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Square Enix Knows The Golden Era Of Final Fantasy Is Over

Posted on Friday, September 7 @ 08:49:46 Eastern by Anthony Severino

The above image was spotted at the Final Fantasy party at PAX Prime last week, showing that Square Enix knows that the "Golden Age" of Final Fantasy is nothing more than a memory now.

While the 8- and 16-bit "Old School" generation had many classics, it was on the PlayStation and PS2 where the series really spread its wings, reaching mass market appeal.

And while the franchise still appeals to a wide audience, that same audience knows that things just aren't the same. Square Enix refers to this as generation three, or the "Modern Age" of Final Fantasy. Everyone else refers to it as "what the fuck is this shit?"

I grew up with Final Fantasy, and while XIII and its spin-off weren't the worst games, they certainly didn't live up to the series' namesake. Even just seeing the image of Lightning (I won't even look at FFXIV), makes me reminsce about them good old days—the Golden Era.

Let's take a moment to reflect on Final Fantasy, and say a silent prayer that the franchise may one day return to glory. Share your most memorable Final Fantasy moment in the comments below.

[Image Credit: Kotaku]

Tags: final fantasy, Square Enix

Comments

Anthony_Severino
Joined: Oct 2010

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 8:52 am
I remember getting Final Fantasy III (US) as a Christmas present one year. It was the only thing my brother and I asked for. I remember getting chills the first time I booted it up on my SNES, and saw the Magitek Armor for the first time. I loved everything about that game. My favorite in the series.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
My fav also. One of the best SNES games hands down.

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wildmario
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 9:00 am
I don't think Final Fantasy will return to what it once was. Like with the Wii and everything else in between, there is a new audience while the older audience are either jaded or spend more time looking back on the good old days. The new audience (from a business point of view) must be capitalized on and the new audience have tastes that are quite different from previous generations.

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Sourdeez
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 9:28 am
After how much people love that they came out with a ff7 HD for the pc I predict they are going to cash out and make a HD 8 and 9 at least.

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Bras
Joined: Jul 2008

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 9:40 am
The Shitty Era I call you.

Most memorable? Most of FFX was memorable.

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sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Given that XII was my favorite of the series, it's hard for me to imagine that the potential for a future title to become my favorite isn't there.

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MasterRabbi
Joined: May 2007

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 10:40 am
Nimoy: "Can you build a civilization that will stand the test of time?" All I could hear reading this article.

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Thrixel
Joined: Aug 2012

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 10:48 am
Any news on the FFVII PC remake they claimed was going to be "soon"?

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Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
I believe it's already out.

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Thrixel
Joined: Aug 2012

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
This one? (Posted just couple months ago)

I know they put it up on store but they took it back down and compensated people who bought it.

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Thrixel
Joined: Aug 2012

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Evidently I can't provide link but you wrote about it on July 4th.

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Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Modern Era:
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Final Fantasy XIII-2
- Final Fantasy XIII-3
- Final Fantasy XIV

I feel like acid was just poured onto my eyes.

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Heath_Hindman
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Sep 8th, 2012 at 8:34 am
I feel like acid was a common dietary supplement of many developers associated with those titles.

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Lenin17301
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Sep 7th, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Not even Sega was careless enough to demean their own Eras when they released Sonic Generations.

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kingg5
Joined: Aug 2006

Posted: Sep 8th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
My most memorible moment was beating sephiroth after countless hours of tossing the controller. That was the age of 4 controllers.

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