Final fantasy 12 series#

Like with the charming Final Fantasy 9, the idea behind FF12 was to double down on series traditions and easy wins. FF12 was meant to be the safe game, the comfortable fan-fodder.

Because it shipped so far behind schedule and appeared at the tail end of PS2's life, Final Fantasy 13's creators had to abandon plans to bring that game to PS2 and instead target next-generation HD hardware - a disruption with an impact on the franchise the company is only now beginning to get under control. Worse, its troubled history and belated arrival led to a cascade effect throughout subsequent Final Fantasy titles. Arriving years late and abandoning numerous established series traditions in favor of a radically overhauled play style, FF12 immediately inspired ardent enthusiasm and passionate hatred among the series' faithful, with seemingly little room in between. From cries of betrayal when Final Fantasy 7 jumped ship to PlayStation to frustration over the story changes Final Fantasy 15 underwent during its tortuous 10-year development process, there's simply no such thing as an easy birth when it comes to Square Enix's biggest franchise.ДЇinal Fantasy 12, the 2006 PlayStation release whose overhauled high-definition remake The Zodiac Age launches July 11, may well have been the most tortuous release of all.

Controversy trails behind the Final Fantasy series with each new release.

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