New Chocobo Racing game is a mess
Despite being priced at $50, Chocobo GP was structured like a free-to-play game with laborious grinding and pricey battle pass exclusives. It also launched in a far-from-polished state. “I am very sorry that bugs in the competitive modes of the game, and our lack of advance communication, have caused inconvenience to players,” producer Hironori Okayama wrote shortly after the game’s release in March. As an apology, Square Enix also promised 500 Mithril, the game’s premium currency, to launch players. Earlier this week, however, the publisher announced that the online multiplayer game wouldn’t be getting any new updates, an unfortunate outcome for the modern successor to a beloved Final Fantasy kart racer.
