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Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile producer Yoshinori Yamagishi leaves Square Enix
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UnemployedVillain
Member
SE seems to be hemorrhaging talent lately
April 1st is also the beginning of the new business year in Japan, so this makes sense.
I'm not sure how to feel about the news, love the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile IPs, but SquareEnix has been awful with them lately.
Will definitely keep an eye on whatever he'll be doing next
I'm not sure how to feel about the news, love the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile IPs, but SquareEnix has been awful with them lately.
Will definitely keep an eye on whatever he'll be doing next
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
In terms of sales? Probably.
It didn't get good reviews, but it also didn't get terrible reviews. The game was short, but it was decent, a prettier, but shorter Tales of essentially.
Wasn't a disaster in terms of gameplay and I'm glad that Square Enix funded it in the first place. It looked like Star Ocean was done on consoles until then, and it may be now, but at least Square Enix gave it one more shot.
Not worth playing at all.
I really liked his old games. I hope he makes games somewhere else.
Yamagishi didn't do SO5 (that was Shuichi Kobayashi). He actually stopped working with tri-Ace after SO4 and unsuccessfully tried a lot of other games before doing Valkyrie Anatomia without tri-Ace.
SkylineRKR
Member
SO5 was unfathomable crap and I beat the entire thing. Comparing it to Tales is selling that series short, even Zestiria is better.
Jarod McChicken
Member
It's already explained in the Gematsu story but once again, Yoshinori Yamagishi did not produce Star Ocean V. It was Shûichi Kobayashi, who hinted several times at Star Ocean 6. In fact, he did it again very recently.
Doesn't that mean "there will be a SO6 if tons of people ask for it" and ain't nobody asking for it
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Maybe he wanted to make something like VP on consoles, but SE would only let him make it on mobile or something, so he decided to leave after his contract was up.
Obviously speculation on my part.
Obviously speculation on my part.
It wasn't terrible, just really average. The game was a lot shorter than you'd expect from the series, and it felt really low budget.
In SO5's case Kobayashi was asking for it, so...
How would SE gut tri-Ace? tri-Ace is not part of SE (and nowadays tri-Ace isn't independent anymore either but part of Nepro Japan).
After SO5, I will pay them to not make another Star Ocean.
I wanna see the new low.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
It's sad and I hope he lands on his feet but...
As mentioned this probably in itself won't have any impact on future entries in the series. I think the dream is dead though. I remember Kobayashi saying he had a proposal for Valkyrie Profile 3 on his laptop, but given the budget issues and likely not-amazing worldwide sales for SO5... :/
As mentioned this probably in itself won't have any impact on future entries in the series. I think the dream is dead though. I remember Kobayashi saying he had a proposal for Valkyrie Profile 3 on his laptop, but given the budget issues and likely not-amazing worldwide sales for SO5... :/
Operationgamer17
Member
He wasn't the only one at Square-Enix to leave.
http://gematsu.com/2017/04/final-fa...director-isamu-kamikokuryo-leaves-square-enix
http://gematsu.com/2017/04/final-fa...director-isamu-kamikokuryo-leaves-square-enix
the tales games need to learn the shorter rule anyways. Games are usually too damn long.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Didn't this become LR:FFXIII?
Perfect Blue
Banned
What talent are you referring to?
Star Ocean 5 is fucking hot garbage. I want my $39.99 Canadian back.
Square is losing talent but at least that means some fresh new blood should be coming in. Right?
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Amano and Horii were never part of SE (or Square or Enix) though. They've always been freelancers.
Tri Ace isn't owned by SE.
UnemployedVillain
Member
Well just yesterday Isamu Kamikokuryo (a longtime FF art director) left the company as well
AuthenticM
Member
I really want him to make a spiritual successor to Valkyrie Profile. Maybe set it in Ancient Persia or something.
texhnolyze
Banned
There already is. It's called Indivisible.
Amen.
Well yeah Square on the whole has become a joke.
Pretty sure that was just internet speculation.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
....what?
FFXV was pretty good, despite the wait and Nier: Automata is apparently amazing if that's your thing, though perhaps it's not and it's not mine either.
That stuff is just the last few months....and I'm not even including Rise of the Tomb Raider PS4, which was relevant for me and yet more goodness after TR2013, though perhaps it wasn't quite that amazing.
In the past two years Square Enix has released a lot of goodness I haven't listed, it's been something of a resurgence.
The Praiseworthy
Member
SO5 was really average.... but with a real cut scenes it would have ended up MUCH better experience for me.
Still, I enjoyed all the 3D SO games even with stupid storylines... but there's something in them was really appealing to me.
Still, I enjoyed all the 3D SO games even with stupid storylines... but there's something in them was really appealing to me.
encephalon
Member
Speaking of which, what is Sakaguchi doing these days?