Slogs into the thread...

In terms of story, the issue is the lack of Ishikawa. Putting her in a supervisory position was a bad idea. I know she wants to give others the chance to write MSQ, but what if she like, didn't, and just got a better salary? LMFAO.

In terms of gameplay, a lot of it is SE's favorite hobby of milking their cash cows dry and being surprised pikachu face at diminishing returns.

Let me elaborate:

FFVII Remake, while controversial, did good numbers for nostalgia reasons. What does SE do? Make the Intergrade PS5 exclusive on release to force people to buy a PS5 (LMAO).

So what did they do for Rebirth? Insert endless open world filler slog content with more minigames than you can physically count, because the fans will buy it anyway.

Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire? Trashy garbage game abusing the FFXV name to make quick buck, lasted until 2024 after releasing in 2017, which, sure.

Brave Exvius global? Crazy predatory garbage, literally made people into gambling addicts to an insane agree because of how awful the gacha was. Went from 2016 to 2024, now only in JP. SENA drop rates are usually worse on gachas btw.

Kingdom Hearts? Sure, why don't we release the same 8 games as collections at full price for every console for all eternity?

In February 2021, SE announced the following four things in one day: KHUX got axed (after endless slog of filler, teeny bits of story and gacha for reused jpgs of Nomura artwork and straight up cutscene screencaps lol), KH Dark Road got axed, and at the same time, they announced t w o titles for FFVII: The First Soldier (died in 2023), and Ever Crisis, which started decently but is bound to head down the same way.

They keep stuff along for much longer than other companies at times, but the price is their utter apathy towards the fanbase they have: they know they have brand loyalty, and they abuse it. And so, FFXIV is left to whoever didn't say no fast enough, lol.

also the steam ports of certain FF games have gamebreaking bugs that havent been fixed in a decade or so!