What?
No, that place is worse every day (although a new Ivalice game would be fantastic).
Yasumi Matsuno leaves Level-5 [Update: Post #201]
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What?
No, that place is worse every day (although a new Ivalice game would be fantastic).
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
DnD tabletop type RPG game. And most of the Guild01 games were short so yeah.
Then you experienced Level-5's strengths and not its weaknesses. Level-5 is absolutely great in terms of art and technical stuff, but the game design/music is generally incredibly lackluster. In the case of Dragon Quest games, those roles were filled by the Dragon Quest regulars.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
... Well, I can't disagree with that.
BudokaiMR2
Member
LOL I am pretty sure Matsuno is in a little bit of a different league and there is no resume sending required.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
That... didn't last long.
Probably make more money doing that than any of his other games.
ice burn
Yeah, he needs to be doing something big. Didn't they say he was making stuff for kids? Fits with L5's current MO and sounds terrible.
I think he said he will not make any big games anymore or something like that.
Glass Rebel
Member
Maybe he can join tri-Ace and bring his flavour to VP3.
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SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
Some moron just updated the Dark Cloud 3 wikia with a false rumor and terrible syntax.
I corrected some of it, and deleted the fake rumor, but holy if the ring isn't run by a 7 year-old.
The latter was also there, so there are two children at odds.
MuddyDonut
Member
I thought Matsuno parts in Madworld were pretty neat.
Plus Matsuno made me finish it!
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
something something Yesh
Shalashaska161
Member
I just hope he's happy. The dude's created some of my favorite games, and if he feels he needs a break, all the power to him.
I'd love to see him go back to creating epics with SE again someday, though I don't know if that will ever happen.
I'd love to see him go back to creating epics with SE again someday, though I don't know if that will ever happen.
dragonlife
Member
Me, too! That's why I wouldn't say no to more. I just think his talents are better utilized elsewhere.
gamergirly
Member
Father of Ivalice
pants
Member
I'd actually love a tri-ace and level 5 collaboration on a dev level.
jimmypython
Member
SCEJ could go after him....they need someone to make games for the Vita. .....
Matsuno seems like a real quitter. I'm not sure exactly what's wrong with his professional commitments, but it really seems that after FFXII, he just can't keep focused for long. He's leaving the industry again to recharge? After making a tiny small scale game? It's honestly pretty disappointing.
There is a really high chance of there being more to it than him just "leaving to recharge." The number of Japanese dudes who tell the truth about their reason for leaving a company is not very large, after all.
I think it's pretty clear at this point that there's something wrong with Matsuno, rather than the companies he works with. Maybe he really just doesn't enjoy making games anymore.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
Vagrant Story is the odd one-off title that I would actually hate them to make a sequel to.
A remake for Vita or 3DS in the spirit of the original, would be quite welcome however. I feel like something would be lost in translation on a full HD remake for the twins.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
He's probably never been able to truly recover from whatever kind of nervous breakdown he had during FF XII. I'd guess it's a combination of, as you say, not enjoying the act of making games (hence his comments about wanting to make smaller-scale ones) and not enjoying the burden of responsibility that comes with making games.
He likes cats though. Maybe he can become a vet or something!
Based on Kawazu's political comments on Twitter, I doubt they'll want him back!
Or make a Cat rpg! Competition for Inafune's Penguin rpg.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
What did he say?
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Fimbulvetr
Member
dragonlife
Member
I know. That's why I said "another game of theirs with him on board."
I'll weep like an ugly school girl whenever Matsuno bails out of the games industry.
IIRC, he was bitching about how the LDP so easily let Abe return to the leadership post after stepping down for his terrible run as prime minister, and he made a snarky remark about how at the company he works in, if you complain about some illness and neglect your responsibilities, you don't get a second chance in that position.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Wow, someone's jelly of Yazz's creative genius, methinks.
AuthenticM
Member
I'd be okay with him directing Final Fantasy XV. 
Nah I think he's probably just pissed off that he had to take over the production of FFXII because he ran off. It's not the first negative remark he made about Matsuno with regards to leaving work unfinished. I recall another comment he made when asked about taking over as FFXII Producer, he said something like "How would you like it if someone just left unfinished work and you had to take off at the last minute?"
I think he's been pretty butthurt about it since the beginning.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Didn't they already prove themselves unworthy by losing Ueda-san? Nintendo is clearly the better option. At least there's an audience on 3DS.
I think he was jabbing more at professionalism issue here.
Could be a bit of both: he's being overly selective about what he wants to do and how he wants to do it, and there's no one that really fits that.
Of course, even in a best case scenario where he'd do amazing stuff again in the right environment that still says more about him than the companies he's gone to.
Yeah, and as much as I love Matsuno games I don't think I could blame Kawazu for feeling that way.
Shouta
Member
Yasumi Matsuno is really a synonym for Yoshihiro Togashi.