Romier S Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 A tear flows down my cheek right now... http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/06/02/news_6099836.html When contacted for comment, a representative from Microsoft in the US issued the following statement: "The difficult decision to cancel True Fantasy Live Online was based on a number of careful considerations, including the game's progression to date and the remaining development time needed to complete such an ambitious project. The MMORPG genre, across all platforms, has become an incredibly crowded and competitive marketplace. In response, Microsoft Game Studios has decided to streamline its portfolio, making fewer bets in this genre." :cry: :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberwoo Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 What was this game going to be about? Is it a MMORPG in the Final Fantasy universe? Never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan B. Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 What the hell!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 The MMORPG genre, across all platforms, has become an incredibly crowded and competitive marketplace. Its all your fault, Romier - they've canned it because you're spending all your time on City Of Heroes, instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I kind of figured it would happen as they didnt even mention it at E3. capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTello Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I'm very, very sad,... I had this pinned to be an awesome game if they could ever get it out the door. What are the chances this could get picked back up? :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by Cyberwoo@Jun 3 2004, 01:55 AM What was this game going to be about? Is it a MMORPG in the Final Fantasy universe? Never heard of it. Try clicking the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryan Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Sorry to hear that. Too bad that Fable dropped the online component months ago, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Can't say I'm suprised. A Japanese developed MMORPG from a team that's got no experience in the genre on a platform they've little experience with... I was suprised so many people were expecting it to hit the very optomistic target dates. So what does that leave us with from Microsoft Japan? Blinx 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataTox Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I am definitely displeased with this information as I was looking forward to this. However, like many have said, this is not terribly surprising. With this information, I wonder if Live is going to get an actual MMORPG as the PS2 has with Final Fantasy. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I think this is another indicator of Microsoft gearing up for XBox2 by the way. MMORPGs are expensive to launch, why spend the money on a XBOX1 title when they could setup the same infrastructure for a XBox2 title which has better longterm prospects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I agree, Brian. Who knows, we may wind up seeing elements of True Fantasy Live in an Xbox 2 title. I certainly hope so as the art style was a very cool mixture of cell shading & 3D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 This really, really, really sucks. Level 5 have become one of my favorite developers. Both Dark Clouds are two of my favorite games of all time. This really sucks. I wonder if they're going the way of Sony since they seem to be in bed with them on other titles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I wonder if they're going the way of Sony since they seem to be in bed with them on other titles? I dont think thats the issue here really. Microsoft has been making cuts left and right in order to slim down its "in development" title that have been somewhat in limbo. Brians scenario above is most likely in that MS is definitely gearing up for Xbox 2 in the case of TFLO. It does make little sense to launch a game so late in the Xboxs' life span (we would have been looking at a 2005 release for it more than likely). Doesn't make the hurt any worse though. Also this is somewhat suprising to me as MS seemed to be placing alot of stock in TFLO as one of the games that would push the Xbox to Japanese gamers. Much like yourself Josh I really loved Dark Cloud 2 and was very much anticpating playing TFLO. :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I see what you're saying Romier, but I still think there's something fishy about it. Are F5 working on a Dark Cloud 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Are F5 working on a Dark Cloud 3? Yep as well as Dragon Warrior VIII for Square Enix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTello Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I hope that the theory of Xbox2 holds true, I'd really like to try one of these MMORPG's, especially one that had the 8) potential of this one. Thanks for the Xbox2 theory, now I can hold to a glimmer of hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoiceStriker Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 This really is too bad - I can't imagine how disappointed the developers and artists must be right about now. My girlfriend gets upset when one of the greeting cards she's spent a week creating gets shifted around in a lineup - just think how awful it would be to spend a couple of YEARS developing a game, only to be told "It doesn't fit into our portfolio right now." It would be great if someone else could pick this up and run with it, but who knows what's going to happen to all that work now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zot Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Ah well, I guess we can resign ourselves to waiting for the next gen to have a new console MMORPG. That's alright though, too much to play as is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.