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Ex-Square Enix devs (KH, FF14, FF15, Dissidia) announce Chaos Centurions for mobile
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silvermember
Banned
Except for the gotg comment, Nomura hasn't made a bad game since he moved up, so I don't see what's so funny.Ahahahahaha.
Hahahhahaha.
Then again I am not too grounded/blinded in square soft nostalgia to see the problem.
A programmer can only improve a game, they can't make a game good. Nomaru is still in charge.
Hmm, I like his work as a world planner then. I feel like Eorzea as a concept has gotten a bit muddier since the good/bad old days.
He seems like a hardcore medieval settings fanboy too. Seems to really like European style armor and stuff. One of the non-game things he did somewhat recently was acting as a setting supervisor for the Berserk movies. Lol.
Well, probably a desire to ship games for starters.
Ouch!
I would think it's also the desire to leave the ailing Japanese console games industry.
Yeah, the overall presentation in this video makes it look kinda bland, or at least early work (uninspired menu elements, same placeholder-ish scenery through the whole trailer, etc). Definitely not writing it off, but for now the staff's pedigree has more of my interest than the game itself.looks great
shame with all that credentials
they couldn't come up something that (on initial judgment) doesn't look like another reskinned version of all the same games on iOS
will keep a close eye on it for Yoshikawa though
Purple Cheeto
Member
Maybe they're all broke so they're rushing this out? Maybe not releasing something for 10 years has them just wanting to finish a project for the sake of remembering what that is like?
Ahahahahaha.
Hahahhahaha.
What? It's not like he's wrong. Unless you have some proof showing otherwise, I believe in Nomura. Yeah the game has taken a long time to come out but Nomura generally doesn't make bad games.
I mean, unless you think KH3 will be GOTG instead. That could always happen too!
This game actually doesn't look that impressive to be honest. I wish I knew what the one game on iOS that was similar to this was called. It was like Orcs vs Elves and it had all sorts of units you could upgrade and get spells to cast on the field. It's essentially the same gameplay.
Developers really need to step their game up for mobile. Or maybe these small shallow games is what the public wants.
For me though, I want to see more games with the depth of Chaos Rings or Song Summoner.
Developers really need to step their game up for mobile. Or maybe these small shallow games is what the public wants.
For me though, I want to see more games with the depth of Chaos Rings or Song Summoner.
Dante Morgan
Banned
Sigh... we're never going to see FFXV, are we? And here I was hoping it would show up at TGS.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Sigh... we're never going to see FFXV, are we? And here I was hoping it would show up at TGS.
I'm skeptical that we will see another retail game from Square Enix's japanese teams, i really hope im wrong.
Ragnarsson
Member
Doesn't look like my kind of game and doesn't look that good. The talent exodus from Square-Enix is worrisome, though.
Dante Morgan
Banned
I'm skeptical that we will see another retail game from Square Enix's japanese teams, i really hope im wrong.
Things certainly haven't looked good for SE lately, but I doubt they'll give up on retail games that soon. It's high time for them to turn things around though.
RyougaSaotome
Member
Yeah he's a huge reason why I bought BoF5 in the first place (loved the cover, bought it on impulse, found out after that it was actually an awesome game!), and why I have artbooks for BoF5 and Last Ranker.
I did a little more digging, and it seems he might have left years ago?
http://www.ubisoft.co.jp/ac3/special/spe_wallpaper.html
Back when Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed 3 in Japan, they had 2 special guest illustration wallpapers - one by Tomoko Nishii at Platinum Games, and one by Tatsuya Yoshikawa. Capcom isn't mentioned anywhere, which would be very unusual if he's still an employee.
Huh, I totally remember that wallpaper (it was also in Famitsu if I remember correctly). It totally never dawned on me that there was no Capcom mentioned.
He also has a tiny credit in MvC3, but that might just be reused art assets.
Be free, Yoshikawa, BE FREE!
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Pretty cool that O. Smith is actually credited as a writer, not just a translator.
Man, people are jumping from Square left and right.
Ya dun fucked it up, Square.
It is very telling that people who leave SE end up making smartphone games. People keep saying "Give them the director chair and watch them make a great RPG like <insert old title they worked on>. Yet the first chance to do so they make a rather mediocre looking phone game. You really see here why SE does what they do. Everyone wants a piece of the very lucrative phone market.
clay_ghost
Member
What? It's not like he's wrong. Unless you have some proof showing otherwise, I believe in Nomura. Yeah the game has taken a long time to come out but Nomura generally doesn't make bad games.
I mean, unless you think KH3 will be GOTG instead. That could always happen too!
I like that you believe that FF15 will see the light of day.
Are you thinking of Battleheart / Battleheart Legacy?This game actually doesn't look that impressive to be honest. I wish I knew what the one game on iOS that was similar to this was called. It was like Orcs vs Elves and it had all sorts of units you could upgrade and get spells to cast on the field. It's essentially the same gameplay.
Developers really need to step their game up for mobile. Or maybe these small shallow games is what the public wants.
For me though, I want to see more games with the depth of Chaos Rings or Song Summoner.
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Looks pretty cool. So people are leaving SE because their work is hindered and creativity stifled huh?
Iwao left S-E years ago, shortly after FFXIV originally tanked. Before that he was deeply involved in the setting design for both FFXI and FFXIV - characters, items and equipment, naming lots of stuff, story details, etc. Incidentally, he also directed Parasite Eve 2. *cough*
He was also a planner and wrote the scenario of BIO HAZARD (Resident Evil). He's the only reason the story in the game is any good.