Sakaguchi: Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive Is “Incredible,” Justifies Lack of Playable Female in Game

During a lecture at Bitsummit livestreamed on Nico Nico, legendary Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi had a few interesting things to say about the CGI feature film Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive, and how it interfaces with the game.

[Godmars290]

A good story tends to justify anything.

And I doubt FF15 is a good story. average at best.

[thereapersson]

Who cares, though? I don't know why everyone needs to pander to everyone else these days. For f's sake, it's your money and time, do whatever you want with it. If people want to play it, they will. Those that get offended by things like this are outliers, but they make the most noise because they are the minority. And unfortunately, said minority starts to become a bigger, more ignorant voice, and then starts affecting what the majority can enjoy via strong arm tactics and humiliation. I hate this generation of entitled whiners.

[Cryptcuzz]

Could not have said it better myself.

Aren't people and the media always complaining about a JRPG falling into traditional tropes of characters and such? So why is that when all of a sudden a JRPG doesn't have the traditional female characters, they end doing the exact same thing? Complaining.

Dumb fuc*s and entitled bitches -same peas in a pod.

[Godmars290]

Um...huh?

FF15's issue to me is that its pandering to the majority. That its generic and rather than an adventure, its a virtual amusement ride.

More to the point your comment comes off as contradiction.

"I don't know why everyone needs to pander to everyone else these days."

"Those that get offended by things like this are outliers, but they make the most noise because they are the minority."

The people offended over "boys-only" are generally from the mainstream, likely never played a FF title much less a JRPG before hearing about FF15 and as likely wont be buying it.

Me? I have issues over the arbitrariness I've noticed during the game's long development. Features taken out or added post release which likely effected ,or could have, the narrative and world presentation. Nevermind that should never have been announced as early as it was in the first place, what that said about Square at that time or now.

[Gardenia]

How do you even know if the story is good or not?

[Godmars290]

FF13

[rezzah]

Thanks for travelling to the future and confirming this for us.

I'm not sure what all of us would do without you.

[Elda]

Are you going to buy it?

[SinkingSage]

The XIII Sequels were pretty good.

[rezzah]

Why do people think a female is required for the game?

Not like the player is trying to reproduce and replenish the population of the world with a group of 4 males.

Not every story must consist of what we want it to be.

[thereapersson]

Nobody ever said SJW's were a logical lot...

[cash_longfellow]

This...so much this.

[discobastard]

It really upsets me that I can't play a male character in Tomb Raider!

Said nobody

Ever

[Duoma]

Agreed....and im gay lol.

[discobastard]

:D brilliant!

[Wallow]

Yes but playing as group of straight bros again. How innovative!

[pinkyxyz]

Its really sad that a developer has to justify its decisions based on some people who couldn't create a proper series if they tried.

[xMANB3ARP1G]

i feel devs shold listen to ppl more but in order for your opion to not get thrown in the trash youhave to submit proff of purchase and a receipt. that way the devs know you actually bought it and are not just an ass hole piggy backing off a reviews bad word against it and also so they know how much you spent and how valid your complaints really are. lets take the game M.A.G. for example the reviews were meh the internet said it was meh but a few years b4 it went offline i got it for 5 bucks and it was definitely up there on the list for best 5 bucks i have ever spent but if i would of bought it day one at full price i would of probably said it sucked at full price im more willing to listen to you complain about little things at 20 bucks the little things are alot easier to gloss over. im tired of devs pandering to the ppl who have 0 intent not buying your game much less buying it brand new day one those are the ppl you need to keep happy the ones who spent 60+ on your game not the ones who read a reviewer who is jaded against one franchise over the outer say this game sucks. honestly the reviews these days are all paid off i cant tell you how many times i hear a game that get released every few years is repetitive and boring to similar to the last one then a new call of duty comes out"oh its so innovative these 2 new maps are aso well done and i get to also play all my old favs this games amazing"

[Lon3wolf]

Sorry but was there a point in there somewhere?

[DivineAssault]

We will see... I love having my females mages

[Damien1801]

I don't think the movie needs to justify the lack of female protagonists in the game. It was originally Nomura's idea of the all male party anyway. If the developers want to make the game about brotherhood then let them tell their own story, we already had a story about sisterhood, sure FFX-2 was cheesy as hell but still. I don't hear anyone saying '' Sailor Moon lacks a male protagonist therefore it's crap''. And don't tell me Tuxedo Mask because he's served more as a behind the scenes kind of guy, a supporting character. Creators of a certain art don't need an audience to dictate them what kind of an art they need to make otherwise what's the point of making an art in the first place. Art is supposed to be subjective and creator's own way to express themselves. A storyteller doesn't need to pander to audience's request to tell his own story otherwise you're just ruining the climax of the story. Art is supposed to be controversial and shocking. Honestly I'm interested to see how the brotherhood story turns out, the story about male friends hanging out can be deep and touching if they make it work, you can add tons of layers of characteristics with that. But judging Square-Enix and their recent titles, I kind of doubt that but still we'll see how that pans out. I'm just glad we're getting a more simplistic story over a convoluted one so that it doesn't turn into a huge pile of mess like FFXIII trilogy. You can make a complex story even with the simple delivery. You don't have to make it more complex for the sake of being complex.

[DragonKnight]

Shouldn't need to be a justification. It should just be "this is what we wanted" and it ends there.

And on another note, Abriael, fix your site's layout. Like seriously. It sucks on mobile, and this is what I get to see on desktop...

http://imgur.com/6IJ8WIV

[FallenAngel1984]

Let the game justify itself. Don't try to pander to SJWs why females aren't regular party members.

Besides, FFX-2 having an all female party didn't deter me from enjoying the game.