![]() ![]() This whole thought process was triggered by a Square Enix anniversary, for today marks 25 years since the release of the original Parasite Eve. Wonder why Square chose this camera angle? Though, as ever, a new Final Fantasy peeks over the horizon, threatening to change the conversation entirely. A fair amount of critical success, but not really as much commercial success as might be expected or deserved. That much-improved sequel will probably never happen.Īnd thus concludes an analysis of the state of Square Enix: an interesting slate, perhaps poorly scheduled, sometimes under-marketed, and often misunderstood. Not that it matters now, mind: Forspoken developer Luminous Productions is closing, with its workforce absorbed into and scattered across the rest of Square Enix. It’s an uneven, stumbly proof-of-concept with a wildly bloated budget that probably would’ve gotten way better in a sequel. In truth, Forspoken sort of reminded me of the first run-out of a lot of franchises – the first Assassin’s Creed, for instance. Some undeniably cringeworthy and dodgy elements became a lightning rod for the haters, some of whom clearly only disliked the game for its protagonist’s identity. It’s a decent game, you know – better than the internet at large really gave it credit for. As a buddy of mine argued, even if a failure, that line-up was a breath of fresh air.Īnd then, obviously, you’ve got Forspoken. But the quality and breadth is a badge of honor, at least. Some of them launched with little fanfare it was easy to miss that something like Star Ocean: The Divine Force had even released. On the flip side, it seems barely anybody played a lot of these games. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.When you think about it, there are notable similarites between Forspoken and Parasite Eve, right? Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. ![]() If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. ![]() If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does.Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests. If you are using Maxthon or Brave as a browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, you should know that these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse.The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. ![]()
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