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Top 5 Greatest Square Enix Games

Japanese Publisher/Developer Square have been around for many years producing some quality products. Here's five of the best the company has to offer.

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Sanetoshi4432d ago

Vagrant Story's ending twist really is jawdropping. Worth playing the game for that alone.

CarlitoBrigante4432d ago

These are SquareSOFT games, not SquareENIX games, back when SquareSOFT and ENIX were rivals.

To say SquareSOFT is SE is insulting to the glory and magic of the original Square.

Army_of_Darkness4432d ago (Edited 4432d ago )

Shit list. It should have been( random order)...

FF7
FF8
chrono cross
chrono trigger
xenogears
parasite eve 2
secret of mana

Damn, over 5...

Canary4432d ago

Sad, but true. Both Square and Enix were great developers back in the day, and produced tons of top-tier games. Square-Enix has yet to produce ONE decent game, yet still manage to retain the reputation of the old company because of their name.

It's pathetic.

RaidensRising4432d ago

Parasite Eve is a great choice and a game that needs to either be remade, or a new game for PS3 and/or Xbox.

Where's Deus Ex? That game is awesome.

MrMister4432d ago (Edited 4432d ago )

Deus Ex is awesome, but Square had no part in making it. They only published it. Next Deus Ex could end up with another publisher for all we know (doubt it though since it made square so much money). But the franchise is not owned by square and was around way before Square published DE: Human Evolution. The developers (Eidos) own it.

Capt-FuzzyPants4432d ago

Yea but doesnt square own Eidos?

KeybladeMaster4432d ago

And Square Enix own Eidos. Ergo Square Enix owns the Deus Ex IP.

MrMister4432d ago (Edited 4432d ago )

Dude I looked it up, and I'll admit--Eidos/Crystal dynamics not only became a subsidiary of Square Enix, but bent-over and just handed their IP's to Square-Enix. WTF?! At least keep Tomb Raider and Deus Ex--those series have been around before Square even touched them (over a decade), and now Square can keep them even if Eidos decides to leaves -_-

Also: Gimme bubbles so I can stay in this discussion, please...

PirateThom4431d ago

@MistaDonzie... I don't think you understand how these take overs work... Eidos is OWNED by Square Enix, they can't leave. They're being reset up as Square Enix Europe anyway.

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ian724431d ago

Deus Ex (1st one) is my all time favourite game. I have Invisible War and Human Revolution, but the first is the one I enjoyed the most.

Megaman_nerd4432d ago (Edited 4432d ago )

FFX over FFVI, VII or IX is just pure nonsense. And on top of that, best soundtrack? No.

And where's Xenogears anyway? No list of Square games can be complete without it!

Sanetoshi4432d ago

Counterpoint: FFX does not have the ATB meter. As such, its combat does not punish you for taking the time to think and its attack animations do not punish you due to some arbitrary timed element. The sphere grid is a well-executed and fun leveling system. You're able to switch party members out at will. There's an incentive to use a variety of party members due to the different skills each character has. (In contrast with VII, where you can blow through the game with very little deviation from a "main" party of three with no real penalty or frustration for having done so.) Plus, as the list says, it has a great soundtrack. To Zanarkand, Otherworld, all the variations of the Song of Prayer, the battle theme for Seymour... Even if you don't necessarily think it's The Best, the game has a *lot* going for it, and it shouldn't be hard to see why someone would consider it the best.

Snookies124432d ago

The title should be... Top Five Square "SOFT" games... Square Enix did not make any of these. Just thought I'd point that out lol.

Infernostew4432d ago

No Xenogears!?!?! For shame!

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I’m Glad Atlus & SE Changed Dates To Avoid Competing With Shadow Of The Erdtree

Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."

H94d ago

More intelligent than guerilla games

raWfodog3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Atlus is releasing their game one week before Erdtree, SE is releasing theirs one week after.

HZD released four days before Zelda, HFW released one week before Elden Ring.

It seems to me like they are still releasing their games too close to Erdtree.

VincentVanBro2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.

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Yuji Naka guilty of insider trading breaks silence to accuse Square Enix producer of lies

Yuji Naka was fined $1.2 million and given a suspended jail sentence for the crime.

Profchaos18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I find his comments around how Balan turned out to be very insightful as to why the game is trash. He basically apologises for its existence

solideagle17d ago

can you please give some of us who don't know anything about this, a summary of what happened?

Chocoburger17d ago

Balan was knowingly rushed out by S-E, it had an extremely short dev cycle and was fairly low budget.
Naka was the game's director until near the end when he was fired or perhaps he quit, I forgot.

carrotcakeag16d ago

@Chocoburger Yeah they did fire and replace him which caused him to unload a bunch of rants about the company. The project only existed because of Naka in the first place, he convinced Square to give him one shot at making a platformer. They gave him an opportunity but pulled the rug out before he was done for reasons not explained.

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Top ‘Dragon Quest’ Producer Steps Down in Square Enix Overhaul

The top producer of Square Enix flagship Dragon Quest franchise is stepping down from the role, following delays in developing the next installment of the popular series.

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shinoff218322d ago

Please o please don't turn dragon quest into final fantasy square enix we dont wont that. Dragon quest works well just as it I. Plus you'll piss off Japanese fans to.

jznrpg20d ago

Hopefully they don’t. From this it doesn’t sound like that is the case and development is just taking too long.