Square Enix is undoubtedly one of the most popular game developers. But while series such as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest recieve all kinds of sequels, prequels and spin-offs, there are many classic Square games (such as Xenogears, Vagrant Story, Chrono Trigger, Brave Fencer Musashi, etc) that haven't recieved the sequel treatment they deserve.
Dualshockers.com believes Square Enix should start looking into reviving some of their older games.

It’s clear that Square Enix has lost a lot of their interests in pursuing successful franchises due to, most likely, ignorance. It’s kind of bewildering to see developers/publishers such as Square limit their resources to a franchise that has become more popular, and successful, because of its name: Final Fantasy. I’m in no way knocking the Final Fantasy series. It has its share of memorable stories; but to have completely omitted games that deserved a chance of success (Xenogears, Vagrant Story, Chrono Trigger, Brave Fencer Musashi, etc) only shows that they’re not willing to please their audiences; only to quench their own thirst for a little more mullah.

These are only a few of the games that Square Enix has left out to dry. What about Parasite Eve (it’s now that it’s getting the a PSP release)? Bushido Blade? The stagnating release of newer franchises is, without a doubt, great for the RPG gamer, but there are franchises that have left gamers in the dark questioning the storyline of certain titles.

It’s kind of disappointing to see that gaming has now become a one-sided genre of FPS shooters rather than offering the variety it did 10-15 years ago. Stories have now become bland being that graphics now seem to be the more glamorized at the expense of a riveting story. Look at games like Secret of Mana, Terranigma, Soul Blade, Metal Gear Solid, etc. It’s only a handful of next-gen games that offer somewhat of a compelling story.

But my beef here, at the moment, is with Square Enix and how they abandoned franchises that should have been given the opportunity of success rather than continuing to feed all of their gamers a repetitive name that has become more of poster-boy for RPG’s rather than a savior.

Square Enix has tons of franchises it continues to pump out by name. I’m looking forward to the newer unknowns more than I am to the next Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. A lot of fanboys will, undoubtedly, call me stupid for even blurbing such things. But how many of us have actually played through their next installments? We can’t continue to grade games solely on the their graphical prowess. Games have more to them (gameplay, story) besides visuals.

Miss Razz via dualshockers.com »