Gaming Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII

[foolycooly6363]

now there is going to be another FFVII "exclusively" for mobile devices ( no specifics on which one). the new "before crisis" game takes place six years before the orginal final fantasy VII. so far places on the internet just say square-enix is relaesing it for mobile phones. and from what i've seen the graphics are good for a phone. if anyone else has more information i'd really like to know about this thanks.

[Shinmaru]

Yay, FFVII on cell phones, I'm really looking forward to this!!1!!111 :rolleyes:

I'm not really into cell phone gaming, I'm not into any of the FFVII spinoffs thus far, and now Square-Enix has combined them both into one glorious game. Feel the joy pouring out from this post! With that said, maybe other people will enjoy it. Eh.

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It looks...interesting. I've seen screenshots, and it DOES look pretty good for a phone, I'd say slightly less impressive then GBA graphics (...based on what I've seen.)

Really doesn't spark my interest that much, but, I don't own a cell phone anyway...so, it really doesn't matter to me.
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[OtakuSennen]

[color=navy]Are they even going to release it in the US? Aside from puzzle games, cell phones aren't really considered "gaming devices" in the US. In Japan it's a much larger market, with more people playing such games. For example, a full 3D port of Kingdom Hearts is being put out over there, but the odds of that coming out over here are next to impossible.

The feature where you take pictures of things in real life with your phone to use Materia (or however the hell it goes- I haven't been keeping track) sounds interesting, but for me that would get old after five minutes.

If Square Enix tries to put a shred of dialogue in it, they are doomed. Most people don't sit around for an hour playing little games on their cellular phones (though I admit I have done that with Bejeweled). They play the puzzle games because they're quick, portable, and you can close at any time without losing mountains of progress. [/color]

[foolycooly6363]

[QUOTE=OtakuSennen][color=navy]Are they even going to release it in the US? Aside from puzzle games, cell phones aren't really considered "gaming devices" in the US. In Japan it's a much larger market, with more people playing such games. For example, a full 3D port of Kingdom Hearts is being put out over there, but the odds of that coming out over here are next to impossible.

The feature where you take pictures of things in real life with your phone to use Materia (or however the hell it goes- I haven't been keeping track) sounds interesting, but for me that would get old after five minutes.

If Square Enix tries to put a shred of dialogue in it, they are doomed. Most people don't sit around for an hour playing little games on their cellular phones (though I admit I have done that with Bejeweled). They play the puzzle games because they're quick, portable, and you can close at any time without losing mountains of progress. [/color][/QUOTE]

[COLOR=DarkGreen]i know people who spend hours playing games on phones. also i'm guessing youd be able to pause the game and if it's really advanced they'd probably allow you to save the game. yes it is scheduled to be released in the US.[/COLOR][FONT=Impact]

[GTK]

[quote name='OtakuSennen][color=navy']Are they even going to release it in the US? [/color][/quote]

Currently, no one knows, but probably not. Japanese cell phones are really advanced when you compair them to US phones. Most US phones wouldn't be able to handle it.

[Desbreko]

[quote name='GTK']Currently, no one knows, but probably not. Japanese cell phones are really advanced when you compair them to US phones. Most US phones wouldn't be able to handle it.[/quote]
[color=#4B0082]Eh, I don't know about that. I've heard that Nvidia is developing some graphics chips for cell phones that are supposed to be pretty dang good. I think if Square Enix wants to release the game in the US, there will be phones to play it on.[/color]

[BlueYoshi]

[color=darkred]It'll be interesting to see which segment of the market the game will be attracted to if it is released in the US at all. Though RPGs may be popular within the gaming community -- especially Japan -- I'd like to know whether or not the typical mobile phone user would take the game into consideration as well as, say, Snake. For a person like myself, I'd willingly play Before Crisis, however, I don't know my mobile phones, and they don't in the slightest bit interest me in any way, but for someone with the opposite personality to mine, I wonder what will come of it.[/color]

[Semjaza]

They announced this several months ago... I figured most people knew about it already. There were some shots around, as said, but I'm not sure where I saw them anymore. They shouldn't be hard to find.

The game didn't look too bad, but that's just graphically. I rarely find cell phone games worth the time. I'd think the chance of this leaving Japan is rather low. They've had some interesting, well made games out there for a while (including a Dragon Quest remake that's even better than the SNES remake)... meanwhile the US gets new versions of Solitaire and Tetris. I guess the market just isn't as big here.