Why didn't we ever get a sequel?
>>12256161Square told Sony to stop making rpgs.
It probably just wasn't that good.
They knew they could never top spinning cane
TYPHOON
>>12256161It didn't need one.
>>12256517this. it was a good game, but didn't really leave anyone wanting more. we were satisfied with what we got.
>>12256161Is it actually good? I remember only really playing it a little as kid.
Nobuo Uematsu's music was the special sauce that made people care about FF games on the Playstation. Without him, a JRPG was just another drop in an ocean of mediocrity.
>>12256341dont know why but this gave me a hearty irl lol. thanks anon.
>>12256615>Final Faggotry is carried by its OSTIs that a good thing?
>>12256615I agree that uematsu is what makes FF special but TLOD has great music too. not as good as the literal GOAT but no one is. also TLOD has the decency to use multiple fight and boss themes throughout the game, which FF doesnt even do except for a few special fights.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJoXEs1XUfo&list=PL08FEE6C0B34C86B6&index=19
you can tell they were really trying to make a ffvii clone and they got closer to it than anyone else on the system. it has the charming cast of characters, epic plot twists, epic FMV sequences, good battle system, huge multi disc play time, a playable character sacrifice (arguably sadder than ffvii), nice pre rendered backgrounds with 3d models. its probably 60% as good as ffvii is, which is still enough to make it a great game in my book.
>>12256161If I recall correctly, Sony lost quite a bit if money on LoD. It didn't sell particularly well, and it cost as much or even a bit more than FF8 did. And since it was released *just* before the PS2 came out, Sony probably had no desire to fund another gigantic project like that.So that's the nitty gritty financials of it, but from a player's perspective, it sadly doesn't have much to offer. Yes it does have incredible graphics, great music, a memorable cast of characters, but that's all window dressing. The core gameplay is simply not deep enough to warrant more than a single playthrough. Compare it to the other major RPGs of the era: there are no character builds. Aside from occasionally switching up what accessory item to use with a character, there is absolutely no customization among the characters. You linearly progress with better items and that's it. That's a really hard sell to an JRPG player used to character customizations in any other franchise. The magic system is extremely limited, and using magic items without a turbo controller is actually physically tiring for not that much difference in damage compared to an addition. Not only that, dragoon form is also basically useless, because it's almost impossible to fully complete a dragoon addition, so you're always going to do less damage than a standard one (besides auto-additions from the group transformation). Enemy magic defenses are also pretty high, so Dragoon magic doesn't actually come into play very often because the odds are the enemy is going to be mostly immune to at least one of your character's magic. So what does that leave you with?>run around >open crates>watch cinematics>GUST OF WIND DANCE>VOLCANO>PURSUIT>run around >open crates>watch cinematics
>>12256646I can't hear what you're saying with Cloud's dick in your mouth
>he didnt use meru and rose the entire gamedidnt actually beat it and likely homosexual
>>12256675ermm anon i had no problem landing full dragoon additions and the dragoon magic nukes did a ton of damage, not to mention the valuable healing magic. I did not have this experience. though I never bothered with regular magic
>>12256161>why didn't this cash grab that didn't make any money get a sequel?gee, I wonder why
>>12256161It was marketed as a "[game] killer" so it was doomed to fail
>>12256161SEQUEL HELL AT THIS POINT I WOULD SETTLE FOR THE COMPANIES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS EXISTENCE!!!
I dont want a sequel, its a complete story. I want a remake in an alternate dimension where remakes are 1:1 with the original but with high effort production values made by real devs instead of outsourced jeetmakes with worse visuals and gameplay/story downgrades.
>>12256675>run around >open crates>watch cinematics>GUST OF WIND DANCE>VOLCANO>PURSUIT>run around >open crates>watch cinematicsYou say that like it's bad.
>>12256161it kinda ended with no loose pointsbad guy got fucked, daddy and the mistress ensured that, and lil dart got pussy in the endgreen bro got killed but we dealt with it mid game already
