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A QUESTION IN TERMS OF FAN GAMES.
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CloseThe whole nostalgia thing is valid point and I don´t dismiss a game for having Final Fantasy in the tittle, am playing FF Endless Nova.
But I still think those games would be better with another tittle, as would any FF post FF1 since there is no significant relation between FFs aside from the ones set in the same world.
Meaning: My issue lies with the companies trying to use low marketing tactics to sell a new product with the name of another, you buy the new expecting just a better version or sequel to the last and you find something completely diferent and unrelated.
To that effect some fangames are more FF than some FFs by Square.
I was very disappointed when I found out that FFV was not the prequel tp FFVI telling about the first war of Magi and that FFVII to be released by them would not be set in FFVI world 1000 years later.
Ironically years later I found that Phantasy Star works that way: same world with a 1000 years gap between games and keeping the system the same with just imprivements. That is until they started to whore the series out with completely unrelated tittles...
But I still think those games would be better with another tittle, as would any FF post FF1 since there is no significant relation between FFs aside from the ones set in the same world.
Meaning: My issue lies with the companies trying to use low marketing tactics to sell a new product with the name of another, you buy the new expecting just a better version or sequel to the last and you find something completely diferent and unrelated.
To that effect some fangames are more FF than some FFs by Square.
I was very disappointed when I found out that FFV was not the prequel tp FFVI telling about the first war of Magi and that FFVII to be released by them would not be set in FFVI world 1000 years later.
Ironically years later I found that Phantasy Star works that way: same world with a 1000 years gap between games and keeping the system the same with just imprivements. That is until they started to whore the series out with completely unrelated tittles...
post=LockeZpost=The_GhostmanIn the long run I don't think this is any more significant than using resources you've ripped from commercial games or using scripts you've downloaded from the internet. People who can't draw steal art; people who can't compose steal music; people who can't code steal scripts; people who can't write steal stories.
I have less respect for someone who steals a game's story, and therefore less motivation to play the game. Everything adds up.
Writing seems inherently easier to those of us who can write, or to those of us who are used to accepting shitty writing in games. But even if it really is easier, does that mean people who write an original story but rip commercial music and graphics have more of an excuse for their theft? Or does that mean people who steal a story but make their own graphics and write their own code put in *more* effort, and thus deserve more respect? You could make both arguments.
Obviously the most respect and most effort would come from doing everything yourself from scratch, but not many of us are willing to do that.
This is why I create everything myself. And yes, I do lose respect for people that rip resources for almost any form of art, although I have low expectations since so little games which are completed have accomplished this imaginary idea of a completely customary game with actual authentic charm rather than forced positive feedback.
But no, stealing SOME resources from various games, and stealing almost EVERYTHING from A game are two different things. For one thing, fan-games have everything mapped out all the way down to the style. At least when you're making your "own" game you have to choose which resources look right, and have actual decisions to make since there isn't everything bottle-fed to you from the very start. I am working on a fangame right now, and trust me, it is a much smoother and easier process to begin using the ideas of another rather than your own. But coding obligatory events is more bothersome and difficult.
