What do you think about Final Fantasy?

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by chaseme

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anyway why do you always assume i ask something unreasonable from you?
I dont think its impossible to come up with a playable game single handedly considering todays technology and your "dedication"
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I guess it would be possible if you were a bum and could sit at home all day making games but everyone else has other commitments like school and work and we need to sleep too. Theres no time in the day to spend making computer games for me >.<

[chaseme]

I guess it would be possible if you were a bum and could sit at home all day making games but everyone else has other commitments like school and work and we need to sleep too. Theres no time in the day to spend making computer games for me >.<

Sheesh you sure? im quite sure i got plenty of time in my highschool days i never really study at all at home and usually fooling around but still graduated 5th in a class of 120 students. if i worked on a game on the times i fool around i quite sure i could have finish a game if i were really into it.
And like i said "Icefrog" is still just a college student when he receive the responsibility to maintain the game "DoTA" a custom made war3 map that receive international recognition
heres a link on DoTA's history and its fame
Defense of the Ancients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was able to "write" game layout already and he was decided on becoming a GD for a year now.

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by chaseme

Sheesh you sure? im quite sure i got plenty of time in my highschool days i never really study at all at home and usually fooling around but still graduated 5th in a class of 120 students. if i worked on a game on the times i fool around i quite sure i could have finish a game if i were really into it.
And like i said "Icefrog" is still just a college student when he receive the responsibility to maintain the game "DoTA" a custom made war3 map that receive international recognition
heres a link on DoTA's history and its fame
Defense of the Ancients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was able to "write" game layout already and he was decided on becoming a GD for a year now.

Well I'm passed highschool now, I take it your from America or something? I'm now in 6th form and it's a damn lot of work, I don't want to just pass, I want As. Aswell as that, I'm deputy head girl so I have tons of responsibilties and I'm also a volunteer, I help run a business and I run a Digital Art Class, so for my anything else is out of the question.

[chaseme]

im already in college
the OP said he wasnt even it in college.

i am volunteered helper for the project of our community church, i teach arts to kids

the college im in is the most prestigious school in my country for engineering students out of a thousand entrance examiners only a few get selected, and i have to maintain passing grade to stay.
the school is DLSU ask anyone from Philippines im sure they know of that school

and i have plans on starting my computer cafe business before the next semester,

even if im in college and got my weekends booked i could still say i got lots of time to spare for my passion not sure what you mean with 6th form but if its the equivalent of thesis making stage of college then yeah i wont have time. but i am sure that its not the case with the OP

[Alastor]

Tenchu: You're right about certain things, but it also differs from project to project how it works. And yeah, I am planning to work my way up (that's how I want to do it). Starting with QAteam, and then into a game designer in a team or level designer. I'll move from there.

chaseme: The reasons why I can't really work with my stuff are simple:

1) I have a hard time with Game Maker as I have to learn how to use GML to program stuff, and I don't have time to do all the sprite work myself.

2) I don't have a computer that will genuinely allow me to work with UnrealEd or Sandbox Editor. Not yet.

3) In order to make a game I am pleased with, I would need good programming skills, then I'd need the necessary programs for composing the music and sounds I want, and then I'd have to learna bunch of visual art in order to create the visuals I want. Don't have time, don't have the money.


With GML, I'll be able to make a side-scrolling platformer that I've always wanted to do. With the other editors I can design levels. I tried working with WC3WE but the game style didn't suite my tastes.

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by chaseme

im already in college
the OP said he wasnt even it in college.

i am volunteered helper for the project of our community church, i teach arts to kids

the college im in is the most prestigious school in my country for engineering students out of a thousand entrance examiners only a few get selected, and i have to maintain passing grade to stay.
the school is DLSU ask anyone from Philippines im sure they know of that school

and i have plans on starting my computer cafe business before the next semester,

even if im in college and got my weekends booked i could still say i got lots of time to spare for my passion not sure what you mean with 6th form but if its the equivalent of thesis making stage of college then yeah i wont have time. but i am sure that its not the case with the OP

Yeah. Well there is no chance I'll be able to fit making a game in. I'm just far too busy with essays and projects and coursework for school. 6th form is the stage above high school in the UK, it's the same as UK college. Once you've done 6th form or college you go to University.

[Alastor]

MissMisa don't worry, as a 3D designer or graphics/concept artist, you don't need to make games. Your job is more or less visual art, which often do not require you to have made games before. You just need to have a creative mind and skills

So, let's get back on topic shall we?

I just listened to the soundtrack from Crystal Chronicles. It's a beautiful soundtrack.

[MazarDantechildofdevil]

Okay, I agree that the games are basically remakes and they can't think about what new to create... But, if you kept a famous series like FF running do you think you'd be able to create better storylines and gameplay over and over? It gets hard so they add a little twist to it to make it different just let it be... But, the game play is still fun and the games still have okay story lines, or at least that's my opinion...

[Alastor]

I guess that's where I think Square-Enix are a bit... I don't know... cowards? It's the job of their designers to create the good games with the new, interesting storylines, etc. and if they can't do it, maybe they should giv ethe job to someone else?

As we all can see, the games in the main series seem to improve. Final Fantasy X steered away from common levelling and introduced CTB, Sphere Grid, switching mid-battle etc. and FFXII allowed even more free-roaming during battles, etc. Unfortunately, the music score is debatable, and the story is relatively bland (as are the characters). But FFXIII looks very promising.

The tihng that bugs me is that they have these other teams working on other FF games when they really should be making other games. A company should always try to make games to earn money, and Square-Enix has Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts as sure-fire ways of selling. Why not just try to make something different? That's what bothers me. And these spin-offs, they don't hold the same quality as the standard FF games.

I think it's just me growing out of the games I used to like. I don't fancy Resident Evil anymore, and not that interested in Devil May Cry so much, or Zelda for that matter. I'm loking for new experiences.

[Nemhy]

Isn't there already a final Fantasy topic? >_>