Yoichi Wada: “Some Are Not Very Happy With Final Fantasy XIII”

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Killiana1a said:

I have some suggestions for the Final Fantasy franchise:

1. Get rid of the antiquated, decades old "Attack, Magic, Item" turn-based combat system.

2. Implement a real time combat system where computer algorithms based off of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons dice rolling becomes standard fare for combat calculations in real game time as it is in most WRPGs.

3. Stop with this intent on making every Final Fantasy game an interactive 100 plus hour long movie because some hotshot Japanese game developer is envious and aspires to the ranks of Hideo Kojima and Shigeru Miyamoto.

4. Open up the game world from the very start after the tutorial.

5. Allow the player to progress the main quest line at his/her own time of choosing.

As for the chart the OP displayed, it confirms my suspicions that Japanese gamers love their Japanese games at the expense of equally good if not better titles such as Batman: Arkham Asylum.

If gamers love good games, then can someone tell me why Batman: Arkham Asylum sold only 30,000 copies in Japan, while both Dragon Quests sold close to 6 million? Would it have been different if Konami or another Japanese game developer created Batman: Arkham Asylum?

Even if I don't like FF , 'westernize' FF will be one of the worst move ever in the story of video game.

Real time combat could be a good idea but with the dice system it would be frustating. If an enemy dodge my attack , I want to see the character sprite dodge my sword. Not a 'I touch you but you magicaly dodge'.I'm a huge D&D player but sometime when i'm unlucky several time in a row I really want to kill someone.

Good music & movie give some life to a game. Something that WRPG don't have.  Even if Fallout 3 is my favorite PS3 Game the game is so humdrum.

In almost all jrpg you gain a flying ship to explore the world so I don't know why gamer are crying for a open world. (But having it in the beginning could be a good idea.)