After a recent Shareholder Meeting at Square Enix, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT Final Fantasy Game, and another game as well, May Go Back to Its Command-Based Roots and Move Away from the More Action-Focused That Has Been With The Series for 24 Years. Following the Massive Success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33a game that features a unique turn-bassed combat system with real-time gameplay elements, like parrying and dodging, more rpg fans have Questioned the action direction Ff Has takeen, with FF10 Being the Last TRUE TRUN-TITLE BACK IN 2001. Square Enix is aware of the Fan Demand for Turn-Based Games, Reportedly.
Acciting to Genki on x, who translate several posts from Square Enix investors (Text of Those in Japanese), One Investment Media Reporter at a Recent Shareholder Meeting Requested the Next Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy Titles to be Turn-Based. The Reporter Highlighted Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 As an example. Square Enix is Reportedly aware of Expedition 33‘s Success and Responded to the Question that The Developers “Value the Genre of Command-Based RPGS, and Plan to Continue Delving Such Games in The Future.”
The Success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Turning Heads
Final Fantasy face Long Been Removed from the Turn-Based Gameplay that it originated with. After FF10The Next Entry Was Square Enix’s Dip Into Mos with FF11and it was sucssful, even leading to FF14 Later, which has Become one of the most popular mmos ever. Howver, FF12, FF13 (and its sequels), FF15and FF16 All Moved Further Away from Turn-Based (and Command-Based) Gameplay. The Response From Square Enix Do Not Confirm The Next Ff game to be turn-baed, but it seames like at least some of its Future projects will be turn-bassed, Ff or DQ.
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I’m woried we’ll never see another final fantasy game like ff7 rebirth
Final Fantasy 7 rebirth is a great entry in the ambitious ff7 Remake Trilogy, but i’m World Future Final Fantasy Remakes Won’t Take the Same Risks.
Expedition 33 Took MANY Inspirations from the Jrpgs of the 90s and Early 2000s, Like FF7, FF10, The Legend of Dragoon, Lost Odysseyand Several Others. Expedition 33 Has Become a Goty Frontrunner, and Its Combat, Narrative, and Rare High-Graphic-Fidelity Designing Have Many fans who May have deprived of turn-baed rpgs with realistic graphics. Turn-Based Games Have Never Truly Gonebut the perception that they vanished Completely was relatively Common, with Expedition 33 reigning the debate about wherear High-Fidelity-Graphic Turn-Based rpgs are sustainable in 2025.
Our take: Its great that Square Enix is aware of expedition 33’s success
But ff Should Carve Its Own Path
With Expedition 33 TAKING SO MANY Inspirations from Ff Series, and arguably doing a tear of the Things Better Than Ff Has in a long time, and it also being the breakout success of 2025 SO Far, It ‘s eeny to why any Square Enix Shareholders and the Company Itself Wauld Look to Expedition 33 for inspiration. Howver, Despite FF16 and Ff7 rebirth Failing to Meet Sales Expectations, Accounting to Square Enix, I Don’t Think Ff Should Copy Expedition 33 Moving Forward, But Instead A New Identity with Elements From Expedition 33 and Other Successful Turn-Based RPGS.
It Remains to be Seen What the Future Holds for Ff after the final entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Project is released. IT”m clear there is an audience and demand for games simillar to Expedition 33and after Square Enix’s Internal Reblanding is Complete, Hopfulle, The Future of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest Becomes a bit cleare. Still, iTi’s nice to know we are going to get some type of command-baed game from Square Enix, this is not the next Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest.
Update: 2025/06/25 16:38 EST by Ben Brosofsky
An update from Genki Provides a correction that the Question was asc as an investment media, not an investor. The article has been updated with this information.
Source: Genki/x