finalfantasy
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Final Fantasy Creator On Why He Thinks ‘Quality’ Japanese Games Saw A Brief Drop
While Japanese games of varying genres are enjoying success these days, the 2000s and 2010s weren’t as kind, especially in Western markets. Since then, there’s been a lot of speculation as to why Japanese games struggled during these years, often from westerners themselves, with some pointing to key game design trends. But recent comments from…
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Final Fantasy XIV Fans Are Melting Down Over This ‘Insulting’ Chair
Final Fantasy XIV just dropped a new patch this week, which added new sidequests and a massive dungeon to the popular MMO. It also added quality-of-life features, one of which has made fans extremely upset. You’ll never guess what it is: A chair. Many FFXIV players are rioting in the Square Enix forums, demanding that…
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Final Fantasy XVI Producer Doesn’t Seem To Love The Term ‘JRPG’
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida aka Yoshi-P revealed in a recent interview that he and other developers in Japan didn’t like the popular term JRPG (Japanese role-playing game) when it first popped up years ago, thinking it was “discriminatory” or being used to “make fun of” Japanese developers working on games like Final Fantasy…
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First Team To Clear Challenging New Final Fantasy XIV Raid Gets Caught Cheating
A Final Fantasy XIV raid team had their world-record achievement revoked after they got caught using tools developer Square Enix considers a form of cheating.