Until today, I had never heard of Crimson Echoes, or at least I never paid attention to it. Even if I had heard about it, I probably would not have played it. I prefer to play games on consoles, and I'm not that much of a fan of fan games.
Now that I have read the announcement, though, I am utterly sickened by this development. This feels like a punch in the gut.
I know there have been countless posts like this, but Chrono Compendium as a website/organization has been for the fans and allowed people to show appreciation for the games they love. It isn't about promoting an individual or making money, and this humility is a rare trait on the Internet.
I can understand why Square Enix would do this, although I really wish that if Square were going to squash the project, that they would at least let it live in some form, even if they published Crimson Echoes in tact as a new game or something and gave you no credit at all. As horrible as it would be, at least all that hard work would not have been for nothing.
What I can't understand if why they would shut this down, but let other people actually profit off their copyrighted work from other games without permission. You all didn't ask for a dime. You weren't looking for glory. You spent years of your lives on a project out of love. Meanwhile, others can be far less selfless and prop themselves up, and yet they run around scot free.
This makes me want to cry, and worry what other fan works will be targeted next.
