TANAKAYUUJI'S PROFILE

You know what amazes me about Square? Their ability to lose talent. I mean, think about it, damn near the entire Final Fantasy founding team is gone, Jeremy Soule went on to do more epic games like the TES series, I mean, Uematsu & Shimomura still contribute at times, but, they don't really have the powerhouse team they once had. Hell, even the Xenogears team had enough of Square.

Next thing you know they'll lose the Dragon Quest team, then what'll they have? I mean, they still have Star Ocean, & Valkyrie profile, but, those aren't even developed by them. Now, I grew up with Square, I do say though in my opinion Final Fantasy VIII is one of the worst games I ever played plot-wise, it's still my favourite and still a whole lot better than a lot of the dreck we wade through now.

It seems as though as the graphics become more human, the games themselves lose more of their humanity. I could not empathise with any of the cast of Final Fantasy XIII, I mean, hell, at least I liked one character in VII, Reno, overall, I think the entire industry is suffering, but, that looks to change, Mistwalker's looking to capture the magic of '87 all over again and though Blue Dragon is far from a good game in my opinion, they seem to be doing much better now with The Last Story.

And, I think I'll always be a Tri-Ace fan, I mean, they gave us the Tales & MegaTen series back at Wolf Team, & they're still making magic with Star Ocean, I just hope we see a new Valkyrie Profile soon. Capcom also needs to step it's game up, I'd love to see a new Capcom game, maybe Breath of Fire-esque, take back Shimomura, her music was the reason Street Fighter II was amazing (though it was already good).

Another point, though it seems like I'm all over the place, I don't see the appeal of Kingdom Hearts, it was overall just a bad game. The story was more post-Amano Final Fantasy dreck, but, with Disney characters, so you could see how it was an obvious cash-cow. Kingdom Hearts is the only game I've never beaten out of sheer boredom, I mean, I've stopped playing games because I've got too little time, or a corrupted save file or something, but, no, after an hour of pointless high-school fantasy drivel, I gave up.

But yeah, Squeenix'll never die, just hope they find more talent and learn how to keep them around this time, because, honestly, I couldn't imagine a Squeenixless world.

Hm, I like it, quite a bit. It looks good, and the disappearing play time tab is an excellent idea.

It looks pretty good overall, I think though, that the "load" tab, should perhaps go under Tab 1 after the selection, and maybe make the tabs themselves slightly larger. But, other than that, I like it.

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Doublepost. >.>

Wow, that's simply all I can say. I've never played the original, but, I have read about it. And from what I've read and what I see from the screens you've captured the essence beautifully.

I'm truly looking forward to this one here. =]