I am much derided in the office due to my Final Fantasy fangirl status. I can’t help it, I just LOVE JRPGs and Final Fantasy in particular. FFXIII was pretty bad, though, and as they try to fix it things just get worse. Now, this latest iteration makes me question if I must give up my fangirl-ness.
Siliconera is reporting that after defeating bosses, you will be able to share your score on Facebook and twitter.
Really? REALLY?! First of all, they obviously have no idea who plays Final Fantasy – us JRPG fans in the West love to play our games, grind for hours on end, and do so without any friends competing with us. Sure, after the fact we might talk about interesting moments or experiences playing the game, but I can’t imagine anyone wanting to share their score when beating a boss – let alone on Facebook.
Also, this sorta confirms that there won’t be any surprises in the game. In previous iterations, some of the bosses were strange, unique and shocking when it came to the story. Imagine you’re playing through Lightning Returns and see someone shares a boss battle score against someone you thought was an ally? Spoiler Alert!? Essentially, this means that we can expect a bland, predictable story in Lightning Returns. Great, just what the franchise needs.
I just hope that this is an experiment in these lesser Final Fantasy games, and that they don’t add these features to the ‘real’ ones. I will be very upset if they ruin FFXV this way.
Last Updated: July 25, 2013
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 25, 2013 at 09:19
This crushes my heart ………. I’m glad Aerith is not alive to see this
RitterBruder
July 25, 2013 at 09:24
Amen brother !! In hope realm reborn will be better of that this one !!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 25, 2013 at 09:34
and 15 too man … this is too sad, all these social features for a FF game … blasphamey
Brenz
July 25, 2013 at 11:39
true dat, single player jrpgs are meant for people who like to be alone and hide away from the world, effectively disappear while you escape to the fantasy world, you dont want to be sharing that shit on social sites dammit.
Im currently playing Ni no Kuni, and I dont want to broadcast I have just solved some bloody fairies problem, mun.
Tarisma
July 25, 2013 at 09:20
Just reiterating the fact that I won’t be buying this final fantasy. And I will do a lot of research into ff back street boys before I buy it.
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:50
You and me both. I was loath with FF13, and now we can post on FB when we kill bosses? Man, they have lost it.
Tarisma
July 25, 2013 at 09:54
Maybe we will be able to hash tag stuff
#hasttag #customersftw #amazingfeatures #legitimategamingimprovement
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 10:00
Lol. Yeah #unexpecteddeathofmainpartymember
LightningFarron19
November 13, 2014 at 19:20
Oh yes, because it’s SO difficult to turn off the social media stuff in game. Man I wish fangirls like you would just STFU about this stuff. If you don’t like it, then here are some suggestions:
1. Don’t buy it
2. If you do buy it, turn off the social media
3. Sit down, shut up and learn to appreciate what you have in life instead of crying over spilled milk.
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 09:56
#3 makes no sense. Go back to the drawing board.
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 25, 2013 at 09:27
WHAHAHAHA, cannot wait for Rince to read this….
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:32
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!
Spathi
July 25, 2013 at 09:28
Do you guys have an actual office? Or more like a Skype chatroom?
The Final Fantasy Series is all but dead for me currently. Maybe, just maybe, FFXV could revive my passion for it, but that too looks kinda weird currently.
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 25, 2013 at 09:29
Office? LG? HAHAHAHHAAHAAAA, oh you crack me up 😛
Spathi
July 25, 2013 at 09:35
That’s what Zoe stated in the article 😀
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 25, 2013 at 09:36
I know, that’s why I LOL
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 25, 2013 at 09:56
The office is in the hearts and minds of those that hold LG dear.
Spathi
July 25, 2013 at 10:10
It’s time they start to pay some damn rent then!
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:33
It is also dead for me my man, deader than a Taliban leader.
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:32
HAHAHA! OI, you didn’t ask for permission to use my LE SIGH! You have it 🙂 And yes, this saddens my heart too!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 25, 2013 at 09:33
Oh the mighty have fallen hey ………. so sad
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:34
I called it man. This really makes me sad.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 25, 2013 at 09:36
Could you imagine playing FF 9 and having post your time for killing the final boss Necron? people who havn’t gotten there will be like who the hell is Necron?? I thought Kuja is the last boss
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:38
Or ‘Just said goodbye to Aries, very emotional’! Fucking spoilers! That the hell are they doing!
Spathi
July 25, 2013 at 09:39
She dies? WTF man! I thought she is being baptized in the header image.
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:42
She is? 0-O
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 25, 2013 at 09:40
Exactly! FF is a personal game!!!!!!! god why can’t SE realize this. it doesn’t need to be shared with anyone
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:33
This is what’s happening to FF, it’s turning into some fucking mainstream monster.
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:35
I made this image about 6 months ago. It has stood homage to the fact that the Japs are screwing up their own amazballs games.
OVG
July 25, 2013 at 09:40
ALSO THE PORNO VOICE ACTING does not help. agh? argh? sigh? sigh sigh hua?
Its like they have to fill in extra sounds during a scene because the Japanese made the scene longer before they localise it into english but the scene is still the same cut.
sigh sigh sigh sigh sigh sigh sigh.
Milesh Bhana
July 25, 2013 at 10:36
LOL! my wife once woke up one evening to ask why I was watching porn. I was playing FF13 and Vanille’s sighs and moans gave her the wrong idea.
OVG
July 25, 2013 at 10:44
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
You said the dreaded name. Never say the V word.
OVG
July 25, 2013 at 09:36
Is this franchise for 13 year old Japanese School girls? because it seems to be that way. FFX-2 also had all that teen J-POP but it did have a good emotional story and the job system from 5 made a cool return.
But I am just speechless. Amazing how a game for teens back in 1995 had more mature undertones with a Buddhist feeling, yet the medium was very limited when trying to convey an emmo story. Yet it succeeded far beyond the eye candy that we have today.
I would say that maybe we all just got old, but then Lost Odyssey disproves that.
I think sqeenix went for the popcorn demographic with this one to widen the fanbase but DAMMM kids are stupid these days if one has to simplify everything down to mashing the x button.
Get rid of voice acting, get rid of the 3d, go back to still backgrounds AND WRITE A PROPER STORY.
WHERE ARE MY FUCKING KICK ASS SUMMONS??????? After my LIMIT BREAK failed????
MAAAAAAAAAAAD MONSTER
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:39
You think you are mad?! The desk I am sitting at is starting to blister from my RAAAAAGE!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 25, 2013 at 09:39
Indeed!!! couldn’t agree more, FF needs better story telling, 13 built up a horrible story though it had amazing lore…FF 13-2 introduces us to Downloadable super bosses 🙁 and Lightning returns is going social …. god…………..Where has the days gone when FF was a leader for Rpgs
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:41
Well it makes sense. Emo kids use Facebook to vent, Lightening is the same.
OVG
July 25, 2013 at 10:03
lol
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:48
WTF? You take that back, they wouldn’t introduce DLC bosses, no, NO, NOOOOOOO!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 25, 2013 at 09:50
Well you wana fight Gilgamesh a staple FF Super Boss … Well tough luck …. Download him! 🙁
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 09:51
Oh, you want a crack at Ultima, you can, swipe your card here!
OVG
July 25, 2013 at 10:03
They had DLC ending for FFXXXXX IDSDHJD… Or whatever the fuck.
Trevor Davies
July 25, 2013 at 10:05
I think you’re getting confused with Mass Effect 3 😉
OVG
July 25, 2013 at 10:07
lol check this shit. I know, unbelievable.
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/05/the-meaning-of-final-fantasy-xiii-2s-lightning-dlc-ending-will-come-soon/
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 10:09
Unbelievable man, really!
Trevor Davies
July 25, 2013 at 10:11
Is he trying to say they have episodic ending dlc? lol
Trevor Davies
July 25, 2013 at 10:09
Oh I just came up with a brilliant idea. Pubs & devs are always complaining that people never finish games – so they’re wasting time & money making one. So why not skip making an ending as part of initial dev & release it as a DLC later for $10. Problem solved. BOOM!
Call me EA!
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 10:10
You, you, you shut up! LEAst EA are here!
Ultimo_Cleric N7
July 25, 2013 at 09:47
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 25, 2013 at 09:55
Damnit SQUARE, LISTEN TO THIS MAN CALLED OVG!!
OVG
July 25, 2013 at 09:56
ODIN!!!… Odin? where the fuck did Odin go?
Odin runs away with his horse on his back.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 25, 2013 at 09:57
On that note, I’m going to dust off FF6 and replay it this weekend.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 25, 2013 at 09:57
LOL I thought Odin was the horse??
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 10:01
Lol. He’s the god 😉
OVG
July 25, 2013 at 10:01
Sleipnir (Old Norse “slippy”[1] or “the slipper”[2]) is an eight-legged horse.
The horse has 8 slippers 😛
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 10:02
$7 DLC
RinceandLeSIGH
July 25, 2013 at 10:01
Odin, $5 DLC…
Brenz
July 25, 2013 at 10:43
I am so unimpressed right now, I keep hoping that the next installment will fix the shit storm they have been releasing but no, it doesnt appear to be so.
I am one of the fans who thinks FF7 was the best thus far, thats right I said it, #7 NOT #6.
The memories FF games have given me for so many years, the enjoyment and excitement playing them and anticipating the next release has always been a highlight of my gaming life.
And since #12 I just get sadder and sadder with each new release, I never even finished 12, I couldnt stay interested, I didnt care, and that seems to be the trend since then. I hope Lightning suffers an unfortunate fate, like being disemboweled by a chocobo, that is how little I care.
Remember how it hit you when Sephiroth killed Aerith, or the lake scene between Tidus and Yuna, that was character development, you connected with them and cared, powerful moments in legendary games. Or grinding your ass off to kill the strongest bosses they could think of, hours upon hours that you were willing to give.
I wont even part with my money for this, nevermind my time.
I hope #15 takes it back to some old roots, I want a massive open world to explore, I want tactical turn based combat, I want tons of secrets and treasures to find, I want some bloody summons that shake the foundations of the earth and i want to earn them (knights of the round!), I want to unleash the fury of hell with my limit breaks, I want to spend as many hours as I can find grinding my character levels to beat insanely stupid endgame bosses.
AND I DONT WANT TO SEE A SCRAP OF FUCKING DLC IN ANY OF THIS.
But thats just me.