Another Final Fantasy Game Getting Smartphone Treatment

Mobile port, AGAIN?

No wonder Square-Enix are facing losses.

Port XII International zoidiac job system, then we can talk.

Nexon, lm-fucking-ao

i don't know how many of you play Dungeon Fighter Online, but the last time it was active, it got shut down by Nexon and they staunchly blamed the fans for not advertising the game enough, despite Nexon doing absolutely zero zip zilch advertising themselves (meanwhile, Nexon of Korea was holding almost weekly tournaments for the game).

now DFO is back and self-published by the developers, Neople. their alpha test website even said "Neople is NOT affiliated with Nexon of America" in red text at the bottom of the page (i don't know about the current beta test page, though).

also, their majority investor is Insight Venture Partners. it's pretty obvious that the people who have ties to companies partially responsible for the current global recession would favor a slash-and-burn, stuff pay-to-win down players' throats until they choke and die approach. unfortunately for them, it hasn't taken hold of RuneScape all that well (there's still a lot of pay-to-win players though), although they're probably just biding their time until they can liquidate Jagex for maximum profits. << LINK REMOVED >>

Nexon?

Is SE not aware of their quality assurance or do they just not care?

lol? Really? How does one play a MMORPG on a mobile phone oO

Oh god no Square Enix, we do not want more of Final Fantasy XI it is so dated. At least the PS2 and Xbox 360 servers of this game are shutting down but not the PC which is a shame. It is just another example of the company milking a once well loved franchise.

I love XI and it is my favorite FF and MMO but the game takes so much time to get anything done and by todays terms the game play is very dated. With this news though I hope the game play is radically changed to be more fun and the whole mechanism of the game more time friendly too. I think that is why they are possibly shutting down the ps2 and 360 versions. The hard ware couldn't handle the massive changes like a PC could.

Sooo it'll be a screen full of marcos that you wont be able to see anything right? Unless you play on a tablet

I can't imagine it being a very good experience on a mobile platform, you're better off playing the pc version.

I haven't played FFXI for a while now but seeing it come to mobile with Nexon at the helm made me worry. Atleast its not being published by KRO Interactive (the original Nexon USA chapter before they broke off.. those that played shattered galaxy before the split will understand).

Will there be a subscription (monthly or otherwise)?

SQE just keeps going in direction that wrong and doing things we didnt ask for

Not even worth it for $12.95/ month let alone on a small screen when ff14arr is magnitudes better in every way and is the same price a month.

Prepare for a price inflation of 10000%.

what? how?

Wouldn't mind playing ff11 again if it had an easy payment structure or were f2p. but on the phone???

Oh Final Fantasy how you use to be great but now you are just Square Enix's cash cow.

Liked the full games on mobile not the f2p garbage like all bravest though, more of the former please.

Who the heck plays an mmo on mobile...

I can't believe the PS2 version still has (soon to be "had") support. That's cool

This game was a huge part of my teen years, played for around 6 years with what ended up being 8 of my RL friends from HS. Its really sad to see it basically go (after NOV. its not getting content anymore).

I was actually about to re-sub last week when a RL friend and a few we met in game were playing again, but i waited to see what this was about (hoping for an expansion) but all it did was depress me and make me not want to play.

XIV as it is feels way too much like every other modern WoW style game (and it is, the devs themselves say they used it as a big influence) so it doesnt hold my attention for long and feels like a rush to cap solo where you get the next highest ilevel item and wait for the next patch. I have some hope the expansion for that will make it less simple and instanced, but i doubt it.

Shut down 14 not 11.

Why not 7,8,9,12 hell in a couple of years you can get 13 on the tablets.

online only games usually never get any purchase from me - unless it's a free game

Nice move there SE. Remove the progress of people who've been playing, and paying, for the game for the last 10+ years and then release it on mobile and expect them to pay again.