damndl0ser said:
RPGJock said:
Harkins1721 said:
damndl0ser said:
http://kotaku.com/5230636/square-enix-boss-japanese-industry-is-old-people-doing-same-old-job
Continuing his interview with British trade site GI.biz, Square Enix boss Yoichi "Imperial Hot" Wada has chipped in with his two cents on what's wrong with the Japanese development scene.
"From the developer side, the Japanese games industry became so successful that we didn't recruit new people" he says. "So today, if you look at the main creators of games, they're already in their late thirties."
"When you look at the industry in the US", he continues, "the industry has attracted some very talented people from, say, computer science and the film industries - so people from different sectors came into the industry and that kept the market vital, succeeding in creating new products."
"But in Japan the old people are doing the same old job - and even the so-called new people... there are some people that you'd call 'game geeks' but it was a very closed world."
Ruthless, but then, mostly correct as well. Note he neglects to mention the other things wrong with most Japanese developers — a reluctance to take risks and an over-reliance on old franchises — but then, he is the head honcho of Square Enix.
Maybe this is why Square Enix can't seem to update their JRPG formats. And why games like Mass Effect 1 and 2 are so attractive to people now days.
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ME isnt really that good. Its ok but knowhere near FF.
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I am with him. I don't like shooters in my RPGs. Old school swords and socerers or nothing for me...
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I don't have a problem with swords and Sorcerers. I do have a problem with the same old format that they have had now for 25 years. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING has changed with it (other than grafix) in 25 years. No matter how much I love the old school RPG's of my youth. It gets tired and boring after 25 years, and you need to freshen it up.
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Honestly, ever since I experienced WoW, I can't get into traditional JRPGs like I use to. I recently picked up a used copy of Blue Dragon and I couldn't get past the second dungeon, I was bored with it.
But the Japanese have picked up the love of Phastasy Star MMO style play. Games like PSO and Monster Hunter 2+ seem to have picked up, unfortunately on the hand helds. I was never a game boy player so playing on a small screen to much to care for games like that. I guess that is why I have high hopes for White Knights Chronicle multiplayer. Its better than going back paying for WoW.
