DMeisterJ said:
Erm... Failry optimistic of you. |
Enacting damage control? Why? because his talent is no longer an asset to Square-Enix and thus no longer in favor of the Sony brand? Ogre Battle and FFT are highly acredited games. FFXII certainly is ambiguous as to where blame can be allotted, but given his track record vs FFXII, I would say it was the absense of his influence and the pressures that inevitably forced him to leave that led to a mediocre final product. Or would you have us think that he's lost his touch? Funny you folks are typically so adamant in defending the talent of Square-Enix as still being as good as ever even inspite of the agreed upon quality of thier modern games yet you have no problem what-so-ever in claiming such of one of their bigger names now that he has deffected elsewhere. How convenient.
I'm sure had he remained there, Ogre Battle and FFT would be one of the biggest boasting points for the potential for the upcomming FFXIII. If I recall, one of the key problems he had with FFXII was the pressure being put on him to push it in the direction of FFX (Square-Enix's last successful FF game) rather than FFTA which FFXII was suppossed to be in the spirit of. Not only did FFXII basically copy and paste FFX's world, architecture and character designs but pushed the non-human races (that were an imperative part of FFTA) as far out of the picture as possible keeping only one of the most human races (Fran) as the typical noble savage main character. I'm sure his dissaproval of FFXIII was similaraly rooted in their abandonment of traditional fantasy elements in favor of this stale artistic direction and shallow attempt at a cyber-punk matrix theme. But who knows, as he stands as an enemy to the Square-Enix/Sony cause, his talent must be brought into question.
eitherway. I'd say optimism is more deserving than pessimism here.
