Square Enix: We take too long to make games

[outlawauron]

Akvod said:

Onyxmeth said:

outlawauron said:

Onyxmeth said:

outlawauron said:

makingmusic476 said:

From what I've read, the Last Remnant suffered from a plethora of technical issues and minor gameplay flaws that held back what was a pretty good concept. Seemingly the game was rushed. Do they want to start doing this with all their titles?

Then Square will be just like every other Western developer!

Like Naughty Dog, Epic Games and Infinity Ward, that can make fantastic games while staying within the time frame of a two year period. There's really no reason why we have to translate what that SE dude is saying to mean rushing the games out the door. From the looks of it, he sees it as more of a management issue, and cracking down on being more efficient. There's nothing wrong with that, and there's no reason to think Square can't get on a better schedule with making deadlines.

If it's the head of Square talking, then his project managers are likely giving him deadline projections they can't keep, and he's getting tired of it. I want to do good work also at my job, but I do the best work I can in a manageable amount of time, so I don't fuck up deadlines. Square had no issues two generations ago making deadlines, making more games, and them being of at least the same quality as they are now if not better.

Yes you can point out the exception of greatness, but most western games are rushed, buggy, and completely unpolished.

So are most Japanese games. I tried to use exceptional western developers to make my point because that is what Square Enix are supposed to be. They should be the kind of place where teams can stay on schedule, push out a game every two years, and make them great and polished.

@akvod-Infinity Ward is the development team behind Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and the upcoming Modern Warfare 2.

 

Lol. Is Modern Warfare THAT good? I really feel like I'm missing out on something huge. I'm planning on buying MAG over MW2 too =P

It's fantastic!