FFXIV 1.0 producer & co-designer of the original FF wants to make a new game
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SEGAvangelist
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He needs to join Mistwalker, then we'd have him with the Gooch and they can hire Nobuo for music and Amano for art. Ultimate JRPG team? Yes, please.
Yes, aka, what I was hoping FFXIV was going to be.
FFXI with a few tweaks to steer it towards modernization.
Austriacus
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Why not, everyone deserves a second chance.
By few I hope you mean 'practically the entire game.'Yes, aka, what I was hoping FFXIV was going to be.
FFXI with a few tweaks to steer it towards modernization.
And they can make the ultimate mobile adventure!
Zuhzuhzombie!!
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Coming to Windows Phone 2014.
I think that Tanaka is one of the greatest game designers in the world.
By the way, 1.0 > 2.0. Really, it is a shame that in three years Yoshi P actually made a worse game. I really wonder how the game would be like now if the original development team was still working on XIV.
I can't wait to see Tanaka's next game! Hopefully it is an RPG!
By the way, 1.0 > 2.0. Really, it is a shame that in three years Yoshi P actually made a worse game. I really wonder how the game would be like now if the original development team was still working on XIV.
I can't wait to see Tanaka's next game! Hopefully it is an RPG!
It wouldn't be running because nobody would play it and it wouldn't be making any money.
MagnaderAlpha
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As long as it's not an MMORPG FF, sure. Just like Tokita(maybe even Kawazu), I'd love to see some of the older FF guys make NEW installments in the series. They can't be worse that, say, Toriyama.
Rising_Hei
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XIV 1.0 was a mess because of the deadlines :/
There should be lots of new TRULY FF attempts from many Square Enix studios just like in the old times u.u
There should be lots of new TRULY FF attempts from many Square Enix studios just like in the old times u.u
Are you Londa?
Yes, aka, what I was hoping FFXIV was going to be.
FFXI with a few tweaks to steer it towards modernization.
So much this.
I want to be my elvaan running home in ronfall in high def.
Shogun1337
Junior Member
And? Why doesn't the thread title also state FFXI producer? Stop trying to make him look bad, this man is a legend
I agree. Title should have just been "Hiromichi Tanaka wants to make a new game."
Londa's alt, spotted.
No way no how is 1.0 ever better than 2.0.
He should do a non-MMO, FF11 not withstanding his work seems more in that direction.
ZombiePlatypus
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Yup! Especially with the Gooch at his side. Just please don't be for phones.
Riposte
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1.0 or the game leading up to 1.23 that Yoshi-P had a hand in?
Hiromichi Tanaka, lol
But yes, Tanaka makes really unique experiences, and I hope his return is not in mobile.
I wasn't trying to make him look bad. I think the guy is amazing and I have already stated my view prior. I enjoyed what I played of FFXIV 1.0. I also enjoy FFXIV 2.0. so yah... chill out.
Tanaka is responsible for some great Final Fantasy games including FFXI, and I think he's worth the respect that he's earned.
But FFXIV Version 1.0 was absolutely terrible, and definitely a blemish on his record and the company's as well. I understand -some- of the rationale behind why very few people think it was better, but the game just didn't work. It was a sloppy and rushed mess that was an amalgam of old and new ideas converging in the worst of ways.
Nevertheless, I will be looking forward to what he'll be working on with GungHo.
But FFXIV Version 1.0 was absolutely terrible, and definitely a blemish on his record and the company's as well. I understand -some- of the rationale behind why very few people think it was better, but the game just didn't work. It was a sloppy and rushed mess that was an amalgam of old and new ideas converging in the worst of ways.
Nevertheless, I will be looking forward to what he'll be working on with GungHo.
ZombiePlatypus
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Not to derail, but for those wanting a new FFXI, what does it offer that trumps XIV 2.0? Isn't it a lot more grindy and kinda impossible to play without a party?
Black Door
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It'd be insane if, instead of what they produce being XI-2, it ends up being I-2 and gives all of the classes character development and limit breaks or whatever
Ah, yes, the Master Queen of Butterfaces.
SnakeLinkSonic
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Oh, look. a support group thread for spurned XI fans.
Sure, bring it on.
Experiments sometimes fail, and that's okay. The only way to make a surefire shot is to stagnate.
Final Fantasy was in dire need of some good old stagnating, though. XIV 2.0, just like IX, brought nothing new into the fold, just some good old polish and 'feel'. One of five's okay.
But, still. Let's have a Tanaka game.
Experiments sometimes fail, and that's okay. The only way to make a surefire shot is to stagnate.
Final Fantasy was in dire need of some good old stagnating, though. XIV 2.0, just like IX, brought nothing new into the fold, just some good old polish and 'feel'. One of five's okay.
But, still. Let's have a Tanaka game.
Or better yet, a Itou game
ZombiePlatypus
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Or better yet, a Itou game
Seriously dafuq's Itou doing?
Shogun1337
Junior Member
Yoichi Wada decided to invoke the release of an MMORPG in it's Alpha Stage.
That's about it. I would bet $100 on that.
The reason I stopped playing FFXIV 1.0 was because:
1. Classes were generic WoW stuff and not having FF styled classes.
2. The lower end armor always looked like hobo rags and the color was dull on these armor.
3. Not enough stuff to do.
4. Confusing to play.
I thought the game itself was fine outside of having to spam attacks which was remedied when they added in auto-attack MUCH later. In some ways I miss 1.0 since the graphics were a lot better and I thought the OST was much better too. I think the combat I tried right before it went down forever for 2.0 I may have liked more.
1. Classes were generic WoW stuff and not having FF styled classes.
2. The lower end armor always looked like hobo rags and the color was dull on these armor.
3. Not enough stuff to do.
4. Confusing to play.
I thought the game itself was fine outside of having to spam attacks which was remedied when they added in auto-attack MUCH later. In some ways I miss 1.0 since the graphics were a lot better and I thought the OST was much better too. I think the combat I tried right before it went down forever for 2.0 I may have liked more.
He was pretty awful with FFXI, but I'd argue the current head is awful as well. If only FFXI was ran by a competent team that actually played the game it would have been 100,000x better.
Part of Tanaka's problem with 11 and 14 was he didn't care about community input, which is important in an MMO.
Yoshida on the other hand cares too much for community input.
Shogun1337
Junior Member
Tanaka's "lack of care about community input" (if that's even a thing) is what made FFXI the gem we all remember, that was very successful. He didn't care about the bitching about difficulty, or bitching about grinding, or pacing, or lack of quests; and it couldn't have turned out better.
It is also what pushed away a lot of people and stopped it being a big hit.
FF11 wasn't difficult so much as a complete and utter time sink.