It will probably succeed, it does look dope and having the designer of DMC 5's gameplay on board and those graphics is already very promising.I'm pretty impressed and pleased with how transparent they're being about everything. Like I said before, this is not a game for me. If anything it's everything I don't want out of a Final Fantasy game (Action/non-PC/no party control) but I really like that they are being very clear and transparent about what this is.
They aren't getting my hopes up, unnecessarily. It's basically "We've made a Final Fantasy themed Ninja Gaiden game." So the people who are into that can get excited. People like me who aren't can just move on and ignore it. I wish more companies would be this open about what they're doing with a game.(Lookin' at you Dragon Age)
As a side note, what a world we live in. Yakuza is a turned based party RPG. Final Fantasy is a combo based action brawler.
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In terms of this direction. I don't really believe in it but it's something they've been edging closer and closer to it for a while. Might as well get it over with and let this strategy succeed or fail. Maybe they're right. And this will bring in the audience that they think it will.
I think it's a mistake. Especially given the popularity of the likes of Dragon Quest, Persona, and now Yakuza. Final Fantasy Remake as well, which while still very action-y was nowhere near as much as this is. To go full action is to risk getting lost among all the many third person action games out there. But I can't know if that's true or not and I'm sure there are people out there that will love this. So I wish them luck in their endeavors.
Like you, this is just not what I expect out of a Final Fantasy game, and I'd like it a lot more with different gameplay mechanics. Thinking that turn based stuff is just "old stuff that's better to move away from" just because there are some best-selling action games around is plain wrong in my opinion.
That being said, I'll probably buy it anyway... whenever it lands on Steam.