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NEWS: Square Enix to End Service on Dia Horizon, King's Knight Smartphone Games




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Blankslate



Joined: 30 Jun 2015
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:07 pm Reply with quote
Jeez Dia Horizon didn't last long. It didn't even last a year.
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harminia



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:29 pm Reply with quote
Never played either of them but it's always sad when a game closes.
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nhat



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:07 pm Reply with quote
Blankslate wrote:
Jeez Dia Horizon didn't last long. It didn't even last a year.


It's hard to have faith in SE mobile games when they keep closing them down
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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:09 pm Reply with quote
Blankslate wrote:
Jeez Dia Horizon didn't last long. It didn't even last a year.
Well, it's kinda expected - they tried to ride on GBF success, but completely missed a thing in terms of marketing, and game goes under the radar.
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BlueAlf



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:15 pm Reply with quote
IMO Dia Horizon did feel too much like a Granblue Fantasy knock off. Another obvious sign of poor planning in Square Enix's management.
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wohdin



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 6:13 am Reply with quote
nhat wrote:
Blankslate wrote:
Jeez Dia Horizon didn't last long. It didn't even last a year.


It's hard to have faith in SE mobile games when they keep closing them down

it's hard to have faith in SE mobile games when they come out with like 20 new but entirely unoriginal mobile games every [expletive] year and not a single one of them is particularly good

what sucks is that the gameplay of king's knight was actually pretty decent but all the mobage trappings just downgraded it to mediocre at best

this is the case with most of their games tho, and will be for as long as they keep trying to chase that GBF money instead of actually trying to do something interesting and new
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Paulo27



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:53 pm Reply with quote
Still no idea what they were trying to do with that anime for Dia.
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BlueAlf



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:08 pm Reply with quote
Paulo27 wrote:
Still no idea what they were trying to do with that anime for Dia.


IMO it's the case where they hastily announced an anime for the purpose of promotion, failed to secure funding from investors, and in the end can't go back on their word.
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