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A203D on 21 July 2012
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Nem said:
Heavenly_King said:
The game was looking spectacular, with open-ended scenarios; active combat, great looking characters, what looks to be an interesting story (the protagonist was really important), dark themed as FFVII - FFVIII; no girly looking dudes, no manly acting girls.

This is so disappointing. It looks like SE indeed hates Tetsuya Nomura, he should just resign and talk with Sony, I bet they would hire him in no time, or at least they would do a project with him (keiji Inafune, Seth Kilian).

Seriously, tell me how many renowned developers that left the company that made them famous and ended up create something good again?I am honestly tired of seeing talent beeing lost. Sega without Yu suzuki and Yuji Naka, that left to create nothing relevant. Shinji mikami, Inafune, etc.

Even Sakaguichi, wich was the only one that managed to create something so,so doesnt make games as big as FF7 or 9.

I really prefer that they stay put so we can get more of the goodness that we know they can make. The games they can make without the support of the big company that saw them grow really arent anywhere near as good. Nomura wouldnt be anything without the KH brand. Not even Sony would let him develop a game like Versus 13 without the final fantasy brand backing him up.

You've pretty much hit the nail on the head here. I dont think Tetsuya Nomura is good, i think hes werid. I mean that film Advent Children was representative of everything SE is doing wrong; all style, NO substance. i dont think relying on a developer like Nomura is the answer.

I feel that this is the problem with Square Enix and Japanese developers at the moment. Relying on these names like Nomura, Kojima et al, in top down development teams to control the project. If you look at somewhere like Naughty Dog, the entire team works in a hollisitic manner. In Japan they work differently. I honestly think there is great potential from Japanese developers, but the problem is that i dont see younger, talented developers coming through. Here is the west you have so many studios with young (men and women) contributing much to the development process; in Japan not so much.

i feel thats the problem with their industry at the moment. Kenji Infuane recently spoke about this, i cant remember what he said, but i know Shinji Mikami also spoke about this, and got the situation completely wrong.

In a nutshell, whether Versus 13 is coming or not, i think it will be all style over substance, like what we've seen in the trailers so far.