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Tetsuya Nomura Is No Longer Directing Final Fantasy XV
- Thread starter Volotaire
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I mean it literally just says "IN DEVELOPMENT" at the end. That's messed up. Like the main character says "it's been a long journey" or some shit and looks at the moon and then the title shows and it just says "in development." It's like they're trolling us, Kagari.
i guess technically
the way Rob Ford is "alive"
What the hell are you talking about? Nomura tanked the series? FFXV was his first director role in the franchise.....
manzoman96
Member
lets get this show on the road
For real
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Somehow I have my doubts in this.
Good. Im sorry but I see this as a good thing. And Crisis Core was good right? I didnt play through it, but I know I want Nomura away from FF if at all possible. Let him go make KH games over and over and ruin that franchise. FF needs to come back, it deserves so much better. The turnaround of the latest MMO is a great first step and this is a huge second one.
I'm sure the general ideas are at the very least, they still have to build the set pieces and see them realized. Nomura probably can't expend his energy on guess work.
EmptySpace
Banned
nah it sounds like it's actually coming since nomura is now focused on kh3. tabata was co-directing it anyway so it was two directors down to one so that must mean kh3 just started development and ffxv will be nearing its completion date. they probably need to polish a lot of technical features and refine gameplay, so nomura must've been like, "you guys can handle it. kh3 needs me."
however yoshida did an amazing job.
This could be a similar situation on the bright side
BaraSailey
Member
I'm really hoping this is the case, cause it'd be kind of sad if Nomura was forced off the project or something. Also, if this was the case, it'd mean that the game is (hopefully) closer to release
Now Nomura can focus on KHIII, which makes me mighty happy. I need both XV and KHIII as soon as possible. I'm too hyped for them both!!
It might actually be a really good idea. The foundation was laid years ago, and the idea that he should handle the two most anticipated Square Enix titles, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy XV at the same time must have been too much.
They said it themselves, Nomura is really needed for Kingdom Hearts, it is his series and he can pull his heart and soul into it.
As for FFXV, whoever takes over, in this case Tabata, will finish what was started and bring this project to a good close.
They said it themselves, Nomura is really needed for Kingdom Hearts, it is his series and he can pull his heart and soul into it.
As for FFXV, whoever takes over, in this case Tabata, will finish what was started and bring this project to a good close.
I mean it literally just says "IN DEVELOPMENT" at the end. That's messed up. Like the main character says "it's been a long journey" or some shit and looks at the moon and then the title shows and it just says "in development." It's like they're trolling us, Kagari.
i guess technically
the way Rob Ford is "alive"
I was expecting like... a year at least. Goddamn.
Not sure how this will help FF come back by losing the person responsible for the series most popular characters......
Ejecting Nomura isn't going to suddenly help FF come back when he had little if nothing to do with its descent.
CrunchyFrog
Member
Dude, Final Hours of Final Fantasy XV would be quite possibly the greatest video game development epic in the history of game development exposee's.
Cloud Strife
Member
The "in development" is killing me as well as the trailer being mainly for the demo. Legit, I hope they aren't focusing on the demo over the main game to get it out in 2015.
taken in the full picture of things, it's easy to see Nomura coming to the higher ups at Square and updating them on the progress and saying "It may be like another six months to a year longer than we anticipated yet again so... late 2016, early 2017?" and them going "alright dude, enough is enough. Work on Kingdom Hearts III, you need to focus."
Now the big question here is what happens if Tabata also can't get FFXV off the ground.
Because between him and Yoshida, they are probably the only folks getting FF off the ground at this point (and Yoshida has been under-fire somewhat for some recent 14 design decisions, but who knows if that is some immediate post-patch criticism or a deeper problem here).
Because between him and Yoshida, they are probably the only folks getting FF off the ground at this point (and Yoshida has been under-fire somewhat for some recent 14 design decisions, but who knows if that is some immediate post-patch criticism or a deeper problem here).
brandonh83
Banned
After that trailer, so do I, and I don't even like Kingdom Hearts.
decoyplatypus
Member
Hahaha
I cannot wait for launch in 2016. I have almost zero interest in playing it (though I'll keep an open mind until I see some hands-on impressions), but I am dying to read the post-mortem interviews on this decade-long joke.
I cannot wait for launch in 2016. I have almost zero interest in playing it (though I'll keep an open mind until I see some hands-on impressions), but I am dying to read the post-mortem interviews on this decade-long joke.
because of his art style?
you do know nomura is not fully responsible for what has happened to the FF brand the past 10 years.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Wouldn't e3 be the perfect place to drop the release date along with a English trailer? We almost there guys just like Nocto said
wanderjahr
Banned
Glad I'm not the only one who wasn't impressed.
Worldwide 2016.
I just fail to understand why some people think Tabata will the messiah to save this game. I mean, sure he will complete it and ship it but I really don't have any confidence in him to make this a quality FF game.
Most of his experience is making handhelds and mobile games and some have pretty big problems.
Type-0 can be considered another game that had to be salvaged and it really shows.
Most of his experience is making handhelds and mobile games and some have pretty big problems.
Type-0 can be considered another game that had to be salvaged and it really shows.
Citizen_Insane
Member
I'm trying to stay optimistic and hoping this is the case. That there's nothing more for him to do on that project so now he can focus on getting KH3 up to speed.
i guess the hope is the game is far enough along that Tabata can finish it up and still maintain the assumed quality it would have had under Nomura
of course since I've never been fond of Nomura it seems to me a wild roll of the dice no whether it's Tabata or Nomura
last time I felt safe about a FF game Matsuno was working on it, and I did love FFXII... but even that didn't end well for Matsuno.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
This is his first console game and as so, I want to given him the benefit of the doubt. Also 3rd Birthday was a rock solid TPS, considering it was released on the PSP, only really hurt by the writing (thanks Lord Toriyama).
Edit: Is not like KH2 was a "quality" game either
Edit 2: Imagine the state of the game under Nomura for SE to take this decision
jimmypython
Member
At least Tabata is better than Toriyama. His direction might not be the best but he is very dedicated. I still remember he made a video message to promise gamers that they would make changes to Type-0 based on the feedback got from the first demo. And he delivered.
Someone said that over XV?
We already knew this would be his only FF game so while this sucks for me, I don't think that would've ever been smart to say.
Now if he left KH then I absolutely believe he would be done at Square.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Most likely, Square's refusing to be realistic and is hoping to put the game out in 2015, but doesn't want to hype people because an ACTUAL delay on this game would be catastrophic. Whatever year they pick has to be the year, when they pick a month it'll have to be that month--hell, I think people would start doubting the game's existence if it got pushed back even a single week.
And, I'm seriously hoping that Tabata pops up and sees what Nomura had, finds out Nomura has basically a 70-80% done game and was dicking about with adding more zippers onto some outfits instead of just doing the final bits necessary to get the damn thing out the door.
This is obviously not a good sign for the game. No way to paint it as one, sorry.
Is this a joke about how he was just diagnosed with cancer? If not, best to be careful.
Is this a joke about how he was just diagnosed with cancer? If not, best to be careful.
it's a joke about how much of a mess Rob Ford's life is, much like how much of a mess FFXV's development is
Sylverstone14
Member
This game's dev cycle will be legendary.
KojiKnight
Member
This is the Crisis Core, 3rd Birthday guy.
If this post was made to try and make me feel better, it failed. Crisis Core was terrible IMO.
He will leave after KH3 ships or before that. Just watch.
HeartlessNobody213
Member
Why are people shitting on Nomura all of a sudden? Before XV, all he ever did for Final Fantasy was design monsters and characters mostly.
I still think XV will be very much a Nomira game and all they're doing now is polishing up the game before it's released and hopefully we won't have to wait too long for KH 3.
I still think XV will be very much a Nomira game and all they're doing now is polishing up the game before it's released and hopefully we won't have to wait too long for KH 3.