Again, I'm not about to debate rather you feel it's a good idea or just a way for square to maximize profits. I'm just telling you that your flat out wrong with these rediculous ass comparisons to witcher 3. This is not the same thing as dlc.Exactly. So if that's not a "cash grab" how can you hate on a game that Square is trying to create in a way that satisfies the fans? Who cares about the adhd casuals who what a graphics update and nothing more? If Square does this right it can be way better than the former idea.
I remember it clear as day too, I remember looking into building a gaming pc to play the first game before it released. I remember the developers talking about their plans for the story to span three games and decisions carrying over.This is why history is a subject in school. I remember Mass Effect when it first dropped clear as day. What they were saying about it over a decade ago and now are completely different. Go back and look up old IGN articles on their website on the game, it was not hyped as a game that would have three from the gate and no one knew at the time how it would be received. Once it was championed as one of the best RPG's ever, then EA came swooping in and it became a series.
No it didnt, this is shyt that was talked about before the EA deal took off. Before the sequel.That's once they started developing the sequels.
You said multiple times that xenosaga was one game, split into 3 episodes when it isnt. It's a narrative that was created from inception to span 3 games. It was intended from the beginning to be a trilogy. Although the story spanned the three games, those games were developed separately from each other and updated with each release, so they felt more like sequels, not episodes of one existing story that was never intended to be split.I never stated that. Where did I state that?
Xenosaga had a single ultimate narrative that didn't reach finality until the last episode, much in the same way FFVII is being touted as doing. My point is, what's the difference now that everyone is whining about it? Xenosaga could have arguable been on one disc or one package also.
If final fantasy 7 was a new story and not just a remake then people would feel better about this. And squareEnix recent garbage ass games haven't helped.