RurouniZel
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Will Hiroyuki Ito (FF6/FF9/FF12 game director) return to direct FFXV?
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Pretty sure Ito would make the game more fun to play as well.
ambientmystic
Member
I know, but he played an important role in its genesis too. Both him and Mitsuda had it good with Hirota at the time.
jimmypython
Member
In the absence of the Ito, FFXIV ARR is as close to FF12 as we can get (actually I found FFXIV ARR is an evolution of FF12 in many ways). It is a shame that not all the FF fans play MMOs, including me.
I hope not. I hope its nothing like XII or that will destroy any anticipation I had.
BassForever
Member
If there is a god Ito will one day direct another numbered FF game again.
Baleoce
Member
Have you been in the alpha/beta(whatever phase it's in now) testing? If what you say about ARR is true, I really hope my beta app gets accepted. I was a very long-time XI player. Started to play XIV, but stopped after the graphical honeymoon period.
It definitely is, for now.
Megalosaro
Banned
Oh fuck yeah! Kenji Ito such a ballar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJHa_h_0r8
My face gets rocked
I hated everything about 10, and to me it represents the shift between classic Final Fantasy titles and the new wave of suck. If it wasn't for his work on FF7, the man would be absolutely worthless in my eyes.
The Mana Legend
Banned
I don't want MegaTen soundtracks from him! I want glorious amazing gigantic tracks like he did in Dawn of Mana.
Ghost_Protocol
Member
I didn't HATE 10, but I strongly disliked it and ya, it was the beginning of this terrible new linear approach to the series.
All FF's have been quite linear to some extent. Problem was the level design (assuming you're talking about that aspect) was made so blatantly obvious.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Did someone mention GILGAMESH?
Ghost_Protocol
Member
That Gilgamesh battle was pretty ridiculous.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
So long as he doesn't replicate FFXII, then I really hope he's in charge of FFXV. The FF brand has been battered enough.
I think it's obvious that he's working on XV. Why? Because the idea that the main guy who has shaped the series' gameplay over the years and directed FFXII would suddenly be demoted to a social or mobile game designer literally makes absolutely zero sense.
It just flat out doesn't even pass the smell test. Common sense guys. He's going to be working on something big, or he'll be promoted out of game design to a producer/supervisor role.
Also, there are quotes about him being too busy to even meet with designers briefly when Dissidia 012 was coming out and they were working on Vaan. They had to mail it to him for email correspondence saying what he thought of it. What was he so busy with?
It just flat out doesn't even pass the smell test. Common sense guys. He's going to be working on something big, or he'll be promoted out of game design to a producer/supervisor role.
Also, there are quotes about him being too busy to even meet with designers briefly when Dissidia 012 was coming out and they were working on Vaan. They had to mail it to him for email correspondence saying what he thought of it. What was he so busy with?
I personally believe that Ito was given the backseat after the commercial flop that was FF12:International. It's a shame though, b/c that man did as much as he could with that game with an obviously limited budget (AFAIR there was almost no new graphics assets added to that game.).
CielTynave
Member
Gilgamesh is to Magius as Lightning is to Toriyama.
All I want is a Final Fantasy that looks similar to VIII's artstyle and a translation as good as XII's. I like Ivalice but earlier Final Fantasy towns are my favourite and stand out the most, Midgar, Balamb Garden, Spira, etc.
I also hope they get Uematsu back, even though I liked XIII and XIII-2's OST.
I also hope they get Uematsu back, even though I liked XIII and XIII-2's OST.
encephalon
Member
Wasn't Kitase involved with VI? I have mixed feelings towards FFXII. The individual cutscene direction is, for the most part, the best voiced scene direction the series has ever seen. The actual overarching story however has me wondering whether FFXII or FFXIII has better overall story direction. They are both aimless in their own way and very similar in one stretch of gameplay.
Duckroll's post #118 is an incredibly reasonable approach to the hero worship and vilification that of S-E staff that goes on among FF fans. Thank you for that.
Duckroll's post #118 is an incredibly reasonable approach to the hero worship and vilification that of S-E staff that goes on among FF fans. Thank you for that.
Bjoern the Smexy
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Strange that the Final Fantasies he worked on are also my favorites on each platform they appeared on.
I really hope h goes all-out on FF15.
FF15 NEEDS to be amazing after the terrible desaster that was FFXIII.
I really hope h goes all-out on FF15.
FF15 NEEDS to be amazing after the terrible desaster that was FFXIII.
He was. Ito and Kitase co-directed it. Kitase was more story though while Ito handled the game design.
encephalon
Member
Thank you.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Hiroyuki Ito (director and game designer), Isamu Kamikokuryo (FFXIII art director), Tetsuya Nomura (character designer), and Nobuo Uematsu + Masashi Hamauzu (music) will be a nice team.
12 was less linear than all the snes and most of the psx games.
I'd like to see another co-directed game with Kitase and Ito and the VI team. Worked wonders. With your list though, replace Isamu with Akihiko Yoshida as Art Director and I'm good. And put Nojima and Kitase on the story for good measure.
elementalsin
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Forgive my ignorance on the matter... These 'ultimania interviews' have been mentioned in a couple places in the thread. Any information on where I might find these? Links or anything? Thanks
I wonder, could anyone who owns the Dissidia Duodecim Ultimania actually verify this? It seems pretty unbelievable to me that they would hint at "large-scale, unannounced project" in such a way, especially because it sounds exactly like something that one super Ito fanboy at GameFAQs (Galvanize, or whatever his name was) would make up.
And whether or not he was working on something big two years ago, he certainly doesn't seem too busy these days, given that he was just hanging out at TGS last year, willing to have a completely random interview with Parish unrelated to anything he is/was working on.Anyway, while I do hope we see Ito return to the series in a meaningful way, I'm more interested in who would be a suitable scenario writer to work with him this time.
Ito alone wouldn't turn everthing around, but I feel he could help. Personally, I think the gameplay systems in the last FF games have been weaker than those in FFXII and earlier. FFXIII and XIII-2 systems weren't my favorite systems even if I did have some fun with some of the XIII battles. I haven't played FFXIV, so I can't comnent on that. Type-0 battles seemed fairly fun from the demo I played. But I've heard and read about balancing issues. Crisis Core's battles were so-so. I did enjoy the game, and there were some really fun battles. Type-0 improved on its battle system.
Tabata, Ito and Amano + a few others I won't mention now, would certainlu help a future FF game, despite horrible management.
Tabata, Ito and Amano + a few others I won't mention now, would certainlu help a future FF game, despite horrible management.
As long as I don't have to see something similar to Ivalice. It should be decent enough.
You can read the one he did after FFXII International Zodiac Job System here:
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/e...-the-ffxii-international-ultimania.190722331/
(Yo, GZay, don't just post it without giving the translator some credit! It was yours truly.)
RyougaSaotome
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elementalsin
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Thank you good sir. Great read.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
6 and 9 are amazing.
12... not so much. Well, technically sound game but felt very hollow for me.
12... not so much. Well, technically sound game but felt very hollow for me.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Out of those 3, I loved ff6, somewhat mixed on ff9 and hated ff12.
I loved that system and how they were used it in FFT. He has some great ideas.
lucablight
Member
We can only hope. Toriyama is killing Final fantasy
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
I wouldn't be so sure you know... lol.
edit. duckroll always getting straight to the point. Well said.
I'd love to see what he would do in a Final Fantasy XV. Also hire a decent writer so the series can profit from next gen.
Well, maybe the games are selling just enough.
Well, maybe the games are selling just enough.
aliencowz7
Member
I would be all for something similar to FFIX just as long as it has nothing in common with FFXII. FFXII is one of the most dreadfully boring games I have ever played, I think the only FF game I disliked playing more then FFXII was FFXI which makes way to much sense considering how similar the two games awful battle systems are.
At least FFXI had a really interesting story with memorable characters to drive it outside of the mind numbing battles, FFXII had no such luxury, at least for me.
At least FFXI had a really interesting story with memorable characters to drive it outside of the mind numbing battles, FFXII had no such luxury, at least for me.
Pejo
Member
After reading about this guy's pedigree with the Final Fantasy series, I can't help but hope SE would make a good decision (LOL) and put this guy back at the helm for the next mainline Final Fantasy game.
Even with new/young talent under him, I feel overall game direction is what the XIII series was missing. Also, that epic sense of scale and rich lore just wasn't in those games, and that's something that 6 and 9 had in spades, and 12 too if you read a lot of NPC chatter/flavor text.
I just had to say that this song was amazing and deserves a quote.
Even with new/young talent under him, I feel overall game direction is what the XIII series was missing. Also, that epic sense of scale and rich lore just wasn't in those games, and that's something that 6 and 9 had in spades, and 12 too if you read a lot of NPC chatter/flavor text.
I just had to say that this song was amazing and deserves a quote.
Glass Rebel
Member
Honestly, I'd even take a smaller RPG with deep Ito involvement. If his wiki site is correct he hasn't really worked on anything of note since FFXII:IZS. Why can't he do something like Type-0 or Bravely Default?... just localized of course.
Ghost_Protocol
Member
I felt exactly the same way the first time I played through the game. I didn't fully understand the relationship between all the different kingdoms, couldn't keep track of all the alliances/betrayals, didn't know what the judges were doing or why, and, I couldnt understand why Vaan and Penelo were in the game at all, lol. As a result, the story felt like a terrible disjointed mess from beginning to end. When you don't understand what is going on or why your characters are doing what they're doing, the experience becomes very boring.
I don't want to blame the player for this situation though. FFXII's story is the most mature and complex story in the series IMO, and because of that, it asks for a level of attention that it doesn't really do a good job of easing you in to.
But despite all of that, if I read you correctly, none of that stopped you from completing the game, (a 40 hour plus time investment) and the same was true for me. There was something that kept you going.
If its been a few years since you last played it, I'd recommend you sit down and give it another shot. More than any other game in the series, FFXII's story demands a second playthrough. I hate being that guy who says something along the lines of, "yeah man, you totally have to give the game 40 hours before you get to the good part," but unfortunately, it's the nature of FFXII's story. The good news is that the payoff is absolutely worth it.
It's become my favorite game in the series. I think everyone recognized the outstanding I writing and voicework from the beginning, but perhaps werent able to see it in the context of a complete story. After my second playthrough, everything came together and I was able to enjoy all of that with a good understanding of the the world and its characters.
If you have the time, please give the game another shot. And to anyone else who didn't love the game the first time through, try and give it another go. It's not like we have anything else to play right now anyway, and it still looks really good.
P.S. The monster designs and how they are animated in game is goddamn incredible.