I really doubt XV's story is so grandiose that it requires multiple games in order to finish its story...
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Final Fantasy XV TGS 2014 Trailer | Lord Nomura giveth us His only Son so we may live
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I really doubt XV's story is so grandiose that it requires multiple games in order to finish its story...
Dark_castle
Junior Member
I imagine it would put many people off, so I hope they don't do that. I see people complaint about the pace of KH2 beginning and the child arc of Tales of Graces often. Maybe during a quick flashback or short dream sequence, but nothing more.
Not if the whole point is to reel in cash in order to resolve a story that the first game should have ended at anyway!
Of course it is. I'm expecting a whole trilogy. Square-Enix knows people will buy them.
But Nomura said that... oh wait Nomura is no longer directing. Carry on!
Feels good, doesn't it?
No...
LouisaFerre
Member
But Nomura said that... oh wait Nomura is no longer directing. Carry on!
You evilton.
I'm sure Nomura is still involved to some degree?
Judging from your reaction though, maybe not...
Its very sad and disappointing.
Final Fantasy and Square Enix had reached a level of quality and critical reception that only the likes of Nintendo and modern day Naughty Dog have acheived. They went from THAT to more or less a glorified joke in terms of modern efficiency in game development.
Ghost Slayer
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vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
No worries, SE got us covered with DLC to finish the story arc a la XIII-2.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
No, but I fear its gameplay scope would be that it'd sacrifice other parts of the game, like the story, just to support it unless they'd divide it up.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Does duckroll hold a grudge towards Nomura or something?
doesn't everyone? at least toriyama makes things that materialize, even if it's just lightning for the third time in a row
Yeah, Nomura loves his sleep theme. In Kingdom Hearts as well.
Exentryk
Member
Rather nothing than Lightning.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
What, I love Nomura. I'm just pointing out that whatever Nomura said about the game and what he would like to do for the future of the "XV" series is no longer watertight.
Wouldn't his vision still carry through as technically his role could be considered as Chief Creative Officer?
Scrooge McDuck
Member
Didn't Nomura actually direct more games that Toriyama?
I'd rather have 10 years of nothing than 5 years of Toriyama, without a doubt.
i need something to complain about and square was already full of nothing
LouisaFerre
Member
What, I love Nomura. I'm just pointing out that whatever Nomura said about the game and what he would like to do for the future of the "XV" series is no longer watertight.
I know you're hurting the most.
I'm going to have fun and you can't stop me!
For the original at this point it's probably too far along to change much other then maybe shrink the scope a little. But anything he had planned following is probably no longer valid.
Ah I see people are starting to make up imaginary roles for people now just to feel better. Lol.
well they can certainly do a good job if they do it right.
My recent experience of child gameplay was from Tales of Graces F and I hated that part.
And Latin, although that really is a trait that has been in every Final Fantasy game.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
5 stages of grief
I would not want to see a kid Noctics. Nope, not at all.
Didn't they already make him look younger in this new trailer?
He used to look so much older in that first trailer. Man that first trailer even made me hyped back then.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
No. Nomura gets way too much hate really. Dude is one of the busiest slave worker of Square Enix based on his involvement in so many things.
I'm asking DuckrollYou seem to know more than me, hence the question mark.
Based solely on what Matsuda and the rest of the S-E PR team is saying, I think we can be pretty certain that Nomura's role on FFXV is currently Guy-Who-Is-Working-On-KH3-Instead.
maybe he should have put up a poster of lightning to watch over him
He seemed rather ignorant as well. Didn't even know that the "thing on fire" was an astral shard. :/
I'd agree with that. He's involved with every Kingdom Hearts project and was/is XV.
I just can't stand some of his character designs though.. especially XIII's.
VII had some great characters designed by him, so did VI, but XIII... ugh.
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I dunno but Nomura directed better games than Toriyama (and probably even Tabata).
Well honestly bro, I didn't know what it was either until they said it was a "astral shard"!
I hope Nomura wasn't planning on using the spoiled prince that lives in the castle all day trope. It doesn't look like it, but who knows...
He was barely involved in the character design for XIII.
Yeah, I actually agree with this lol.
Nonsense. He designed all the main characters. Every single one of them. He was less involved in the design for the sequels.
the_sun_king
Member
Late reply, but I would not be surprised if Prompto is the Polnareff of the group.
He's only directed the Kingdom Hearts games, whilst Tabata actually has previous experience directing Final Fantasy games.
I think Kitase, Hashimoto, or someone else who still works at Square-Enix with previous main series Final Fantasy directing / producing experience should have done XV, but that's just me.
Man, is Hiroyuki Ito even still at Square-Enix? I remember Hashimoto saying that he was planning a new project in 2013, but we haven't heard anything new since then.
Nomura likely didn't intend to stick around with FFXV's sequels no matter what happened. Around when FFVsXIII was announced, Nomura implied that it would be his first & last (mainline level) FF he would direct and that he would return to his own creation, the KH series, full-time and possible other things after it was released.
I originally thought Tabata was brought in to not only help Nomura while he also did some work on KHIII, but also as a kind of "I'll leave this into your hands" thing to prepare Tabata to take over as the lead for any possible future FFXV games, so Tabata would have been the one to take on the sequels anyway, even before they replaced Nomura with him on FFXV itself.