Deus Ex studio apparently worked on a cancelled space-themed version of Final Fantasy XV
If there is one gaming franchise that Japanese publisher Square Enix is renowned for, it must be Final Fantasy. The popular JRPG series has been on the scene for over 30 years atd isn't looking to take a break anytime soon.
Especially with the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI. 2016's Final Fantasy XV (FFXV) was the first mainline entry in some time that somewhat quelled fans' worries for the franchise.
This is mainly because XIII was lackluster, and XIV's MMO nature steered it towards a comparative niche audience. But did you know that the game was intended to be developed by a Western studio? Canada-based Eidos Montreal, to be precise. According to a TrueAcheivements interview with the company's former art director Jonathan Jacque-Belletête.
Jacque-Belletête worked on two modern Deus Ex games (Human Revolution and Mankind Divided) and 2018's excellent Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy game. He threw in a little tidbit about the canceled project, saying:
This falls in line with a rumor from YouTuber Super Bunnyhop in 2018 that the company was supposed to develop the next FF game back in 2012. This puts it in the timeline after the development of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
This also occurred during the game's long and troubled development, which began after its reveal as Final Fantasy XIII Versus back in 2006 for PS3/Xbox 360.
In the video, former Square Enix president Yoichi Wada approached the Western team and granted them the green light to work on a new FF game due to apprehension caused by the Japanese team's lack of success with the IP.
Codenamed "Project W" (as it would be the first time a Western team made an entry in the series), it would have been a "space opera" type of JRPG and featured a love-triangle cast. It will also
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