Square had originally intended to release Final Fantasy II in the west under the moniker Dark Shadow Over Palakia, but the game was subsequently canned as the studio instead took aim at Nintendo’s newest console, the Super Nintendo.
Final Fantasy II was an important stepping stone for the series and genre, flaws and all.
For those unfamiliar with Square Enix's golden age, formerly Squaresoft, it took place between 1997 and 2002 and brought a slew of titles that were a complete hit with fans and critics and Square Enix wants that era back.
That's a bold statement, especially when the author mentions Chocobo GP and Babylon's fall after saying "here's the great titles that the company has planned", to each their own I guess
The golden age for SquareEnix was when they were called Squaresoft the moment Enix got added to the name the golden age died out. Squaresoft was producing great games and memorable JRPG's left right and center NES, SNES, PS1, and parts of the PS2 libraries show the golden age of Squaresoft.
Id like to see them return tonthe golden age as well. My playstation needs some suped up graphical turn based jrpgs. Enough of action rpg action rpg being shoved down are throats. I know you dont like it dont buy it. Ive honored that for the most part. Ff13 eh ff15 eh. I did dip into ff7 remake but i had to.
I dont know if im alone or not but id like to think most of us that played the original wanted something more like the original gameplay wise in ff7 remake then the action rpg we got. I will add im on chapter 17 at the end of that chapter i believe but i cant help but think what couldve been
The title is wrong. People want that golden age to come back. Today's Square is in low budget spitting age living off of ff14 whales.
How does Final Fantasy II stand by the standards of today? Is it timeless? Or a forgettable entry to an unforgettable franchise?
Gaming Respawn's Gavin Hart investigates
Could be a worthwhile investment or could be a bunch of old skank. Hard to tell.
I know that some people pay very good money for old games, I do think $50,000 is a bit steep though. I think I need to keep paying off the mortgage instead...
who has 50,000 grand lying around
i still wish square would have released this in 1991 in USA along with FF3.