From their earliest days in the Square era to their latest hits in the time of Square Enix, this company has had some sterling scripts. Certainly, most of the early works were truncated to suit older consoles. On the far end of the spectrum, plenty of Square's later work has been criticized as being overwritten. But strength-of-storytelling has been a core pillar of the developer's success for longer than many of us have been alive.
Every year, Square Enix fandom inevitably contemplates which writers, past and present, have contributed the best written work to the vast catalog of games. Final Fantasy's a major draw in such discourse, but there are plenty of other hot topics: Dragon Quest, Nier, Xenogears, The World Ends With You, Paranormasight, the list goes on. One such chat is presently brewing, and while the results haven't been particularly surprising, they have played host to some spectacular debate.
While you can scour any Square-centric subreddit and find something similar in any given month, one of 2025's most in-depth conversations on the best writers in the Square Enix stable can presently be found on ResetEra, where the user Slatsunus added an interesting caveat: the writer you...
