In the second part of his interview with Famitsu,Square Enix director Tetsuya Nomura continued his discussion about the Nintendo 3DS game Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance.
He also managed to reveal a small bit of information about that other project he’s working on, Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
Gary Green said: With my fondness for (most) Final Fantasy games and my side goal of finishing off games in my collection with loose ends, a return to Final Fantasy XV seemed inevitable. It also serves as my third Final Fantasy platinum trophy after VII and VIII, a reasonable substitute since Final Fantasy IX is nigh on impossible to master.
Final Fantasy 15's director has revealed why he left Square Enix back in 2018.
Hajime Tabata famously resigned from Square Enix two years after Final Fantasy 15 shipped in 2016. In a special livestream at the time, Tabata announced his decision to resign from the company, cancelling three of four new story-focused DLC episodes for Final Fantasy 15 in the process.
Man inherited a train wreck and was expected to release this game in under two years after it spent a better part of a decade in development hell. At one point there was even plans to make FFXIII Versus a musical. He did what he could.
Whatever the behind-the-scenes went on over the many years, at the end of the day it was a radical change in direction that I could not go along with. Also why I never bought 16.
Final Fantasy XVI’s launch was very different than Final Fantasy XV’s and the two mainline game releases are difficult to compare for a number of reasons.
While it seems really cool and people seem to really be enjoying it, I'm in the mood for a real jrpg right now, not an action game.
This is the first mainline Final Fantasy game I didn't pick up at launch since the original FF7 on PS1.
I'll certainly get it eventually, just not in the mood for this right now. Personal taste.
Well,
FF15 launched on more platforms than FF16
FF15 cost less to buy than FF16
The PS4 install base was bigger when FF15 released compared to the PS5 for FF16
I don't understand, Tales of Arise is a jrpg. It's also an action rpg, it even has less jrpg elements than FF16. The impact of PS5 exclusive is really strong.
I'm currently somewhere in the middle of FF XVI I think, and so far I'm enjoying it. Problem when comparing the two is there is a lack of bromance in FFXVI and it's less open worldish. In FF XVI the accompanying characters feel more like accessories that don't bring much to your playthrough outside of cut scenes.
Any info on VERSUS is like finding water in a desert - this is just only a drop. Disappointing.
We know lots already, but still not enough: http://www.finalfantasy-fxn...
Skipping cutscenes and watching them later doesn't really equal a theater mode. I doubt we'll be seeing YouTube vids of the "Top 10 FFvsXIII kills of the week".
In any case, Nomura should just put his money where his mouth is and actually finish the game while there are still people out there that care.
vaporware is vapoware
Well if all of u come in Nomura's place for a moment u will understand instantly why he take his time with Versus XIII and dont rush it, SE have screw up so much for such a long time and now all the disappointed almost ex-fans w8 just for this game to decide if SE is worth their time & money anymore, if this game flop SE sales is going to drop even more in the future because some thousands of ppl will never trust them again ever, I mean ever like NEVER! my self included.
So versus have a skippable cutscenes & theatre mode? Well that's good...cause if not than WTF are you doing for the last 6 years nomura-san? -_-
But nomura-san, can you give us more...important info than this. I mean, we need to know if this game is real and not a vaporware / canceled. A release date are more welcome after 6 years right? :P