Would You Be Interested In A Deep Dungeon Game?

[Kacho_Nacho]

I enjoy Palace of the Dead. Reaching floor 200 is one of my goals in the game.

I like the random floor layouts, the unpredictable traps, and the challenge of surviving. That got me wondering.

If Square Enix released a Final Fantasy game about exploring a massive Deep Dungeon with hundreds of floors would people enjoy it?

[AwesomeJr44]

Pretty sure this kind of idea already exists in the form of a FF spin-off game that is very similar to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. Never got into it but I remember it existing at some point. No clue if people generally liked it or not.

The one that immediately jumps to mind is the Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon series.

Yep, that's the one.

[LilimoLimomo]

If Square Enix released a Final Fantasy game about exploring a massive Deep Dungeon with hundreds of floors would people enjoy it?

I believe in their many years they've already released numerous games like this. The one that immediately jumps to mind is the Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon series.

[Renalt]

So...are we thinking a Rogue Like dungeon crawler with Final Fantasy jobs/lore? I mean it has potential if done right. I don't think it would be for me but I could see it being liked by many people.

Have classes with special abilities, random lay-outs per death and you start over but some aspects can carry over, maybe accumulated Gil can be spent from the last run to purchase boosts and/or passives for all subsequent runs but any unused Gil gets tossed away so it's "Use it or lose it".

I can see it being a decent spin off. Doubt it can ever be a main liner.

[TheNight]

Hades has done it 100000000x better, let's not see Square Enix make another failed game.

[Kaurhz]

In concept this would be fun, but only as a concept.

Very quickly you run into it being... Just. Another. Floor. - What I mean by this is many floors, with substance far and few between.

[Iscah]

Mystery Dungeon is definitely the type of game you're looking for – there's the chocobo one, several Pokémon versions and I think some others.

Also the .hack// pseudo-MMO series back on PS2, though I'm not sure about the current availability of that. Or Mystery Dungeon for that matter.

[Sebazy]

As mentioned, the Mystery Dungeon games do this but with more complexity and depth. I'll add Etrian Mystery Dungeon to that list as well. Ultra niche games though, you've very much got to be a dedicated grind enjoyer to work your way through one. Even Pokemon Mystery Dungeon got rather grindy quite quickly.

Personally, as far as FFXIV's implementation goes, I just found there wasn't enough variety in the pieces for me to get interested in it. It always felt like the same limited stuff sprinkled out in a different pattern.

[Doozer]

Hades has done it 100000000x better, let's not see Square Enix make another failed game.

Imagine paying real life money to complain about a developer in every thread on their forums. Weird.

Anyway, dungeon crawlers do exists, like others have mentioned. That's what deep dungeons are working off of.

Also the .hack// pseudo-MMO series back on PS2, though I'm not sure about the current availability of that.

The original .hack games I believe have never been ported again, but .hack//G.U., the sequel series, got a remaster a few years ago under the subtitle Last Recode. It's not too challenging though like most dungeon crawler games, but they're still good games nonetheless.

[Renalt]

Mystery Dungeon is definitely the type of game you're looking for – there's the chocobo one, several Pokémon versions and I think some others.

Also the .hack// pseudo-MMO series back on PS2, though I'm not sure about the current availability of that. Or Mystery Dungeon for that matter.

Thank you for reminding me about .hack. I had 3 of them but never got my hands on part 4.