FFXI Sequel

[Cherubim1324]

Final Fantasy XI sequel revealed (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/17/final-fantasy-xi-sequel-revealed/)

Posted Jul 17th 2006 4:30PM by James Ransom-Wiley
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, RPGs, MMO
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According to Japan's Nikkei Net (via IGN), Square Enix is working on a sequel to Final Fantasy XI. The upcoming MMORPG is being developed for PC (Vista), PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Prior to this revelation, Square Enix had hinted at a new MMO project, previewing a trailer featuring a 'next-gen' MMORPG engine. However, at this time, it's unclear if the FFXI sequel is indeed the game that will utilize this engine.

[Thanks, Master X]

Final Fantasy XI Sequel in Development (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/719/719204p1.html)

Square Enix plans release for PS3, Xbox 360 and Vista.
by Anoop Gantayat (http://ps3.ign.com/email.html)

July 17, 2006 - Japan's Nikkei Net (http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/) news service reported today that Square Enix is currently working on a sequel to Final Fantasy XI. The next-generation massively multiplayer online RPG is being developed for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows Vista formats. Further details are not provided (including whether or not said sequel is a direct follow-up to the adventures of Vana'diel or if it isn't).

Square Enix has previously shown trailers for a next-generation MMORPG engine without actually announcing a final product based around the engine. It's unclear if the FFXI sequel is going to be the game to use the new engine, or if Square Enix has another title in development.

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Final Fantasy XI (Xbox 360)

In April, Final Fantasy XI producer Hiromichi Tanaka told Impress Game Watch (http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game) that a similar game was in development when asked what was next for the producer and his team (you can read the full story by clicking here (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/702/702289p1.html)). Given the platforms mentioned and the nature of the project currently underway, it is likely these two titles are one in the same.

IGN contacted Square Enix representatives for comment but they could not be reached as we went to press.

[Rainbow Dash]

This would be a dream come true. But I have no idea how they would manage a sequel to the game.

[[PhiberOpticks]]

Too soon to make a sequel if you ask me...

[Rainbow Dash]

...No, trust me, this game REALLY needs to be redone. It had such potential, but they really screwed it up graphic-wise, didn't bother to have any voice acting, and the zones are too limited.

[The Deity]

Square was generally successful with this endevour into the MMORPG market. I don't see why they shouldn't try another one. They'll have more experience and a fan base to appeal to.

[Rainbow Dash]

Convince me, Yvl. Convince me as to why SE should do a sequel to XI here. Just look at XI: it shows there will be no successful MMORPG with a sticker on the box labeled "Final Fantasy".
Soon as you make Disneay look cool. :P

Have you played the game at all?

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...No, trust me, this game REALLY needs to be redone. It had such potential, but they really screwed it up graphic-wise, didn't bother to have any voice acting, and the zones are too limited.

But that wouldn't really require a sequel. What that would require is a massive patch. To correct matters. But I don't consider graphics to be one of them. In fact, the graphics are incredible. Although the config menu should allow for a more malliable graphics quality, in hope that it will increase performance. I also hate how whenever you target someone, your character's head tilts far enough to break your neck.

Also, the game is a bit slow-paced for me. It takes too long to actually see some results.

Actually, I take that back. They need to redo it. There's too much that needs to be done. They may as well make a new one. But I wouldn't want to call it a sequel. In fact, they shouldn't even number it. They should just call it, Final Fantasy Online.

Something that combines the best features from all of the games...that would make for an intensive game.

Just look at XI: it shows there will be no successful MMORPG with a sticker on the box labeled "Final Fantasy".

They already have. FFXI hit 1 million subscribers. Multiply that by the monthly fee, and then multiply it by the total number of months subscribed, not to mention adding the profits from Tetra Master, and they've pulled in tens of millions of dollars. Sounds like a hit to me. My math might not quite be right, but either way, they've gotten tens of millions of dollars. Just query SE about it, and they might tell you.

[Night]

They needa work in conjuction with Blizz on this, and it'll be good... it'll never happen, but a man can dream.

I dunno, don't play XI, so I can't pass judgement.

Take out that lil bitch race though, leave the Galka and the rest, just remove those little gnome-fucks.

[The Deity]

...1 million fanboys, that is. 1 million fanboys that payed the ripoff price of 20 bucks a month I believe the price was. Not 1 million "intelligent gamer" people. At least GameInformer didn't looked this one with good eyes, I believe.

What audience do you think turned out to get Kingdom Hearts 2 as soon as it was released? Fanboys.

Sure a lot of their audience was Final Fantasy fanboys but even fanboys aren't going to keep paying $20 a month for a crappy game.

I've only messed around with the game at a friends house, but I have no complaints about the game.

Sora you can't come into a thread bashing a game you've only read reviews about. Square knows what they're doing when they're making games. I generally assume that a game of theirs will be good until I play it.

[Zelphiel]

Too soon to make a sequel if you ask me...

FFXI is 4 years old. By the time a new one actually comes out it'll be the right time for it.

Not 1 million "intelligent gamer" people.

that might have been a little more dynamic if you had used proper english when you said it.

if you don't like it or don't want to play it then dont. otherwise shut the fuck up.

plus it's only $12.95 a month which is easily what a lot of people spend monthly on renting games from blockbuster or wherever. I'd rather put my money into something that I have a lot of fun playing than on something else.

[Cherubim1324]

Square Enix won't confirm Final Fantasy XI-2 (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/18/square-enix-wont-confirm-final-fantasy-xi-2/)

Posted Jul 18th 2006 12:25PM by James Ransom-Wiley
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, RPGs, MMO
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Square Enix has posted a statement on its website, rejecting Nikkei Net's report (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/17/final-fantasy-xi-sequel-revealed/#comments) that the RPG vet has revealed its upcoming MMO as the sequel to Final Fantasy XI Online. While Square Enix does not outright deny that its project is FFXI-2, the company states clearly that it "did not make such an announcement [about FFXI-2] and has not made any decisions resembling those detailed in the media report."

The statement reconfirms that Square Enix is developing a new MMORPG, as was announced in May 2005, but adds that specific details, including the game's platform(s), are still pending.

[Thanks, mathew (http://sporky.net/)]

Comment on Recent Media Report (July 18, 2006) (http://www.square-enix.com/jp/company/e/news/2006/download/release_060718en.pdf) <PDF file (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html)

[Dark Marmosett]

it's only $12.95 a month which is easily what a lot of people spend monthly on renting games from blockbuster or wherever. I'd rather put my money into something that I have a lot of fun playing than on something else.
Quoted for truth.

I do the exact same thing. I spend quite too much on my warhammer instead of saving. But I just have too much fun with it.

Also I wanted to play this game as I've said to Yvl and a few others. But dial up as you know sucks.

And seeing the graphics quite a few times. IT is time for some justice on a new game with better graphics. Looked about the quality of 8 and 9?

[Rainbow Dash]

In a game magazine, they review the game and called it an "Old-school MMO."

Actually, I take that back. They need to redo it. There's too much that needs to be done. They may as well make a new one. But I wouldn't want to call it a sequel. In fact, they shouldn't even number it. They should just call it, Final Fantasy Online.
Exactly.

If you only try the game out, of course its going to seem terrible. They save all the good stuff for higher levels so that people are motivated to get there, which takes time, which makes SE more money. I also believe that SE pays people to not play as WHM, RDM, or PLD for the same reason.

[The Deity]

*stays silent for a long while* Oh, well you're right...
Don't justify yourself Roxas. You'll only make things worse...

What I'm gonna ask about yourself is that you don't bash on my preferences and likings just because I bashed a game I only read reviews about. Games are not cheap, and to invest $50 in a game, it must be well invested...

I'm not bashing a game or your tastes in said game. Being a fanboy of Kingdom Hearts is nothing wrong. I preordered a copy too! To think that fanboys aren't going to boost sails for any game like that though is just wrong.

[[PhiberOpticks]]

If you only try the game out, of course its going to seem terrible. They save all the good stuff for higher levels so that people are motivated to get there, which takes time, which makes SE more money.

Actually, that's a bad business move. How many people do you know that will play a game just because it gets fun at the end. There are some that will do it. But they want some incentive to play. Hell, going to school and getting good grades can mean you get high paying jobs, but most people don't, because they're not as motivated. Same thing with this.

I also believe that SE pays people to not play as WHM, RDM, or PLD for the same reason.

...what?

I bought KH2 on the first day. But it wasn't for me >.O It was for my girlfriend. But that didn't stop me from playing it until she got it from me.

[Zelphiel]

nah... they just pay BRDs to avoid my party leaders like the plague.

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Wait...that's a joke right?

[Rainbow Dash]

Wait...that's a joke right?
I wish. GM Mistells FTW.

[[PhiberOpticks]]

...That's super ultra-mega pillow biter stupid.

[Rainbow Dash]

...That's super ultra-mega pillow biter stupid.
Nah, it is a joke. I hope.

[[PhiberOpticks]]

I would hope so. But I followed FFXI years before release, along with my LS, Shadow Dragons, back in the day. I'll probably do the same with this one. Hopefully, it will be more to my liking. FFXI is good. But a sequel, with FFXI flaws taken into consideration, would be even better.

Yeah, I may have to go and start a clan/guild/linkshell when they release the primary information on this game.

I found an article on this, but it seems to talk more about all the other projects by SE as opposed to the new FF MMO.

Square Enix Producers Talk Final Fantasy, New MMORPG
In interviews with Japanese publications, producers Yoshinori Kitase and Hiromichi Tanaka confirmed that their respective production teams were working on a new Final Fantasy game for PlayStation 3 and a new MMORPG respectively.

Confirming rumors which have circulated in Japan for months, Kitase, the head of Square Enix's first production team, stated he was working on a new Final Fantasy installment for Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 3. While the director of Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII and VIII and producer of Final Fantasy X, X-2, the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and the Kingdom Hearts series declined to clarify whether his new project was Final Fantasy XIII, he mentioned the Final Fantasy VII technical demo shown at E3 had been supervised by himself and created by Motomu Toriyama's team. For reference, Toriyama has recently been serving as Final Fantasy X's event director and Final Fantasy X-2's main director.

Regarding the technical demo, Kitase confirmed that it had been put together within a matter of six weeks. While he initially wasn't optimistic about the possibility of creating the demo in such a short period of time, the team succeeded after calling upon Kouji Sugimoto (Threads of Fate director, Final Fantasy X character main programmer, Final Fantasy X-2 real-time programmer, Hanjuku Eiyuu Tai 3D main programmer). Kitase acknowledged that with more time, they would have been able to produce a higher quality demo making use of the PlayStation 3's specs.

As far as further additions to the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII are concerned, the producer would only say that possibility exists.

Kitase's colleauge and head of the company's third production team Hiromichi Tanaka meanwhile confirmed that his team was working on a new MMORPG. Tanaka, who currently serves as producer of Final Fantasy XI explained that the Xbox 360 technical demo was in fact a product of various experiments his team had been conducting to see what visual quality could be achieved using next generation hardware. In an interview last month, it was revealed that the third production team had been working on a third Final Fantasy XI expansion pack ever since development commenced on the second expansion, Chains of Promathia.