GameDynamo – “Has Final Fantasy lost its identity? It seems like the last good Final Fantasy game I played was Lost Odyssey — and I’m aware it’s not part of the FF series. I enjoyed Final Fantasy XII and XIII. Both were gorgeous titles that introduced fresh concepts and innovations that took the series to places they’d never been. However, there were just as many elements that made the two the least Final Fantasy-like, and not necessarily in a good way. I don’t know how much of that has to do with the fact that Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the series (and most recently, Lost Odyssey), is no longer at the helm. Metal Gear still has Hideo Kojima, Dragon Quest has Yuji Horii, and Nintendo, of course, still has Miyamoto. I know key developers from the franchise were involved in the latest titles (Yoshinori Kitase and Tetsuya Nomura to name two), but it seems like a good time to examine what, for me, makes the perfect Final Fantasy.” Read more