This is a really hard decision, but if I could pick only one, I'd say Bastion. I've only had it a year or so, but it's my most-replayed game. I love the music, the story, the art, the gameplay. It's just so damned good.

Before that, I'd say it was probably Skies of Arcadia or Brothers in Arms 2.

slapolakinkaido wrote:

Cactus wrote: sidewaydriver wrote: I don't want current Square-Enix touching any FF game pre X at all. I don't want Square-Enix touching Final Fantasy at all, someone else should have a go. Let's have Capcom take over the Final Fantasy franchise.

I vote John Romero.

I just don't like Nomura's art. It's so safe and devoid of characterization There's no character to what he draws. It's just cliche, anime-looking people with wardrobes made out of whatever was left on the tables after an arts and craft fair. FF7 was okay, in that most people were wearing acceptable attire for what they were doing (save for, like any woman), but there's just no visual aspect to any of the other characters like there was most notably in games like FF4, FF6, and FF9.

My one dream for the series is that since we can now make lots of cool arty visuals these days, that we can create an FF game that's done in Yoshitaka Amano's unique visual style. I know he did character design in FF9 (super-awesome job, too), but I want an Okami-style representation of his typical graphic novel-style work. I used to love seeing those swirly drawings of his line Nintendo Power articles and instruction manuals, and I think that it could really sell a new-gen FF game in the current market that appreciates games like Bastion, Journey, and Borderlands for their unique visual styles.