Hooooooooooo, une interview Tabata-Harada. :o
Sinon, je pense pas que le temps de dev de FF XV soit forcément représentatif pour la suite.
Je veux dire, sur une période proche, on a bien eu FF XII et XIII qui ont pas du tout eu le même temps de dev non ?
Je pense que ça dépend du projet.
Sinon, passage intéressant :
Tabata:
Yes that's right, we also received a lot of negative feedback. At this time I had once again thought 'Ah, so this is the history of the IP known as FF'. But at the same time, I also realized there are also many fans who are inflicted by the 'FF Virus'.
4Gamer:
The 'FF Virus'?
Tabata:
It's in regards to the people within Square Enix who can no longer think outside of their own perception of FF. The root of this issue is the strong self-satisfaction, where they prioritize their own perceptive goals of what FF should be over the teams goals. If they don't satisfy their own ideals, they are convinced that it is no good as a FF game. 'FF is a special game, so that makes us special making the game. If a new FF is made, everyone is sure to take a bite' is what they tend to think. But in reality, something like this is a fairy tale. (Gatling guns being prepared? Mass murders?)
Harada:
I see. So that's the 'FF Virus'. It's easy to understand.
Tabata:
Therefore, there was a time when within the team they tried to persuade the others by saying 'We are not special people, hurry up and open your eyes'. But it was when we released information about FFXV to the world that I had realized, this was not just within the company. Everyone had caught the FF Virus too.
Harada:
I agree, it's a common topic. Even with the series I am undertaking, if we make drastic changes to the system, story or the character lineup, as expected we hear 'This isn't Tekken at all!' kinds of strong backlash from the community.
Tabata:
It's exactly those voices of people who wants to maintain the tradition that is the immensely strong majority. Like it was terrible when it was announced the directors would change. *laughs* But it's for this reason, that I could firmly grasp the current impending danger to the current state of FF. If we don't keep up with the times and modernize FF, it could all end.
4Gamer:
Tabata-san, so far from all the interviews that you had, you always replied to the question 'What makes FF a FF' with 'To be a AAA title' right? I can clearly understand your intentions. But I feel that perhaps what fans think of what makes FF a FF to be completely different.
Tabata:
Surely that is probably the case. When it was announced that FFXV would be open-world, it invoked much criticism like 'Open-world? F*ck'n kidding me!?'. It would seem that it was something that did not match their own nostalgic perceptions of what FF was.
Harada:
Though when I heard it was open-world, I thought it was pretty grand and cool. After all, FF's selling point was about the story isn't it? A clockwork story revolving in a strong well-developed world. To go open-world would be to abandon this aspect right? Since the experience would be different depending on the players. It's my personal opinion, but I think that's something that a game so called 'JRPG' shouldn't be.
Tabata:
Ah... ... this conversation, is getting interesting (big grin).