Re: Square Enix's E3 2013 Lineup Revealed!
Indeed, the Lightning saga, the hd remasters, and ports, aren't going to help much in the grand scheme of things.
Also, I'm surprised That there still banking on lightning to save them, and will be even more surprised if that's the big thing of E3. If Versus is not shown at E3, it might as well be cancelled considering how the shareholders will react.
The HD remasters are at least going to give Square some more money to work with as they are made with as little cost as possible, so they can at least help their finances if not their reputation.
As for the Lightning saga, I did actually wonder once if it was really necessary to do FF XIII-2 which mucked up the narrative more than it helped it,
requiring a third title to clear up things.
Considering that the original XIII, for all the (perceived) shortcomings, had a relatively sound ending that tied up most plot points, the strategy they have behind it isn't that clear.
Although I do admit that I find the obnoxious bashing of the Lightning-games, especially on the net, going way out of hand and blowing things out of proportions, it is nothing new in the FF fandom that the newest title always is "the worst one" until the next comes out.
Blaming the Lightning-games for anything regarding Versus is bullshit though, as these games have no hand in all the problems that are/were faced with Versus and are not even done by the same dev team.
My cousin (not a ff fan) even asked me once if FF fans are sexist because of the many hate directed towards Lightning and her games while Versus has a
male protagonist and is put on a pedestal, which if of course also way out of context.
Square's biggest mishap was definitely that they even announced Versus so early. They would have done better just keeping their mouth shut until there is really something to show.
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