Why FF7: The First Soldier Ended Up Being A Complete Failure
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Square Enix are always keen to experiment with the Final Fantasy brand, but sometimes it just doesn't pan out. And in the case of Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier, that's very much the case.
In this video, we will explore the events that led up to The First Soldier being terminated and explain why, in our opinion, it can only be deemed as a complete failure.
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I had tried the game shortly after it came out, but the touch controls were just so awkward to use that I only played like three matches. Ironically, after I got a new phone I decided to give it another go and managed to connect my PS4 controller to it via Bluetooth. Won my first match with no issues. I strongly believe the game would've faired much better with a PC/console release instead of mobile.
Wait, you can use your PS4 controller on your phone? I was wondering if I could buy either the PS4 or PS5 controller separately without buying the whole PS4 or PS5 console.
I do prefer buying an Xbox controller without buying the Series S or X console, and if the Xbox controller can play non-Xbox games on my phone.
@@Isaac-gh5ku Oh my...you never knew you could buy a controller without the console?! Imagine if that were true, we'd all quit playing consoles, lol. My sibling has worn out so many controllers alone with playing fighting games on my PS4, it would be impossible to play them if I had to buy a whole console each time we needed a new controller 😅
While maybe finding a PS5 controller might be difficult (just given the short supply of PS5 stuff in general, unless you don't mind paying scalped prices), getting a PS4 controller on its own is quite easy. If you're in America, visit your local Game Stop or, globally, you should be able to buy one online.
Oh, and I highly advise against bootleg or knockoff versions of the controller. A PS4 controller might still cost about $60 brand new, but the difference in quality between it and a knockoff is immense.
Sadly, Square Enix have reverted to a Japan-centric model of business, which is great for the devs when making the content, but not so great if that means following the mobile gaming trend in Japan without considering whether or not that's the right choice for the game.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Companies like 8bitdo and GameSir make "better than" 1st party controllers. Also I don't think that's what that guy was really asking however. I get the impression he knew buying separate controllers without the system was possible although I couldn't then tell you what his actual question was however.
@@fredspofford Eh, that was the best I could make of the comment so that's why I answered as I did, lol. And cool, I've never heard of those companies and will have to check them out!
You know what might've helped a lot? Putting it on other platforms and not just mobile.
Don't you guys have phones?
@@Buugipopuu phone games suck !! They just try to drain you of your cash and suck your time away.
@@jc7997aj Eh I've been enjoying Nier Reincarnation and I haven't spent a dime on it.
@@rueceless7580 woa, one whole game out of millions, guess mobile games are worth it now
@@JustSkram And I'm sure you've played every mobile game to know they are all bad right? =P
If it had hit PC and consoles, it would've seen at least modest success.
I HATE how mobile crazy Square has gotten
It is a tragedy that it is mobile exclusive.
yup
That's the worrying thing about ever crisis there trying to stick it on mobile and not where the final fantasy franchises fans are and thats PC and console.
@@thelastquincy1457 Nah. There's a large FF fan base on mobile... For RPGs. Just not for FF battle royales that need as large a player base as possible to capture a small percentage of to fund the game through MTX.
The concerning thing about Ever Crisis is the scale, remaking every project in the compilation as a RPG. And the episodic format. Those are the truly concerning things. I mean, in my opinion.
As one of the main players of the game, Ambassador (who was able to talk with the devs directly), and Championship Winner. I can firmly say they let the game die, even when giving feedback to help the game but feedback wasn’t listened too. I wish the game wasn’t ending but decisions have been made.
It was trash
Certainly a sad time for an already amazing game with so much potential.
Should have been console or PC.
It just wasn't meant to be for us
I knew another "Ambassador"(Whom I won't name because people who know, probably know exactly who it is) who shilled for this game so hard that when I criticized it he literally kicked me from his Discord and banned me from his Twitch. He wasn't the only one doing it either, that also killed the game too, cause it hurt the community engagement.
I do believe that the mobile only release *was* the issue here... Although I'll speak for myself. While I was bemused about a FFVII Battle Royale, the stuff I've seen afterwards made it look fun albeit different. But one thing stopped me absolutely of playing it at all, even though I did download it: touch controls. I'm not a big fan of them, specially in a shooter. That put me off 100% to not even wanting to try it at all. But if, it had been released on PC or consoles, I would at least have given it a shot, since I prefer the controls. Alas, that was not to be. Shame.
I loved fs. I hope they reconsider and make a console release
They even advertised that it worked on bluestacks so they knew pc players wanted it but they never even checked if itd run and I don't think the bluestacks team ever got it to work not that it was their responsibility in the first place. I wanted to play it but my phone wont run it and yeah didnt want touch controls idk why they couldn't have atleast put it on Switch.
I hate touch controls too, that's why I bluetoothed my ps4 controller.
yep, but even games like Diablo Immortal that include controller support are drastically better at touch controls than this game was, like tons of other mobile games.. but yeah I also use a Razer Kishi for my phone for Diablo Immortal and COD Mobile and it’s great!
@@Haunted_Brew same I used my Xbox controller 👍🏾
I remember hearing about First Soldier and looking into it not too long after it first released, but my interest quickly evaporated when I found out that it was a mobile exclusive. I have never had a good experience with a 3D mobile action game, and nothing I was seeing suggested that First Soldier would change that. If I had the opportunity to play it on PC with a keyboard and mouse, I would have gladly given it a chance.
Me if it was on Ps4
The mobile market is many many many many times bigger over all consoles and PC combined. Nothing would've changed had they launched it out of mobile.
Remember when games were made that couldn't be permanently shut down? Any live service game that gets shut down should probably be required by law to have an offline mode update to preserve it.
A lot of these games can be preserved and hosted on private servers. It's been done, and if a game is truly worth it, a community will arise and preserve it. I don't think anyone will cry that they can't play Anthem in 20 years.
@@CheddarGetter
Alternatively, I can just, pop in most other "abandoned" games and play them. If I want to play Goldeneye007 for whatever reason, I can just play it.
It's true that fan servers can be made, but it's also true that very often these projects are also mortal, in addition to losing features from the original release. A good example is Sonic Runners, whose fan revival lost 60-80% of its original content due to most of it being lost to the aether -- and once those fan servers become inconvenient to host (cost, commitment, etc), they'll also go down, and now the game's dead yet again.
Fan servers are an amazing achievement, but they just kick the can down the curb; it's an inferior option to just being able to _play_ them offline. Online-only service games are horrible for game preservation, innately.
While I am absolutely someone who cares a lot about preservation and I would agree that there should be some legislation about how companies can destroy their own games, we also have to be honest: in 99% of all mobile games, the online dependency is completely baked in. There is no game left if you take out the online element.
@@CheddarGetter Of course it can be done, but the reverse engineering work that's required is immense. And then there's the fact that mobile applications tend to become incompatible way quicker than other traditional software, so you'd have to do some hacking to maintain the client software as well, it's just a pain in the dick for a game that most likely everyone will have forgotten about within a month.
@@robinmattheussen2395 I generally agree that it would be great to have some legislation in place that requires offline versions to kick around -I miss Dissidia NT proper for instance. What I don’t agree with however, is such government oversight that overrides the will of the IP holders, even if it disenfranchises the fans. Such oversight is great for things like labour relations and financial oversight but gets messy beyond that.
I’ve asked myself these questions for ages now myself and recently I’ve come to the conclusion that the fans have done it to themselves but not necessarily realising it. The reality of the world is that games require profit in order to exist/continue and yet consumers continually rebel against that which stands as a way to continue their favourite titles. Example follows:
The outcry against NFTs in gaming for less than AAA titles sent a clear message; gamers support high end content and experiences but do not support alternative funding methods. NFTs were the first true bridge between true F2P games and gacha style games. Unlike in the case of a gacha where investments are lost at the close of a game, NFTs are considered ownership a la stocks in a company in many countries that have modernised their blockchain legislation. To that end, rather than rally behind NFTs and creating a consortium that advocates on behalf of the gamer, we ranted and troll posted with our arms crossed like children. If you review Square Enix’s company filings, you will see that there is a cost associated with those who held NFTs in the game and the “value” that must be met or compensated. Long story short, if gamers and indeed people in general get ahead of companies on blockchain ownership concepts, companies will be beholden to the NFT owners and their concerns -not unlike shareholders.
We gotta stop being reactive and start being proactive toward how we consume media, lest it consume us. The choice has always been our own and gachas survive because they are gambling. A F2P game of high quality cannot exist without funding.
I wont lie, i played first soldier alot. I actually had LOADS of fun in it… its a shame it stuck to only phones and that was it. It hurt it dearly… it was such a unique and fun battle royale too
It really looks cool. Such a shame.
I agree, even though I never downloaded it I was interested when I first saw it but when I found out that I could only download it on my android I was incredibly disappointed and was hoping that it was going to come out for PS 💁♂but...
I loved it too. And I stopped playing it about 5 days ago. I played it off and on over the year and have gotten my non ff friends to play it since it is battle arena like they are used to. Easy to say, our teams always were number 1 in ranked events. Which felt hollow...
@@cstaie85 i always played solo on teams and got 1st quiet abit because of how good it felt to play. I just wish they coulda at least ported it over to switch cause mobile only is just a death sentence for a game these days
@@pyroronnie2473 that's the biggest freaking shame of this game they never thought to listen to one of the most important parts of people's complaints that was to port it over on a console
This game really should not have been shackled to mobile. It really could have come into its own if it had a release on bigger, more powerful, more sit-down-and-play platforms.
True, i hope in four of five years the ramade this game for consoles.
If only they listened...
The main issues with how Square Enix handles games like this is that they are restricted to mobile (which turns away a lot of people, regardless of the game's quality), and the fact that they don't listen to the feedback from its player base, even though they offer the option to provide it. The sadder part of it is that it's not just The First Soldier.
"which turns away a lot of people"
Not in Asia. Being on mobile is a draw for them.
@@Heymrk Asia is fine and all,, but it isn't a big sell in the rest of the world in this industry and Square Enix could've made it multi-platform if they wanted to. If they wanted a Fortnite they could've done a PC Port and console ports as well as mobile and they could've had their popularity in the Asia market.. But instead they alienated their fanbase then alienated their actual playerbase on this game. So I am not particularly feeling bad for this company.. They should've learned better more than 10 years ago. They're not some tiny game workshop company in Japan trying to bounce off of being a engineering company anymore.. THey're a major player in the gaming industry and their current approach just alienates everyone in lieu of Japanese consumer demands (which is literally the opposite of what the rest of the world and yes including countries like Korea, China, Taiwan want in terms of consumer demand and customer satisfaction.)
and not just 'restricted to mobile', but REALLY restricted, like you couldn't even play it on Bluestacks, it was designed not to run on any emulator.
@@Hugsloth If I remember correctly, eventually it started working fine on the Nox player
Asia market have big spenders unlike europe and america
The overall milking of FFVII is just too much in my opinion. They are other great stories and characters in this series.
I agree. I'm happy this failed. Square needs to be drop down a peg. They are to greedy now and they need a smack in the face
That was the plan.
Not to remake the original game and get it over with.
Ff6 needs a remake imo
ff6 deserves a remake on what ff4 got... not a mobile port like shit remake
@@prinnyDooD. I agree with that 100%
I was incredible hyped for the game. I spend an incredible amount of time mastering the game during the beta and beyond. Earning nearly all the achievements, including feats that are virtually impossible in other Battles Royales (the worst of which being achievements winning by doing little to nothing).
I managed to hit the equivalent of Grand Master, being First Class, and would be eligible for Top 500 if I wasn't a busy professional.
Hundreds of hours and ~$240 later (1/6 of that value Playstore points) I'd say the time was worth it.
Community was not quirky or toxic, the game ran as well as it could,yet surprisingly not as well on the highest end Android devices, and the predatory Gacha swore me off ever engaging with that ever again (I'd rather pay no more than $10-16 after taxes for an outfit set in any given game).
The best feature Battle Royales should adopt is purchasing the first season pass and including the following season pass as an earnable reward.
I suggested as much during the beta and they implemented it 😁.
Gameplay may be unmatched in other battle Royales and wish it found new life on PC.
I dont understand how, at this point, Square dont understand its audience yet.
Because they are dedicated to willfully missing the point every time.
They tried to market a battle royal game to a community who had no interest in a battle royal game, of course it failed.
First off, great video on First Soldier.
I was in the original wave of Ambassadors for the game, and was in the program til the final season. I was there for all the beta tests, and started making guides on my channel to help people get started.
FF7, is easily my favourite game of all time and I had such high expectations for this game. I normally hate shooters, and this was the only one I've ever enjoyed. The Amabassador program in theory at the start gave me such hope for this game, as their community representative did a fantastic job at the start communicating with us. But the issue is, things really never got done.
I still firmly believe if this game got released on console/PC as well as phone, it would have seen a much better success. It's been very disheartening that they thrown this game in the garbage, but it seems like it had to be done as they didn't want to actually fix any of their issues.
100% agree. I felt it was pretty good on mobile... but would have been much better suited to console or pc.
yeah but who asked ff7 BR not many, wish square would just stick RPG's
The biggest roadblock for this game for me was that controller on phones is shit. There's no way around it. Console would have carried the game.
Was it too much to ask for a PC port at least if not consoles :/
Fortnite and PUBG players aren't exactly the type to care for RPGs. They tend have totally different tastes altogether. I personally believe that them thinking they could rope battle royale players into checking out RPGs by giving them an RPG flavored battle royale was a flawed if not outright dumb thought process from get go.
People generally don’t like playing Battle Royales on mobile devices and while you could hook something like an Xbox controller up to it it was a somewhat confusing setup for controller players and if I remember correctly there was no way to change the controller inputs to make it feel more comfortable to use. It also didn’t help that this title launched about 2 weeks before Fortnite had a major update with the launch of Chapter 3 Season 1 that a lot of people were looking forward to and it had to compete with Fortnite and while Fortnite is on every console which makes it more accessible with the First Soldier being a mobile exclusive it meant less people would play it. I feel like if the game cam to Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch as well then it could’ve had a much higher player base then what it got.
I remembered connecting my ps4 controller to my phone, enjoying the game more and thinking “yeah this would be better on consoles”
The fastest way for me to lose interest in any game is the phrase Mobile Game Only, and thus I hear about the titles that try and fail after it was closed down. That said, being able to actually explore Midgar sounds fun, without the royale element.
Maybe the reason they decided to just shut it down rather than make PC/console versions was because A Team didn't have much expertise in that area. Sounds like they were mobile developers only. I guess Square Enix decided it was better to just pull the plug rather than pay A Team to port it to other platforms they weren't familiar with.
Genuinely speaking i'm not surprised in the slightest as to why it got shut down so fast.
I remember when G-bike was announced and it seemed like a neat concept to recreate the minigame from FFVII in modern day, only to never be released outside of Japan and lasting a year as well.
The First Soldier seemed cool tbh but the mobile only attachment to it is what pretty much set it to failure instead of expanding to other types of consoles and PC.
True.
First Soldier was my first battle royale games and I had almost no idea what to do. I admit I wasn’t that good, but I did have so much fun with it! I loved playing as Monk and Ninja!!
Was a great game, the mobile release only killed it, if they would have released it on pc as well it would have found a following
CODM is mobile only, but its successful. It's those content creators that talked trash and assumed the worst about the game that destroyed the people's perception of it, making them not wanting to try the game at all even after lots of fixes and improvements.
You need to accept it was just a bad game that no one wanted.
@@nerdzomnia Or maybe it was the lack of advertisement, supposedly ignoring player feedback, and toxic "Ambassadors" sucking Square Enix off instead of being a voice for the community. But that's a perspective of someone that's only seeing the fallout.
I didn’t even know this game existed until now. I understand the need to branch out and give different experiences but as a long time FF player I long for the pre FFxiii game experiences. I’ve been more excited by games like SMT V or even the re-release of persona 5 for PC than any FF game. It’s a shame but I still have hold some hope for the series.
It was incredibly out of touch for them not to release it on pc and consoles. I never even heard of the game until now and likely would have tried it despite not being into battle royales per se, because of the IP but definitely not going to try battle royale on mobile regardless of what the IP is. SE has fallen so far over the years. It’s sad to see. I’m surprised they didn’t try stuffing it with NFTs before pulling the plug.
Square Enix as a company really have become compete bumblefucks...
Quite often one is left just confused as to wtf they're doing... wtf are you doing Square? Why the hell haven't you ported FFT War of the Lions to Switch or PC?
Wtf is wrong with you!?
But the company has become so horribly incompetent and inept that it is quite shocking really. I wonder what tell-all's and expose's will come out in a decades time... Really it seems to stem from focusing way too much on trend chasing, and way too little on their strengths.
I'm not joking, I honestly didn't even know the game was out already 😳
I didn’t even know it existed
This right here.
I didn't even know what it looks like
I remember trying it, hooking up my bluetooth controller, and being AMAZED at the controls. The way equipment, loots, powers, and even the vehicles worked were all amazing. Sadly the two maps got old quick and it was obvious I was up against bots to fill the lobby.
If The First Soldier was released on Consoles and PC as well it would've done a lot better and would've been fairly good competition for current BR games and I would've played it a lot too, a damn shame
I would have played it if it was more accessible. It's fine to put it on mobile, but at least put it on consoles and pc too. Genshin impact does that and that game does really well.
I dont play genshin but that's what they should be aiming for interms of succeeding with a game like this.
The goal should be to port a game to mobile and it not feel mobile. Even on console and PC, genshin feels like mobile trash
It's a real shame that this game was locked to mobile and never given a real chance to succeed. It's actually very fun. I've played the hell out of it since launch and absolutely love it
I would loved to play this game but being mobile kinda doesn't work for me.
preemptively (haven't watched yet) full disclosure, I paid for 2 season passes to get avatars I wanted.
1. no ports
2. too expensive
3. modes too fluid
Game was really fun, and Im quite pissed my money was wasted on a game cancelled after 1 year. I expected to play for 3-4 years. At least.
I've learned not to invest in square mobile games. It's never a purchase and always a loan.
The consensus I usually see is that the game was fun and had some novel ideas, but was held back by the mobile exclusive platform. I kind of agree, and I'm surprised they didn't consider something like a steam release. Even Mobius Final Fantasy (another dead FF mobile title) had one and it was better for it.
Wells, maybe in the future reléase the game in consoles to.
i don't understand what square's deal is when it comes to choosing platforms for games. they send something like this to die on mobile, but only release Pixel Remasters on steam. what?
I have played First Soldier almost every day since release and it's one of my favorite games of all time now. Season 1 was a quite rough, but every update massively improved it and the gameplay and mechanics are incredibly polished at this point. They've added awesome modes like asymmetrical monster vs player battles where one could even battle as Sephiroth, sometimes fighting Cloud and they added objective based modes. The controller support is great and even the touch controls have very extensive options to accommodate personal preferences. I've gotten so many naysayers to try the game and they ended up loving it, including my own family members. It was refreshing to read the letters from the devs and see the transparency and communication between them and the players.
The game has so many features I wish games like Apex and CoD would implement. The unique RPG mechanics such as customizing player personality and appearance, vehicles, weapons, etc, and killing monsters to unlock cosmetics was very rewarding. Plus the game actually allows you to EARN so many items, cosmetics and abilities which isn't often seen in free to play games.
The game being mobile only essentially killed it before it even had time to expand and it's beyond sad to see it ending soon.
Exactly. It hurt the game badly being mobile only. This was the one battle royale i stuck with and actually was good at
I agree, there was a lot of good content and ideas in TFS, but Square Enix hobbled it by chaining it to the mobile platform (infamous for limited battery life, touch screen issues caused by the phone heating up, and others both personal and practical).
Had A Team been allowed to expand into the console market, reception would have been less negative and more people would have played it to form their own opinions more than just judging the game by its premise alone.
I strongly felt the game needed to be detailed more.
I think the idea of how the game played was really fun and unique. But their major flaw was that they made it purely for mobile only. When they should have also made it for steam on PC, PS4 and PS5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch with online cross-play and a roll back net code. But I feel Japan is currently behind on the idea of cross play and multi platform releases.
Battle royales are an oversaturated market of half assed games where the top few own the market. Shoving out one hoping to milk ff7 nostalgia was a bad call
Biggest problem with this was that it was locked to Mobile... I would've played this a lot on something like my PS4 or my Switch
All it needed was to be put on steam, ps5, and xbl and it would have lasted.
This would have had a better chance of surviving with a PC release. I get mobile is big in Japan but SE needs to understand (but never does) that that is not the case overseas. Sure some people play Fortnite on their phone but the majority do not.
I just couldn’t understand why it never made it to consoles, the main audience knew it as a PlayStation series so to not put it on the system it’s famous on is bizarre to me
Is a shame, I was hoping for a console version as I don’t really play games on my phone
I played it a lot (a lot for how often I play games these days) and I really enjoyed the experience. I don't think it was a failure in terms of enjoyment but certainly in terms of accessibility. The biggest point being, as seen in a lot of the feedback and comments below, is that it was primarily mobile based. If the game had been released on other platforms then I am sure we wouldn't be in the position we are in now where we have to say goodbye to the First Soldier.
The other point I feel is that it was limited to the Final Fantasy VII world specifically. Again, not a failure in terms of enjoyment, but I felt this definitely limited the experience. The First Soldier allowed for a very action based experience fitting with Final Fantasy themes of magic, chocobos, and combat, but to keep that limited to FFVII held the experience back.I would have loved to have seen the Battle Royal experience include maps from other Final Fantasies.
A battle royal within Balamb Garden? Yes please!
So much potential was not explored and thats why it is closing. Hopefully this will inspire them to look further into it though as I would love to see an expanded FF Battle Royal on a wide range of consoles.
Interesting take!!!! I love the idea of the same gameplay, but with different worlds from other FF titles. That sounds amazing.
Me and my friend played this for a good couple months and enjoyed it, probably my favourite battle royale. But with one map, things got really old, real fast, it just ended up being an app on my phone I don't bother with anymore.
They did add a second map
They added a new map, expanded both maps and have added a bunch of different game modes at this point.
I don't game on my phone, it never works out for me. Anytime something goes to mobile, I'm excluded by default. Whenever SE puts a key title on mobile, they lose me on it.
I tried it, and uninstalled it as fast. If it came out on steam, there could have been an interest for the game.
I play it quite often and have enjoyed it, feel it being on pc and consoles would have been better I'm sad to see it go
If this was released on pc It'd be a hit
I hope it doesn’t end like this with Ever Crisis. I mean Dissidia is slowing down a bit in regards of what can be added. I mean they recently added Vaan’s brother Reks to the roster with gladio’s sister, Iris on the way. Not to mention still waiting for more info with kingdom hearts missing link
The main problem with a lot of these spin off games is they are missing a main marketing ploy that being In game lore. It’s what makes that universe so fascinating and keeps the player base coming back.
If it wasn't locked to mobile I would have been a bit more willing to give First Soldier a go at least, but no I never even downloaded it, let alone played. I missed the poll on Ever Crisis you ran too, and while it might be a bit late, I am still excited to download and play that myself.
This is why I think Square Enix, specifically FF, seems to have forgotten what made them such a huge staple & (somewhat) beloved company in the JRPG market.
They're throwing shit everywhere hoping something sticks. The company used to know what it was good with, however, i'm sure their shareholders want more cash so they're attempting to find something that's more profitable instead of something that's good for a niche crowd. Problem is is that it rarely works like that. Some SE hasn't realized.
Console gaming are dying, it's hard to sell games just like it's hard for musicians selling music albums.
Square is such a duality, sometimes they make masterpiece while other time they just failed miserably
The main cause is very simple in my opinion, this is not the type of game Final Fantasy fans are looking for to play + Final Fantasy is not exactly the type of series most battle royale players are interested in. It was a clash of worlds, but not in a good way. A console port would've definitely helped tho
I remember immediately disliking it conceptually just because I am so exhausted of Square making shit up in prequel spinoffs, in VII world especially. Just make it a VR training program for SOLDIER operatives and don't put it on the timeline at all.
I was actually very interested in the first soldier. I hate to play on smartphone so i was waiting for a pc or console release. What never happen
"how many final fantasies are there?"
Square: "7. We only have final fantasy 7"
I had no idea this thing even exited...
But as someone who played and loved the original FF7, I've still never even looked at the remake. >__>
I am just over remakes in general. Blame Hollywood.
Had it been on consoles or PC things would’ve been different:
I woulda played instantly, I had no idea it even was out!
I thought it would be a prequel to Crisis Core but it was a Battle Royale game 🤦🏾♂️
What version of final fantasy 7 is the with the rounder graphics and different speech screens?
Honestly, you could answer that question with a single sentence: It was mobile exclusive.
Heck, they even went out of their way to make it unplayable with Bluestacks. We're living in a time where mobile first games get decent ports on PC/console, so the fact that they didn't even try is astounding.
I really thought FS was a cool concept for a BR. Had quite a lot to play around with. I personally didn’t stick with it because I thought it would have definitely been better on PC and console. It just didn’t feel right on mobile. I was really hoping it’d have a PC release, but sadly it’s not going to happen.
I feel this is a shame to be honest. I really enjoyed First Soldier for as long as I played it, being able to explore some Midgar setpieces as our own SOLDIER characters was fun. I definitely think the mobile-only release harmed it as a console or PC port would have made a larger playerbase a lot more fathomable. I know a lot of people disliked the idea entirely but I thought it was a fun game set in a setting I love and would have loved to see it move to larger consoles to become more accessible and easy to play.
I got so good at this game and enjoyed the maps, spells, classes, and chocobo riding/ breeding so much!! Like, ik a lot didn't but I had the most awesome moments in the game playing from its release and hope for a remake or another square enix FF BR! Climbing the mountains, out playing good players with 1hp left, again the spells and abilities! I'm so saddened by the lack of support and dedication after release!! :'(
"Hey let's make a game in genre we know nothing about that literally no one is asking for, what can go wrong?"
This is literally the first time I've even heard of the game. So that's great job at advertising Squenix did for it!!!
It was expanded upon during their "FFVII Special Broadcast" where Part 2 of Remake was shown, if I recall correctly.
I definitely was one of the ones excited for The First Soldier before it launched and was also part of the confused when it was a battle royale. But as a hardcore fan of the series I gave it a chance. I played for quite and while and honestly didn't stop until about half a year ago. The map was usually too huge to find anyone, and it would drain my battery and overheat. So I ended up just dropping it. I was thinking about picking it back up again until I saw the twitter announcement that it was being shut down.
4:28 Now this is epic. I still can't think of a weirder thing to exist.
you're so extra lol
Sounds like Square Enix picked Ateam so they wouldn't have to think about it anymore and if it failed, it wouldn't really affect them.
I hate this I truly enjoyed this game. Ff7 was my childhood and I had so much fun on first soldier sucks
It’d be so dope on console!
The fact that it was Mobile only honestly prevented me from playing it
If it were a PC release I'd have been able to give it a chance at least XD
Man I think it was just these past few days that I even learned that this was even released
It’s a shame I REALLYYYY enjoyed this game and the chocobo hatching etc!! But they didn’t monetize the gacha system properly in my opinion. Rates were too low, pulls were too expensive, dupes were rewarded with increasing effects but there was 2 genders so it was INCREDIBLY difficult getting the male or female outfit you wanted.
Not only that but the technical updates kept killing excitement. They put in Chocobos and might as well completely removed them from the game based on how hard they nerfed them to the ground. So many bad adjustments….
Such a bummer cuz this was the ONLY battle royale I’ve ever enjoyed 😕
A Fortnite clone, that NOBODY wanted or asked for, released solely on mobile phones no less, really was doomed for failure.
It’s like they watched that blizzard announcement for diablo mobile and said “hold my beer”
I'm probably part of the smaller crowd that never knew this was a thing in the first place, but, seeing as it was a mobile exclusive battle royale, I'm not really all that surprised.
To quote Herbert Powell [Homer Simpson's brother] "You're not givin' 'em what they want, you're TELLING 'em what they want!" and that seems to be the problem with Square Enix
I actually love the final fantasy battle royale. It brings a new aspect to it. WIsh they would come over to console and pc to push the game further. Not all games can be alike and that the best part of them but hopefully one day they drive to pc and console as I stated before.
It's a shame. On my tablet with a controller or on a phone with a backbone it is a truly enjoyable experience
I remember hearing this was coming out and kind of forgot, when they announced it was closing I had no idea it had even come out yet. XD
I just got this game like a month ago and it was amazing !! 😢 super sad it ended today. Had no idea it failed that bad. Woke up today to play it and it was gone…. Hope they can fix what they need to and bring it back
Dude.. it's about Square Enix that we are talking About..They won't..
I love this games melee part of its combat as I have won so many games using only melees as they made them actually viable plus there's no other br that plays like ff7fs with its class and materia system
I downloaded it and played the tutorial. I was impressed with the production values, but there was absolutely no way I was going to play the actual game with those touch controls.
If it was on PC or consoles, I absolutely would have given it more of a shot, but I can't promise that it would have held my attention. It wasn't exactly my genre of choice.
Same as most people here, my problem was it being only mobile. First, I needed a high-end phone to play it, which I do not have. Second, mobile controls for a game like that are always wonky. They never work exactly the way they're supposed to.
If they ported this to a console or PC I definitely would have played it. It honestly looked pretty fun.
The fact it was mobile exclusive and on top of that not available on certain devices killed this from the get go
You can't say record keeper is a succes a few weeks after it closed in all the west... T.T
I think the game looked great and wanted to play it. It looked like it was trying to do something different and not just be another battle royal clone. I just had no intrest in playing it on a phone. I dunno why they never gave a console release a chance.
Another reason it failed: I just saw the title to this video and said to myself "Oh yeah, I completely forgot about that thing...."
Things that’d make this game good.
1. Console or pc port
2. A story/single player mode
3. Focus on its fan base
The game was cool and a new flavor to try for the br genre but once the first season ended I felt the need for better aiming sensitivity and a proper console or pc release would make the experience so much better imo. I’d hope to get it one day but alas it ended shutting down instead. I stopped playing around the end of the first season.
It was a game i would have loved to play if it was on anything else but mobile
They should have done a tactics themed battle Royale. They could have done what Smite Realm Royale failed to do and made a class based PVP system in a more fantasy setting. Could have had spells mixed with swords, bows, etc.
Normal Squeenix routine, every month there's a Live Service game that will go into the chopping block, then Squeenix will announce a new one, then rinse and repeat.
Because it was trying to cash in on the BR craze far too late and only being on mobile lol
It didn't need to exist
I played this on and off over time. It certainly sucks seeing it end like this but I can't say I'm too surprised to see it go either
The mobile exclusivity is exactly why I stopped playing the game. It was fun for a while, but it was incredibly frustrating to play also.
I was really excited and downloaded it immediately, but I just could not get into the touch controls. I never, ever want to play handheld games and CERTAINLY not mobile games but I made an exception for this. Might have been better if I bought a purpose-made controller or something but I didn't see it lasting after I realised how clunky it felt. If it was on console I'd have stuck at it for a lot loner I think.
I played from launch all the way through beginning of second season but then due to life events I stoped playing mobile in general only getting back to it a couple weeks after season four started. This definitely was one of the few battle Royales I actually enjoy, but I’m not an avid battle Royale player so most of my draw was in the Final Fantasy elements of it. Being able to explore Midgar in a pretty good open world was great.
I was so hyped for this game and then I never got done with the tutorial 😂 ooops
I stopped playing 6 months into the release because my account was wiped. No clue why it happened or how but I was never able to get it back or get in contact with anyone to help. All the links were to Japanese sites. Just unmotivated to loose money and time like that
I loved the First Soldier, I had to stop playing because a lot of big releases on consoles have been coming out and I was trying to get through my backlog so I could come back to the game later but I see that it won’t survive until then. I will certainly say, this game not being on other platforms greatly stunted it’s potential.
Played the first month or two, got the battle pass, even stepped back in to check out dragoon. Would have probably played more if it was on console, and this is as someone that's not as into the battle royal genre. I just liked all the FF isms. Hell I play League Wild Rift cause I know they are working on a console version with cross data so I keep my skins and champions.