Would much rather see Dragon Quest ported over: Hand of the Heavenly Bride for DS is one of the best games I have ever played, I never realised Dragon Quest was so good, it has gameplay as good as Final Fantasy but stories that are on another level of emotional engagement and depth. Not to mention the art style is just luscious. Please please please bring the revamped DQs to the App Store!!
I'd much rather see FF7:Before Crisis and FF4:The After Years on the iPhone since they were originally cell phone games.
I just hope it's not total $hit like the other Square Enix games have been so far (for the iPhone, that is) No offence.
No this is from Square's proper catalog of games now, although the bottom of it. These are full console level games but they're probably the worst rated of all the remastered Final Fantasies, though that's purely done to the aged gameplay mechanics so if you can forgive that then you should have a lot of fun. If they sell well though then we should see FF and DQ 4+ headed our way, the real bad boys.
Dragon Quest doesn't get ports, only substantially revamped remakes and those remakes are not ported either. This isn't my words but the words of the DQ head, and history shows this standing. The only time a past DQ is on another platform is when it is a revamped remake, and those things are obviously going to the DS. Your best hope for anything DQ related is those spinoffs such as the slime rocket series or quite possibly a new Dragon Quest Swords.
I agree, square Enix is my all time favorite games co but they are total crap on the iPhone! I hope rockstar inspired them to port their amazing ds efforts starting with TheWorldEndsWithYou!
Finally time comes. Square Enix needs to admit that idevice can make huge money for them. Throw away all the silly idevice games they made before, and just focus on a real gold mine now. sweet, can't wait
I've never played the early FF before. They look surprisingly like some of the early Chinese turn-based RPGs, especially the one that started the turn-based RPG craze in 1995. When was FF1 and 2 developed anyways?
Over twenty years ago - 21, I think. I wonder that you don't came so hard that your skullcap blew off. I played FFI a long time ago, on my NES - but I never played FFII. I am really waiting for this.
screens suggest they will be heavily based on the PSP editions, with redrawn graphics and character art, exclusive all-new dungeons and an updated camera view that gives players a new perspective on the action. I hope they are released very soon. Finally turn based RPG again!
Btw., I wonder at which price FF I & II will be available? I would guess something around 9.99$ / 10 bucks? The other SE games weren't cheaper - like Song Summoner...
Hm... both games for each 9.99$, with polished and updated gfx (like PSP) and a huge amount of content will be worth 10 bucks, I think. You need days to get through FF games normally. But maybe they come a little cheaper because of their age.
Yeah that would be nice. Aren't all or almost all of SE games priced at $10 on the appstore? I love SE but have not purchased any of their iDevice games because they aren't what I want and they are relatively expensive. If they price all those strategy games I've never heard of at $10 then FF will surely be the same. I wonder if they would even venture higher... although GTA came out at $10 and there was rampant speculation that it would be THE game to break the $10 ceiling. I think FF7&8 are $10 on PSN fwiw. I also wonder if they will package them together or offer them separately.. Probably separate so they can cash in more. I have FF1 &2 already on my iPhone from jailbreaking but I will buy both of these in a heartbeat when they come out. Need to butter SE's bread to make sure they keep more coming. Also haven't played either with the revamped PSP graphics...
Same here... if we feed SE, they release more - like they did for the PSPs. I think each game will come stand-alone, because each game seems to be polished quite a bit (graphics like PSP but redrawn) and I am sure they redesigned it for best use on the iPhone. I thought over the pricing again and I think, they will be available for 9.99$ each. Each game is loaded with huge amounts of story and content and a big amount of playing time. Playing both games with storyline and through all the hidden stuff, you'll be occupied for weeks (if you're not playing 24/7... ) Only Song Summoner is at 9.99$ now, the other games got cheaper because of their age. But at first, they were also between 7.99$ - 9.99$, I assume. They release the first two games, I believe, because there are still many 1st / 2nd generation iDevices. But with the 3rd / 4th / 5th generations they'll be able to put out the other FFs...
first one came out in japan 22 years ago and saved the almost bankrupt Square company (now Square Enix). second one came out like 2 years after the first one. the early chinese tbrpgs got the idea from final fantasy.
