That's what happens when you drop a game down to $20 or less in under a year, release 3 (or is it 4??) different rereleases, and then regularly put it in sale for single digits, before inevitably just giving it away for free on most platforms.
Noooo way is that true. In fact, if any game is a well poisoner, it's XV. I can't even put into words how much I stopped caring about FF as a brand after that monstrosity came out. Thank God I started XIV on a whim.
XVI is a good game, but I do think it's also disappointing in that it really did not grow the fanbase or help the brand.
Also, I still feel like PS5's are pretty rare. This is anecdotal evidence and highly limited but when I talk to my students about games, people who actually have PS5's are few and far between. Everyone under 25 grew up with having their own gaming PC's and laptops.
Maybe Sony helped foot the bill for dev costs, and that's why exclusivity made sense, but even I have to admit it's hurt them
Like trying to marathon the Mass Effect trilogy but the second and third games are as long as the whole ME trilogy combined :p
Remake's tail was awful! However, the real advantage of a series like this is getting people more interested in the earlier games when the new ones come out. I'd bet Remake's had a huge spike in sales since Rebirth's release, and the same will happen for Remake/Rebirth when R3 comes out.
For me it's because I want to know I'll actually have a way of finishing the trilogy before I start. Right now I could play Remake on PS4 or Steam Deck, but I'm not buying a PS5. Even if Rebirth works well enough on Deck (sounds doubtful?), Part 3 certainly won't. So I need to wait for Part 3 to come out and see if there will even be a way for me to play it (Deck 2? Switch 2 trilogy ports?). Only then will I start on Remake.
the thing is playing all of these games back to back would probably sour you on the experience
they're designed purposefully to be distinct games. particularly with rebirth, you're really supposed to immerse yourself in it and not speed run it I think.
Honestly FF7 Remake has been everything I've wanted from it. I still haven't finished Rebirth, but I have had 0 disappointments so far.
You cant make games like this for Switch without making significant downgrades to make it work either though. Switch is like 8 years old now and something that looks as good as Rebirth wouldve needed massive cuts and basically a brand new version to even be playable on the device. Probably wouldve cost a lot of money to make it work.
I really liked the gameplay in 2 but ugh Rex is like my least favorite genre of protagonist
("Nearly" only meaning it wasn't quite the only culprit in doing so)
The concept is neat but it gets annoying at times on some particular checks.
I like the concept a lot, but I think it could've been handled more elegantly. XB2 is certainly a game that could've used another 3-6 months of polish.
get rekt crunches
now get me out of this gym forever