Multiverse Final Fantasy MMORPG (What could have been)

[SafeOnBlock]

I was talking to my cousin who grew up playing RPG's with me and we were discussing how Square was before Enix merger and how the games have changed. What inspired during that conversation was a rather neat idea.

Its hard to argue that Square Enix has made a well conceived Final Fantasy title since Final Fantasy X (FFX). It feels as though they have lost their way. (This is not including Final Fantasy XI "FFXI") I would even argue that the only reason why Square Enix has been so successful with titles post FFX is through the weight that carries with the Final Fantasy title. Recently major websites have stated that Japanese companies are loosing their way, that Final Fantasy should die off, and even producers from Square Enix have been quoted saying that fans need to give up on remakes that would obviously make the company tons of money.


When considering the most famous JPRG's of all time you will always run into the more popular Final Fantasy titles such as FFIV,FFVI,FFVII,FFVIII,FFX. So the question is what if Square would have put all these titles together to form a Final Fantasy MMORG of epic proportions?

Familar Faces and Races, Epic villains we have all come to love, races that fans of the series were begging to be able to play again, Epic stories that could be elaborated, pre established geography.

Imagine yourself starting in Baron castle and meeting Kain Highwind and Cecil, or Going to Arieths flower shop or Tifas 7th heaven, watching blitz ball in Zanarkand. Fighting Kefka, Sephiroth, Garland, Kuja, Hojo. Fighting all the most epic hidden bosses such as Osma, Emerald and Ruby Weapons, scaling the Mage tower. Why couldn't this have transpired we may have had the MMORPG that had style, familiarity, and the WoW killer of the century.

I came from a backround that was Capcom in a fighting game scene that allowed the players to be heard. So if you are at all interested in seeing this come to fruition no matter how improbable it seems. (I get the logistics that FFXIV just came out) Maybe we can see something like this in the future. So I encourage you all to post your thoughts and opinions both pro and con and let your voices be heard. If people are adamant enough anything is possible.

[Jynx]

How is a game that lacks a identity going to be a "WoW killer"?

Final Fantasy didn't get to be such a big name by making us kill Kefka every few years.

[Allistar]

What if they combined aspects of FF and the Ogre Battle series into an MMORPG...

[SafeOnBlock]

@ Jynx What are you talking about. The game would be a culmination of identities. LMAO Final fantasy is famous for storylines, setting standards, and gameplay mechanics none of which the modern games exude. If what you are saying is that a multiverse game would lack identity you are out of your mind.

If each expansion added a game or two the the MMOPRG you have a long lifetime with new content. You have more identity then you can deal with. More races, more personality, more architecture, more climates and geography. Dude do I really have to name every bit of identity for you?

O and yes Final Fantasy didnt get its name from killing Kefka it got its name from Sakaguchi being that it was supposed to be the first and last RPG he would make.

[SafeOnBlock]

The idea is that you take a fan base that supported the series for 20+ years and give them something familar with a twist. You take the 85 million copies of cumulative Final Fantasy sales and combine it into one game. Thats got a lot of pull.

[Ruisu]

The idea of crossing FF worlds in an MMO sounds like a horrible idea.

Plus you have that game, it's called Dissidia.

FFXII did a pretty good job of making previous FF villains into espers, but that's probably as far as I'd take it. Ever.

[Chardrizard]

Dissidia and last i heard it didn't do well on it's prequel.

[SafeOnBlock]

Dissidea was a garbage fighting game. Thats why if failed. I would also like to ask why crossing FF worlds would be a horrible idea? What about it makes is so fail?

Let me put it this way. I would like people to at least back their opinions so that they are somewhat valid. Instead of _____ is a horrible idea because it is. I dont know why it just is. (This is a first grader argument)

I bet you didnt play most of the Final Fantasy games either, I would tag you as someone who prolly started around the PS2 era and if that is the case I see why you would say such a thing.

Im not talking about fusing two worlds together. I am talking about zones let me think of an example. Think of the universes being seperate zones with seperate storylines. Each with a starting city. So that each player could start in the storyline they wanted and this would be a horrible idea why?

[Chardrizard]

Because it is a clusterfuck to combine alot of world with different backstory together. It creates confusion, in RPG you are supposed to team up with other player under one single goal. Now let's say you have alot of worlds, how are you going to make sure one or the other villain/heroine is not inferior/superior to each other because this issue will indeed raises up silly arguments amongst fanboy.

This was also why Dissidia takes on entirely different world with two new villain/heroin, Chaos and the other goddess which i forgot the name, everyone knew Chaos is the main enemy. It wasn't Kefka, wasn't Sephiroth, etc.

Even by doing that, the storyline at dissidia is still pretty much crap and was shunned completely, RPG is known for their storyline, scrap that away and it will not end well.

[SafeOnBlock]

LMAO dude first of all I dont want dissidea. Second of all I just said the worlds would be seperated as zones (idea as an example to counteract confusion). Hell what you could do is each zone has a separate storyline. Also why do you have to be a fan boy to promote an idea. Also it would encourage people to play that would never really consider playing a MMORPG due to familiarity. Also I dont know why you bring a below par wanna be fighting game to the picture since they never have good storylines to begin with. I feel you are just salty that the game was balls. The storyline is indicative of how much time and effort you put into it. If you are arguing that it cant be done with a good storyline I argue that it can and the only reason it would fail is due to lack of creativity and laziness.

Also if you cant seperate a FFI storyline from a FFVI and FFVIII storyline you need to go back to school and learn how to read and comprehend at a proper level. If anything I would argue it promotes depth and playability. It also gives the game diversity and makes it unique as hell.

Points you didnt back up: How would the storyline be scrapped? Why would they be unbalanced? and couldnt these issues be addressed in one way or another? I think so.