| A203D said: Oh and i've heard people mention that the story of FF13 is better than 12. imo the best part of FF13 was the Analects, they develop the Fabula Nova Crystalis mythology. however looking closely at FF12's first Sage Knowlege and FF13's first Analect: Sage Knowledge: "Many thousand years ago, all-powerful beings looked down upon the land, and their rule was absolute. They commanded all things on the earth. All was done according to their will. Then one day they withdrew behind the walls of a great city of their own making, disappearing from history's stage. In the vacuum left behind, Ivalice fell into chaos, until the march towards a new age finally began." Analect: "Luminous lamented, for creation spiraled unto doom. Stout fashioned earth, that future might take root. Sage turned mind's eye inward, seeking truth profound. Fool desired naught, and soon was made one with it. Maker forged fal'Cie, from fragments Maker's own. Maker forged Man, from traces once Divine. In time the gods departed, leaving all by their hands wrought. Fal'Cie were as Man forsaken, orphans of Maker absconded." –Author unknown Imo, Matsuno's Ivalice is phenominal, hes invested so much depth and mystery into the rich history of the world. Clearly Nojima has tried to do the same thing with Pulse and Cocoon, however, it just dosent work so well. Why??, because the material just seems like its been lifted from Ivalice, obviously they now have the gift of heinsight so they can make it even better. but considering how bad FF13's story was i doubt they could come with something that good if FF12 didnt come first. |
Nojima didn't write 13 though he was part of the scenerio concept. Matsuno didn't write 12 though he was also part of the concept. Maybe that's what you meant. And none of these people wrote the English Localization which when dealing with subtlties is very important. You can't translate word for word it doesn't work. Which was the amazing thing that was done with FFXII it had the best localization, out of basically any game I've ever seen.
the people that wrote 12 were
Daisuke Watanabe
Miwa Shoda
The people that wrote 13 were
Motomu Toriyama
Daisuke Watanabe
Yukie Hirano
Harunori Sakemi
Taken from wikipedia. If I'm wrong show me a better source
Also, you keep saying it wouldn't have been better if Matsuno let his full vision come together. How do you know that Hiroyuki Ito didn't improve the game from where Matsuno had it at? I mean Ito certainly is qualified enough he did co-direct or direct, 6 9.
You can't say either whether matsuno leaving hurt or improved the game.
