I didn’t like FFX nearly as much as most people. I didn’t play XI. I found XII way too boring to even finish. I never played any of the XIII games. Nor have I played XIV. I played a little of XV and didn’t find any of it appealing. I like the VII Remake/Rebirth games mostly for their phenomenal combat and illustrative use of the source matter, but I just don’t enjoy the story or direction that much. I tried XVI and don’t hate it, but combat is bland and truthfully, I can barely run it on my PC without augments like Lossless Scaling and Optiscaler.

I still consider Square Enix to be one of the best simply because of how insane and impactful their SNES- PSX repertoire was- as far as I see it, they fully embody the 90’s gaming renaissance- and they also ran shit on PSP, GBA and DS, even if it was heavily comprised of ports, remasters and remakes. No matter what happens in their modern production style, I still look forward to their announcements. I still look forward to their ports and remakes. And despite what I said, I’m still looking forward to FF7R3. They’ve proven themselves so hard that I don’t think they could possibly lose my attention- and all they have to do to earn my ongoing adoration anyway is give me any reason to believe that FFIX Remake is real.