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Naoki Yoshida Discusses Who Should Direct Final Fantasy 17 and The Kind of Game He Wants to Do Next

Final Fantasy XIV and XVI Producer Naoki Yoshida discusses who could direct Final Fantasy XVII, which advice he'd give them, and what he'd like to do in the future.

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Terry_B105d ago

Yup, someone else should direct the next Final Fantasy main series game.

Eonjay105d ago (Edited 105d ago )

During the interview he states that Final Fantasy is a series where each subsequent release is a intended to be be different than the one before it. I think that is an amazing and refreshing approach. The goal for each director is to make something they would enjoy.

Mtgames105d ago

As someone who played both Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XVI both games suffered from Yoshi P being siphoned back and forth. Endwalker is the weakest expansion compared to it others (but still grear on its own) and Final Fantasy XVI had WAY too many fetch quests which is lazy design.

On a positive note Final Fantasy XIV's new expansion has everything players wanted to come back and more. I am confident that no one was dissappointed. And the Final Fantasy XVI dlc has a different director giving players what we wanted. More lore on The Fallen and whats the deal woth Leviathan the Lost.

And no one got hurt.

Abriael105d ago (Edited 105d ago )

Lost me at "lazy."

Literally, the least appropriate (and most disrespectful) word to apply to game development is "lazy."

Also sorry, but I have to laugh at Endwalker being the "weakest" expansion. Only the whiniest FFXIV "influencers" really think that. And they're dead wrong. 😂

F0XHOUND104d ago (Edited 104d ago )

Endwalker, specifically 6.0 at least, was probably the greatest phase for the MSQ over the entire XIV story and was the perfect finale. This is also where Endwalker as a whole suffers for me, I felt the story ended perfect, and I just haven't been able to play beyond 6.1 and beyond due to lack of interest, it just felt like a great ending point to a story we have followed for years now. It was beautiful.

As for the content outside of MSQ, again, nothing new. Some interesting additions, island sanctuary etc and a stronger ultimate expansion than prior... the relic questline has been far too boring and streamlined. ALso, crafting as a whole since the merging of DC's to allow travel between servers has really killed any interest I had in that, purely my opinion of course.

The fact is, the game is starting to show its age, we have done raid mechanics a million times in different fights, they look epic, sure... but we need something fresh now. I do believe 7.x will start to attempt to fix this though. We have become far too greedy in expecting banger after banger per expansion... maybe endwalker as a whole can't stand alongside Heavensward, or Shadowbringers.... but for 6.0 alone, it's still one of the strongest additions to the Final Fantasy franchise as a whole, easily.

edit - I should probably finish endwalker tbf, before truly judging it. A somewhat new beginning will need time to feel more appealing compared to what 1.x - 6.0 felt like.

Mtgames104d ago

Fetch quests are peak lazy design.

Mtgames104d ago (Edited 104d ago )

CONSTANT fetch quests are peak lazy design. Out of all 76 of them only 6 were good and half of those were the "endings" of sidequests related to each other. Some of my favorite ones was getting access to areas only accessable via sidequests which there was a few of or when we got more lore; also few. Im my opinion we should have gotten half but more condesned. I do like the hunts. I took a screenshot after every beaten one.

And when it comes to Endwalker. It is the weakest expac COMPARED TO THE OTHERS IN FFXIV especially post content. Island Sactuary had potential but failed overall admit it. Crtiereon Dungeon should have came A LONG time ago now holding only special interest and the dev team doesnt know how to make it more popular. And as much influncers cen be total shills or haters they are right that the lack of midcore content in Endwalker is very distastful. Dont get me started on relic.

Speaking of lazy design
Give en example pleez if it exists to you.

Abriael103d ago (Edited 103d ago )

@Mtgames: Thanks for proving that you have been influenced by FFXIV's "influencers", which are pretty much some of the whiniest and most falsely entitled in the industry.

No, they're not right. They are in fact ludicrously wrong. The only reason that drives them is that they're constantly hungry for stuff to show, but they're completely detached by the needs to actual players, who have *plenty* of content to enjoy

Watchable and enjoyable are very different things. FFXIV influencers don't want enjoyable content. They want watchable content. They don't get enough, so they cry.

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Nerdmaster105d ago

Probably it should be someone who likes RPG, who can make the world's biggest RPG series to go back to being a freaking RPG.
And also, Nomura has to stay extremely far away from having any decisions on the plot,

gold_drake104d ago

agreed.
Nomura needs to stay far away from the next project haha.

shinoff2183104d ago

Mentions he doesn't want to pick a fight with the older games. Makes sense cause ff still don't hold up to what it used to. They haven't touched the greatness in new ff games that were there with 6 through 9(add 10 if you must).

CrimsonWing69104d ago (Edited 104d ago )

Man, I absolutely agree. I do think FF7 Remake has done a good transition from classic to modern.

What pisses me off is I look at games like Lost Odyssey, Persona, and Yakuza and clearly turn-based can still be done in modern times and can be quite successful.

I’d love to just see a classic turn-based FF game pushing visual fidelity and story telling to the limit with current-gen tech.

I hate this whole “we need to appeal to people who don’t like turn-based or Final Fantasy.” You alienate fans and you don’t rake in enough new fans.

shinoff2183104d ago (Edited 104d ago )

Ff7 remake did a pretty good job for sure. I'm with you on that, a real old school ff experience with today's graphics would be so dope. Their ditching some of their audience chasing the young. It's been like that for years. These days I get more excited for squares re releases, remasters, and remakes then I do new stuff. Besides octopath.

MontyeKristo104d ago

Honestly. I haven't bought a FF game since.. idk 10 I think. I really dislike how they got a way from Turn Based battles. I'd much rather they do an alternate game using live action combat. Do something like FF: Tactics but call it FF: Freeform or something.

I enjoyed FF as a turn based game, I don't need the combat system they have in it now. Sigh.

-Foxtrot104d ago

Crazy to me that FFVII Remake has a battle system which feels like a modern approach to Final Fantasy yet they don't want to use something similar for the main title games.

Like you said Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Persona, Like a Dragon can do turn based and they are fantastic games so why can't FF? It will still sell regardless

Do they think people will see turn based combat and go "Ew. Not buying"

Adrian_v01103d ago

It's highly subjective. The last great FF to many was FF XII. I personally hated FF IX even tho I'm an old school fan

CrimsonWing69104d ago

I honestly think the FF7 Remake team should do the next FF game. I was not a fan of 16 and hope to god that isn’t going to be the template for 17 to move forward with.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein11h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii7h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo6h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows906h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

qalpha7h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno7h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan6h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno5h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life19816h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno1d 2h ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno6h ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga1d 2h ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator21h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac19h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.

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Outriders Dev's Next Game Has Been Canceled After Publishing Agreement With Take-Two Fell Through

Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.

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Tacoboto2d ago

"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."

If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.

banger882d ago

If it was more online-only crap then good riddance.

jjb19811d 10h ago

Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.

thorstein1d 9h ago

I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.