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Why Square-Enix Hate Me?
maskedweasel
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After the press conference an a mostly quiet day of E3 news, Square-Enix has kept completely tight lipped about The Avengers Project. Seeing as how this game is supposed to be fairly far along in development and rumored to have "social, shared gameplay features" I was expecting some good info, maybe a multiplayer reveal.
Instead we got, NOTHING. I can only surmise that it's because Square Enix hates me. Or maybe they hate one of you out there that has also been waiting for info. Or maybe it's because SE just had an awful press conference, and decided to leave out any info on TAP because then it might have actually been good.
Thoughts?
Instead we got, NOTHING. I can only surmise that it's because Square Enix hates me. Or maybe they hate one of you out there that has also been waiting for info. Or maybe it's because SE just had an awful press conference, and decided to leave out any info on TAP because then it might have actually been good.
Thoughts?
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Then people who play FF XIV thought they were going to get a Live-Letter that would speak about things that were happening in-game regarding the current subscriber base. Instead, the live-letter was about everything but the game itself. It was about FF XIV Fan Convention, FF XIV Cosplay Event, FF Music Soundtrack, FF Estinian (sorry if I misspell the name), the collab of Monster Hunter World with FF XIV. Eorzean Symphony.... basically anything that had to do with promoting the game but nothing directly related to upcoming internals.
E3 is about the games, plain and simple...
Square-Enix always throw their trailers with marketing and public relations in mind.
Anyone who plays any of their games knows that they only mention their partners when there is a collaboration. You think you are pissed off due to "The Avengers Project" ? What about all the players who are pissed off about no footage of the Final Fantasy VII remake, or rumors to that project having problems?
So my thoughts to you are:
"Get in Line.... Many are pissed off about things that are far higher on the priority that existed before the Avengers Project was even announced or hinted." There are things as far back as 2012 that people are pissed off about. Don't make me tell you about how pissed off people were for nearly 10 years as they kept one title under wraps and kept teasing bits and pieces.
Square-Enix is a company where the best way to approach them is to
1) Refuse to get hyped about anything as that is their strategy.
2) Let them release their product FIRST
3) After release, read reviews about their products....
Lets not even begin to talk about the games that were released that required DLC purchases to have a chance at getting alternate endings or a true ending outside the "standard ending"
4) Buy what you think you might like.
Anyhow, Good luck and have fun.
The answer to this is hidden in your question, "supposed to be fairly far along in development", obviously it is not.
Example,do you want them to talk about unfinished work the way Chris talked about Star Citizen long before it was ever a game or how you see other devs hype up nothing with fake non gameplay videos?
Another developer who moved along slowly with information was with the Pantheon game,again not a constant hype of nothingness the way for example Crowfall has behaved.
Point is i don'rt like the steady constant advertising with little information,i rather hear about a finished game that is about to release.
Then we have the really bad devs/advertising that only shows up when a new cash shop item arrives or to tell us to play their game because so many "insert number here" are playing,meaning you shouldn't think for yourself but just play because everyone else is,that kind of stuff i really can't stand.
So if Square wants to wait and keep a lid on until work is ready to be released or finished,it sits well with me.
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Sorry, but you asked for my thoughts on this.
You seem a decent guy to me Maskedweasel, despite what Anthur said I really don't think anyone hates you.
/Cheers,
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I'm blaming this one squarely on you, weasel. Next time, let the SE folks take a piss in peace, yea?
But no, I love sneaking around while Square-Enix is in the bathroom, Ubisoft was the third wheel, it's almost like a guy and a game company can't get weird in public restrooms these days. What is this world coming to?
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