http://thegamershub.net/2012/05/fina...ks-to-be-real/The image above states that Valiant Saga: Final Fantasy is a sequel set 10 years after the events of Final Fantasy XII. Many fans may know that Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings was a Nintendo DS only sequel taking place one year after the events of Final Fantasy XII. So essentially if proven true, Valiant Saga would be a part three of the Final Fantasy XII story arc.
If you manage to read the finite writing you will learn that the story is set in Nabradia with a new main character hired as a mercenary by the Queen of Dalmasca. It all seems very ‘out there’ especially since the image shows it is being developed by Eidos Montreal.
One would think it is blatantly fake, however the discovery of a brand new and active Twitter Account for Valiant Saga proves otherwise. Something to take note of is the word ‘OFFICIAL’ thrown around. It may just be a ploy, and if it is it may be taken down soon. We hope this is real, as it might make for a cool concept and take the sour taste out of our mouths while we wait for Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
I don't usually acknowledge dumb video game rumours, especially ones that have no real ground to stand on like this. I mean, it's been 6 years since XII came out and Matsuno, creator of "the Ivalice Alliance" has left Square-Enix and is now under employ by Level-5. That DS game ended up being just awful and XII was met with mixed reactions at best. In a market where creators are afraid to take risks, this just doesn't seem likely.
That aside, I have mixed feelings about hearing this. Final Fantasy XII is not only my favourite FF game, but it is one of my favourite games of all time, so it's hard not to be excited by this. On the other hand, without Matsuno, this will at best have mediocre writing, especially if this is left to Nomura.
If they do this, I hope they stay true to XII. It needs to be a political war story. No bullpomegranate love story. They need to keep the gambit-based battle system, for better or worse. They should not go out of their way to jade the true fans of this sequel in order to appeal to those who couldn't deal with the infinitely more sophisticated and interesting systems that XII introduced.
My hopes are that they would avoid tropes. The good thing about all of the characters that Matsuno wrote was that they were all interesting and non-stereotypical. Nomura created Vaan; look how that went. I'd prefer that they avoid over-glorifying the characters of XII. Everything they did, they did from the shadows. The game ended in such a way that acknowledged that they were not suddenly great heroes for their exploits.
It's hard not to get my hopes up with this as XIII-2 ended up being spectacular. SE does have some potential left.
Anyone else got any thoughts on this?
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