FFVII Rebirth didn't get pulled from retail only 8 fucking days after it released, the game still scored quite well with most people despite the poor sales.
Diversity at this point literally is just "What are the most absurd and outlandish characters we can make that appeals to nobody"
I didn't, because I thought it was for input issues, I'll try this and see
Some of the most recent Steam feedback suggest joining the Special K Discord for the latest builds of the general mod (instead of just the specialized FFXV version of the mod) just in case what's provided there doesn't work, but YMMV.
We'll get part 3, they'll just dial up the DEI bucks harder and phone it in this time.
So Square lied about everyone being white, I remember reading an interview and the guy held his ground saying that's just the story they're telling this time. Guess they cucked after that pressure.
Nu-FF games and/or Squeenix games have this weird in-medias-res kind of story that in order to fully appreciate the story, you must consume the short novel prologue, drama cd of side characters/villains, ova movies that happens just days before the game start, sidequel anime, and also read the novelization to go deep dive on the lore. and most of these additional materials are never leaving Japan.
Replicant/Gestalt has done this as well to an extent, and way before the recent remaster was a thing.
They didn't put any niggers in the game because the story revolves around slavery.
That novel is a bunch of bullshit last-second swerves that barely line up with the game though.
FF4 presents zero challenge until about halfway through, at which point it suddenly starts spiking all over the place. The no metal cave and the world of monsters or whatever are both awful. The place where you fight Rubicante is pretty brutal too.
I gotta say the best one right now would be ff7 rebirth. Remake was a bit cutscene bloated in a metal gear way but rebirth opened up significantly and was really good. As much as it changed things up, they did a fantastic job filling out the world and keeping most of the best moments of the original.
The novel is literally the canned dlc copy pasted like a walkthrough. It's lame if slightly interesting. The most cool part was the confirmation that versus is another timeline/dream that noctis briefly glimpses.
Gameplay for that trilogy was always weird. First one had auto-battle as the default, optimum way to control characters. Second looked more of the same, but with monster recruitment. Only one I liked out of it was Lightning Returns because it actually has less plot and characterization, but the entire time, I was thinking "Tri-Ace could have made a better version of this game all the way back in the PS2 days."
Plot wise I think 3 is actually the best one, there's genuine character development for all the ex party members and the idea of a world of stagnant immortals that have to be saved via getting their souls collected by lightening is pretty neat. There was some translation issues that made the big bad more generic and less genuinely creepy but otherwise it gives lighting the best character development and actual insight into her personality besides being a female cloud.
1 is 80% plot while 3 is about 20% plot, 60% setting.