Squaresoft, Enix and Square Enix aren't exactly catering to your preferences, so why are you wasting your time bitching about their games? They're really none of your business.

You also made the claim that all the games in the series are the exact same, with some rather petty examples. Sure, there's a rather continual theme through all the games, but you obviously aren't looking hard enough. You're only looking at the basics. There is MUCH more in those games than merely those "tropes". But you wouldn't care, because you're not interested. And again, no one is asking you to be. But don't go making silly assumptions based on your own one-sided view.

Hell, there are games in the series I didn't particularly enjoy either, but I don't go around telling people their choice of game is shit and that they shouldn't like it! That's THEIR choice, not MINE.
 

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For some reason I thought "11 pounds" was the price...

Ryan Hughes said:
Basically a Final Fantasy fan's dream. . . Too bad all the fans stopped caring around the time FF X came out, about 11 years ago. I have FF I on the PSP, as well as FF IV, and FF VI and VII on the PSN.

Minus the bad games in the series, i.e. FF II, VIII, X, XII, and XIII, I would be paying for FF III, V, and IX. FF V and IX available on PSN for $10 USD each, and I can buy a used Nintendo DS with a copy of FF III for about $40 bucks including shipping.

This is just a terrible deal, ladies and gents.
I don't know why you would pay $40 for a used copy when a new one is $17 on amazon. It's also available on Android and iOS for $15.