Andriasang: "Last week, a post by Hironobu Sakaguchi at the Mistwalker corporate blog got gamers buzzing as the Final Fantasy creator seemed to be suggesting that upcoming Wii RPG The Last Story could be his final game.
Sakaguchi has since provided his own English translation of the post. You can read it for yourself directly at the blog, but here's the relevant bit"
The dev praised the non-Japanese team behind the game for keeping its setting authentic to real life.
Funny the downvotes but no one said anything. What ff game has came out better then 6 through 9. There isn't a better one 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 not even close.
‘Better’ is purely subjective. Why would you think everyone else had similar likes or dislikes?
I agree, but I still think FF10 was pretty good still, I just haven't enjoyed an FF game after 10, except World of FF and A Ream Reborn.
FF hasn't been good since the original VII. Granted XVI changed that, but that was a long wait.
Crazy how many Japanese developers have come out to praise the game when the Western journalists were trying to play it down and give off the impression it was somehow racist for a Western studio to make a game set in Japans history
Unfortunately, many so called journalist now a days are more activist than journalist, and are easily triggered at just about anything that does not fit into their narrow idealology.
Is this trying to reach back and aim for another round of cultural appropriation? Yes, some Americans made a great game that respects another culture, get over it and go Frosk yourselves.
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi was asked whether he'd work on the MMORPG as a guest creator during a panel that TechRaptor attended in person, and his answer was relatable and funny at the same time.
I´m positive that Phil already got that covered.
Phil already confirmed that more AAA exclusive games from Japanese developers are coming! Including Hideo Kojima´s new IP (probably Overdose) and a new rumored JRPG from Tango Gameworks .
Not impossible, Spencer is a big fan and the whole reason the bc program included Blue Dragon and Lost Odyseey.
Someone needs to give Mistwalker some cash.
What is Sakaguchi working on nowadays? Fantasian was the last thing he put out right? That game really needs a Steam release or something.
There has been a lot of discussion about whether Final Fantasy XVI is worthy of the franchise, and the game just received an exceptional endorsement.
Right there with him. It's not my absolute favorite of the franchise, but cemented itself in my top 3 of the series! I think the gameplay and exploration of some previous entries were done a lot better though. (XVI really needed mini-games and fun side things to do...) Some of the slower story moments could have been done better as well. However, it has some of the best boss fights and story/cutscene moments of any game I've ever played. I have been gaming since the NES days and I can't really think of anything that can even compare to this in terms of boss battles.
Right there with you man, this is top 3-4 for me in the series.
It was my game of the year, but right now I think bg3 is gonna take that spot for moment as I'm 30 hrs in and what larian has done is amazing.
I can see ff16 probably sliding down a few for more spots for me this year buttttt regardless of that fact, no game this yr will match the highs I had with 16, I don't remember the last time I was just so hyped while playing a game, I felt like a child during some parts.
While the game may be very imperfect in some areas, it was just so goddam good every where else.
Loved it!!
I started playing FF VII from my backlog of games on PS5 and the FF XVI demo dropped on PS Store. I did try it but for some reason it did not jive well with me, mainly for the battle dynamics and overall design and its time period in which is located. I'll give it a try after I finish VII and XV ...
I felt the same way with 12 and 16. 16 grew on me over the course of the game though. It gets better. The demo’s battles are extremely limited. Going back to 7R felt a bit weird, they both satisfy different cravings.
My man, Sakaguchi is the series creator and was directly involved in all of them until FF9. Plus a bunch of other projects like Chrono Cross.
One ambitious movie fail isn't taking away any of his legendary rep.
It was enough for him to quit Square altogether, the fact they had to merge with Enix proves the colossal scale of the project's failure.
He was also the one that saved them from closing up shop with FF1, so yeah the man's done plenty of good things and also made some questionable decisions. If it wasn't for him FF wouldn't have given me hundreds of hours of joy when I was growing up
@fsfsxii
The merger was already in motion before Spirits Within failed. In fact, Square was stressing out that the failure of Square Pictures would make Enix back off from the merger.
He also quit Square because they essentially gave him positions that allowed him very little involvement and input into projects, which was due to the movie being a massive failure.
dude completely ignoring the fact Sakaguchi left Square to start his own company, Mistwalker studios which immediately went on to create Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. Sakaguchi is a legend, let's not act otherwise.
Yeah, Making an unsuccessful movie totally invalidates his opinion on a game, while making tons of awesome games and giving birth to one of the most relevant JRPG franchises that ever existed isn't important right?
What a take.
He does. There isn't another interpretation that fits the wording.
Source: I speak Japanese and you don't.
I didn’t really mean translation
I was referring to the Reddit post on the official subreddit which was talking about this, which makes sense given his past interviews which he seems to be referencing. Also what Clive says at the end of the game.
https://ibb.co/tQQrsvb
“Source: I speak Japanese and you don't.”
Just when I thought you couldn’t be more up your own arse and pretentious you still surprise me…
Edit:
Oh and here’s the updated clarification. You’re welcome, but you probably didn’t need it knowing Japanese and all…
https://twitter.com/aitaiki...
LOL That's such a distortion.
The wordplay doesn't in any shape or form exclude the fact that it's clear praise. Incidentally, you're not saying anything new. I cited the wordplay myself in my article much before these posts were made.
What Sakaguchi-san said expresses both praise AND the fact that it is indeed worthy of the Final Fantasy franchise, unlike what some allege.
One does not exclude the other and the wording used combined with the all-caps is clear.
Also, good job linking spoilers without warning. I'm fairly positive not everyone reading this has played or finished the game, especially considering that it's only on one platform for now 🤨
It was good
Solid 8/10…But that’s it
It’s heavily flawed
Story was good, better than XIII and XV but it felt so dumbed down with the combat.
They need to go back to turn based and bring the strategy back.
8/10 is too generous for a heavily flawed game, which this game is. There are great parts of this game which is more disappointing when the bad parts overshadow them. @Abriael, are other people allowed to have an opinion in Japan? You seem very defensive of this game and cannot accept that other people do not like it. Are you really Yoshi-P. Lol!
Maybe. I mean I could stretch it to 7.5 / 10
I just wanted a good FF game after XIII and XV…I kind of got it, in parts
The only thing that annoys me more is those who say it’s 100% perfect, the best FF game or a game changer. It’s really not.
My favorite game this year so far. Maybe it will change when I play BG3 and Spider-man 2.
Still praying for Lost Odyssey 2..
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The Gooch is awesome, his blog entries are both hilarious and insightful.
Can't wait for The Last Story!
glad to hear that he pouring his all into this project.
It probably was one of those annoying wannabe Japanese loving anime freaks who did the translation.
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