FubukiTheIcyKing: I wonder if Yoshi is just burnt out? There's only so long you can work on something before running out

mr.e-nigma2k: Dawntrail has been nothing but downs in my opinion. I was enjoying certain things for a bit, but now I've already decided to cancel my sub until I see some content that catches my interest again.

Sweetwaterdream: I have more or less given up any faith I have in SE of continuing the legacy of Final Fantasy. If they continue down this route of live action devil may cry esque style in the next main line title then I will probably peace out and figure that I'm now too old to enjoy the new games anymore. Expedition 33 really scratches my itch for brilliant story telling and engaging turn based play so its time to support more of those games.

kita6502: I hate this notion that ff has to have an identity. The beauty of ff is that the game can be different every time. And that each ff can play different and be different. Giving a different experience each time.

Mesarthim: Dawntrail has been a fantastic reason to go back and finish all clears for items from... orthos. That isn't even dawntrail content, nor do I actually like orthos that much.

Not many positives in this story.

lunaticmode638: YoshiP: "We cant make Forked Tower normal cause of cost"

Also YoshiP: "And for our hardcore players, we will make an additional hard boss for deep dungeon"

YoshiP Is clownemoji personified. If the game ever wants to be good again, he needs to be removed from the development

Vincent_63: I gotta completely disagree, I think the core of final fantasy is storytelling. I would not enjoy a turn based core gameplay loop for every future release.

crane5842: Just like how Expedition 33 added a new way to engage with turn based systems with the parry/dodge mechanic, I don't see why FF can't just keep their modern titles action based with the added command system from the FF7 remake AND have the fights turn into turn based mid fight. I think it would be cool to be able to control whatever character you're controlling at the time in a typical action rpg fashion while commanding your party to do certain actions and then suddenly the fight turns into something akin to 33 with the turn based systems.

Taking that a step further, depending on how well you do in said turn based system, that could entirely shape the latter half of the encounter.

melphina2720: Dawntrial should have never seen the light of day .......I don't what SE were thinking ....

erinwhitlock7166: Idk. I really prefer action based games but I’m alright with both. Maybe final fantasy can be both. Some games turn base some not. Seems like the perfect series to have alternative combat.

LynnDakota-t9u: Yeah they got a plan. Scam more money outta y'all and not give good content anymore. After 10 yrs of paying sub I gave up

Joe-it2dh: Don't worry, FF17 is going to be an extraction TPP shooter.

Trends won't chase themselves.

P.s.: I only maintain my sub and log in to FFXIV to keep my medium house.

bolladragon: I was talking to my roommate last night that I was looking forward to resubbing soon for 5.3 since DT's plot will be over and there will be stuff for me to catch up on. The experiment of DT failed and devs are now trying to do what we actually want.

bobbypadlock: i dont want him near mainline after 16

negentropyagent7337: you guys really wont shut up about the story huh? when the real issue is the GAME part of the game. Such lackluster systems and lack of content that socially engages the community as a whole in a meaningful way. Also the way they manage this game is atrocious, to the point that people is afraid to socialize in fear of getting banned, cause this community has grown too soft. There is a freaking blacklist, instead of banning people, just improve that feature (like, i dunno, remove the players visibility if you put him in a blacklist to also avoid harassment). The problem with 14 can be summed up with the line: "why easy, when it can be harder", to the point that instead of editing already good ideas and improve upon them, they add new systems that makes everything even more cumbersome and previous ones obsolete.

I wont even talk about how ff14, when focused on story, does not work as an mmo in general. Most of the old content, outside of roulette, is dead. Ive been playing with a new free trial account and being on heavensward and trying to make the alliance raids is a pain. You wait hours, upon hours for people to join, even in good hours. I cant imagine once i reach stormblood. Those stormblood alliance raids were always a pain to get into already in shadowbringers. This game should stop focusing only on new content and look back and make old content relevant again.

MrGnuh: the good thing is that there's WAY more than ff out there... there are tons of amazing jrpgs. you just have to look at the more obscure ones. want an amazing turn based affair? play atelier sophie 2. want an amazing action combat rpg? play ys8. want a more retro turn based one? play chained echoes, want a super amazing retro a-rpg? play crosscode. i could go on and on. and every single one of those games wipes the floor with final fantasy. step outside of your mainstream bubble and you'll find pure gold out there....

bc_life2374: FF16 was a dumpster fire of boredom. Yoshida has to make a come back for 8.0. So SE should finally put some additional cash into 8.0 and give him a chance to see if he can do it. He's earned the right.

rexcyjones9416: i wouldnt trust anything YoshiP tells us for now. Too many problems within SquareEnix right now, and they have been scrambling ever since. So whatever promises YoshiP is saying in these interviews, better take it with a sack of salt, we ain't getting anything until the very company itself will "recover".

rodimus580: Interview with Yoshi p.- “Much ado about nothing”

PunkFiddler: I would reconsider if they made every job unique and not this homogenized garbage.

And i will be selfish for saying this, BRING BACK ALL PET MECHANICS TO ACN/SMN/SCH.

spectreshadow: I think Yoshi P needs to hand the reigns over.

lanceroflunar6719: dawntrail has just been dissapointment after dissapointment. there is nothing to look forward to except raids. the ultimate got delayed as well.

Rabfour: I think the remake of FFIX will be next! I'm just excited for FFXIV as usual.

michaelstiller2282: Everything SE is doing atm, is in direct response to Microsoft acquiring WoW. Microsoft is going to make every bit of that 50 billion dollar purchase back asap. And SE is not just feeling an internal pressure. Sony lost a billion dollars just on the news of the deal. So its safe to assume Microsoft is making a modern version of WoW. That is going to release on Xbox. SE needs to give Sony a FF mmo exclusive. You know Yoshi is going to produce the next MMO for SE. DO everything he couldn't because of the spaghetti code.

iResonate: Tbh I agree with Yoshi P. Final Fantasy seems to be the only series that people want to box into one thing. Plenty of game series out there switch up their gameplay/combat without complaints or people saying they need to "pick an identity." Zelda, Mario, Megaman, Metroid, Sonic, the list is exhausting, yet FF fans want FF to only be turn-based or only be action. It's even weirder when these takes come from FFXIV players, considering FFXIV and FFXI aren't considered "real Final Fantasies" by hardcore FF fans because they're MMOs and step outside the bounds of what some people think FF should be.

Jul 15 2025

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