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LiveandSound wrote: Mercen-X wrote: Just gonna point out that remakes are perhaps the area in which Square Enix excels moreso than making original games. Lol, no. They are not Capcom.

The area SE especializes, excels, is video sequences. Visuals, animation, special effects, graphics. In all of their games, all those are beautiful no matter the console, or age. Special Effects of Awesome is practically their middle name. (....wait. Square Enix=SE. Special Effects=SE....now everything makes sense).

Really, that's the only thing everyone agrees. The writing may be bad, the story and characters may suck, the gameplay may be terrible, but the visuals are always praised for being beautiful. Heck, in Lightning Returns they were able to make the X360 reach PS3 level of visuals (so much the poor FPS even drops a bit in one of the most shining areas). That's no small feat.

Their remakes are not always "awesome". They make a good amount, but they're usually the exact same game with only minor gameplay tweaks like buffed skills or less HP for some bosses. Remakes are not their forte. They are good, but not what they excel. you forgot standardizing and reusing assets... they are champs at that, spells, monsters, summons, classes...