Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin - dark fantasy reimagining of FF1 from Team Ninja

[Falksi]

Oh man this looks SO wank.

 

[Deflowerer]

Edgy nu metal cheese with cock hard Nioh combat mechanics? DAY 1.

 

[HoboForEternity]

i am sure the gameplay wil slap since it's team ninja but hell I cannot get over how awful the art direction is. there's realistic COD western looking dude, there's anime femboy, there's some barbie looking girl, some women that looks like skyrim character body/face mod, etc.

doesn't help sinatra just came in like a chad left and left us all dumbfounded

 

[Hobo Elf]

None of this is really endearing to me. Feels like a continuation of Squeenix treating FF like a public pisuar. I'd probably find this funny if this was just an oddball title that came out of nowhere in-between good FF releases, but apart from the goofy musical choices and cringe trailer dialogue it just looks like business as usual for modern Final Fantasy. As others have said it's probably a good game because NIOH kicks ass, but I'd much rather have NIOH gameplay + the original vision for FF1 re-imagined in a new era. Now THAT would've actually been shocking and exciting.

 

[Jinn]

None of this is really endearing to me. Feels like a continuation of Squeenix treating FF like a public pisuar. I'd probably find this funny if this was just an oddball title that came out of nowhere in-between good FF releases, but apart from the goofy musical choices and cringe trailer dialogue it just looks like business as usual for modern Final Fantasy.

I feel that. I think I'm just so desensitized by anything with the Final Fantasy name on it post XII that I never expect anything from the series anymore. I am somewhat hopeful for XVI based on some of info we've gotten so far. But yeah, I don't know why they couldn't have been more faithful to the solemn tone of FF1, and approached with a bit more class. I feel actually playing it and doing so with Japanese dub will make it more tolerable, but at this point I'm just in it for the gameplay all the way.

 

[Arthandas]

I love Nioh but I hate FF, hmmm

 

[Adenocaulon]

They really don't know how to do marketing properly. But the game itself may actually be good.

"marketing" is an alien concept to japanese companies

 

[thelegend]

eagerly waiting for this game

 

[DJOGamer PT]

"marketing" is an alien concept to japanese companies

FF7 pretty much created the modern "marketing hype machine" for videogames

 

[cruel]

Demo is back on PS4 and PS5:

https://www.polygon.com/22969257/stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin-demo-ps5-ps4


Definitely trying this today.

 

[Brickfrog]

Demo is back on PS4 and PS5:

https://www.polygon.com/22969257/stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin-demo-ps5-ps4


Definitely trying this today.

let us know what the combat is like plz

 

[cruel]

Played a little bit yesterday. Combat is good - fast, responsive and satisfying, they did a good job. But I'm not sure about everything else to be honest :/ game feels odd for me, not sure if I like mixing Nioh-like combat with FF world. Really missing the dark, lonely atmosphere from Nioh games. Probably will get it on a sale or something.

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[Infinitron]

Just discovered this game exists and lol:

 

[Matador]

My faith in Sawyer and humanity restored.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

My god, Jack really never shuts up about CHAOS
There hasn't yet been 1 single cutscenne shown, where the word chaos isn't said

 

[Baron Dupek]

Polygon

"I didn’t expect to enjoy smashing the heads of monsters like this. I also didn’t expect to enjoy a story about a hyper-masculine man like Jack. But what I’ve come to learn in my time with Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is that Jack isn’t a knight in shining armor. He’s better."

 

[Shrimp]

After briefly skimming through the summaries on metacritic it seems most of the reviews agree that the story is an abhorrent mess while the gameplay/combat is fun.
Sounds like the typical recipe for a cult classic. I hope it ends up delivering.

 

[CyberModuled]

From the 1/5 review:

On numerous occasions, I was laughing so hard to the point I would have to pause for a minute. One joke sees a character explaining who they are, with Jack jumping up to sucker-punch him screaming “I don’t give a fuck who you are,” and I was overcome with joy.

Honestly, the sanctity of FF as an IP has been raped so hard by Square Enix for over a decade now (with the only outlier being XIV) that this is sort of exactly what I was hoping from the story since it at least comes off as amusing. Just hope the gameplay is overall on par with either Nioh game.

 

[cruel]

One thing to note about the game - unfortunately, it has 3 difficulty levels: story, normal, hard. So you need to forget about carefully crafted difficulty (like in Nioh) and probably hard equals to just higher monster damage and potential HP bloat (didn't play long enough to verify though).

Basically, the game doesn't look to be directed to the same audience as Souls / Nioh. And yes, story / characters / voice acting are all shit. This is a pure gameplayfag game.

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[Brickfrog]

Perfect. My skip cutscene button is locked and loaded.

 

[Puukko]

One thing to note about the game - unfortunately, it has 3 difficulty levels: story, normal, hard. So you need to forget about carefully crafted difficulty (like in Nioh) and probably hard equals to just higher monster damage and potential HP bloat (didn't play long enough to verify though).

To be honest, endless item level scaling isn't that much different.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

I've one mission.. Kill Chaos .

Let's Go Kill Chaos Codex.

 

[Suicidal]

I'm still in the middle of Elden Ring but I have a strange craving to get this game on release. Am I retarded? Maybe. But I also really want to kill Chaos.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

If anyone is wondering, DO NOT get this on PS4. Runs and looks like garbage. Maybe a PS4 pro would be okay.

Seems like a cool game but it's also an Epic store exclusive? Fuck that noise. Day one pirate.

 

[ADL]

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHO YOU ARE
https://www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9rxrSCyJb1MZPC7v1_VN7ioG1DJykH2z