Tuesday, June 16, 2015

What does it say about me that Square Enix's World of Final Fantasy is the E3 game announcement that most excited me yesterday?

Don't worry, I'm fully aware of what it says about me--especially when some of the other games that were announced alongside this one at E3 2015 yesterday were the long-awaited Final Fantasy VII remake (for PS4, at least initially), the presumed-dead Last Guardian and the out-of-left-field Shenmue III.

What was it about Square Enix's trailer for World of Final Fantasy (watch it below or here), which will be released for both the PS4 and the Vita at some point in 2016 as well as one or more other systems afterward, that tripped my trigger?

I guess you could say the focus of my interest in this retro-modern RPG is its chibi character models, which recall the adorable, sprite-based ones that filled the earliest of Final Fantasy adventures.



Despite the praise I've heaped on World of Final Fantasy so far (well, kind of), I'm not chomping at the bit to pre-order it. That's going to have to wait until I see some more gameplay footage.

Plus, I want to make sure I won't be forced to control those ugly, non-chibi characters that also are featured in the trailer above before I even consider handing over my hard-earned cash for this throwback release.

How about all of you? Are you also (somewhat) excited for World of Final Fantasy? And how do you feel about the other PS4-bound games I mentioned at the beginning of this post?

14 comments:

Eric withCheese Ashley said...

It says that you are a gamer with good taste. :)

Justin Difazzio said...

The switching between chibi and non-chibi characters confused me. The non-chibi characters are, indeed, sort of ugly. Like...Kingdom Hearts, trite, late 90s PS2 design. I dunno...looked sorta dated. I'll be interested to see just what, exactly, this game IS.

thegaygamer.com said...

Thanks, Eric! I guess we'll see if that's true, won't we? ;)

thegaygamer.com said...

Yeah, I really want to know what's going on with the different "forms" of these characters, Justin, because I find the KH/PS2-esque ones to be ... yuck. And, yes, I'm definitely going to have to know more about how the game is going to play, etc., before I go ahead and pre-order it...

apricotsushi said...

Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the non-chibi character designs were kind of ugly! Overall the game looked really cute, though, and I'm excited to hear it's coming for Vita ;)

thegaygamer.com said...

Yeah, I mean, I'd be even more excited about/interested in this game if it didn't feature those fugly non-chibi character designs, Anne. Hopefully the folks at SE rethink them--or at least redesign them--before this game hits store shelves (both physical and virtual)...

Zaphod65 said...

The switch in styles reminds me of FF7, which is one reason I almost welcome the remake. It's a classic RPG, but those character models were all over the place. But, hey... at least something was announced for Vita.

thegaygamer.com said...

Ah, that's a very astute observation, Terry! And I agree with every word of it. It's going to be really interesting to see how this game pans out...

Zaphod65 said...

From what I was reading earlier, there's a game mechanic where your characters are small and chibi when dealing with some monsters and grow to non-chibi proportions to handle others. I guess the characters ride some monsters or can be ridden in turn, depending on relative size. Sounds strange, but I'll play any game that lets me raise a Behemoth like a Pokemon. lol

thegaygamer.com said...

Ah, that makes sense, Terry. Thanks for the heads up! Unfortunately, I've got to say this makes me a bit less interested in this particular game. Here's hoping the designers/developers at SE alter the non-chibi character designs before the game's actually released...

Franggio Hogland said...

Yeah who in their right mind would want to be small?

I mean check out the illustration from the SE blog.

http://i.imgur.com/jKXc2fU.jpg



It's no contest ^^

thegaygamer.com said...

Ahhh!!! So cute XD

Rowan Carmichael said...

I... really like the non chibi designs.

But then, I really really love the KH character designs overall. So I am a crazy loon with no taste.

thegaygamer.com said...

No, you're not crazy and you aren't tasteless. We just have different tastes, that's all! Anyway, hopefully *all* of us like the game upon its release...