Game News The creator of Final Fantasy is categorical: games will not be modernized because of the players!
The new titles in the most popular video game series follow one another and are so similar that some people increasingly have the impression that they are playing the same software over and over again. An observation that the creator of the Final Fantasy series shares and for which he already has a proven culprit: you.
“You are part of the problem”
If for many the lack of ambition in the video game industry is due to publishers who only want to maximize their revenue, For Hironobu Sakaguchi – the creator of the Final Fantasy series – it is a simplified abbreviation. In fact, and without denying this statement, it extends the debate until blame the gaming community for the problem. In fact, he explains, during a Japanese radio interview alongside Yuji Horii – the creator of the Dragon Quest series – who Developers often face too high expectations from players who want nothing to change and force studios to follow instructions that have already been seen and verified.
And although he believes there is nothing wrong with studios continuing to want to satisfy nostalgic gamers, However, he regrets that the studios are impressed and are no longer able to use their resources to develop new ideas or take risks, for example by creating new licenses. He concludes: “If things continue like this, people will have had enough“.
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Hironobu Sakaguchi on the left, Yuji Horii on the right
An interview in which the creator also talked about the idea that the Final Fantasy series would be “a show game.” This includes the titles of the series Often, gameplay is sacrificed in favor of cutscenes and dialogue. Sakaguchi, annoyed by this criticism, explains that it is necessary “to truly appreciate his titles”Play properly and experiment” by completely searching the areas and reaching as many targets as possible always looking for more and more about the universe in which the player develops.
Shortly afterwards, Yuji Horii explains that he has always considered his series as such Titles that keep the player constantly amazed before rushing to discover the rest of the events. According to him, the latest titles often include Cutscenes that are far too long and numerousthat give him”almost the urge to pass it on to be able to play again“. A fairly recurring criticism of the latest episodes of the Final Fantasy saga, which Internet users did not fail to highlight on X (formerly Twitter), was also accused of having abandoned the exploration of the world in favor of a more interventionist adventure.
