Welcome the new Assistant Director for FFXIV: ARR

Kazuya Niinou of Atlus (Etrian Odyssey).

http://andriasang.com/con2js/niinou_square_enix/

welcome o/ i love etrian odissey :3 take away some work from the poor yoshi lol

Neat, someone else with no MMO experience. I can see how a couple Nintendo DS titles really can relate well to the world of MMO development for the PC and PS3.

Nice, I love that series.

(In before "what does this mean for FFXIV? EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT NOW!!!!!!11")

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Originally Posted by Mijin

Neat, someone else with no MMO experience.

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Yeah, let's bring back Tanaka!

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Originally Posted by Donimo

Yeah, let's bring back Tanaka!

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IIRC he had no experience either, so poor suggestion in relation to my comment.

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Originally Posted by TimonLoon

Kazuya Niinou of Atlus (Etrian Odyssey).

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Isn't that the super grind heavy, classic style, first person rogelike for the DS?

Good.

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Originally Posted by Mijin

IIRC he had no experience either, so poor suggestion in relation to my comment.

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Someone didn't catch the sarcasm ;p

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Originally Posted by Mijin

IIRC he had no experience either, so poor suggestion in relation to my comment.

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That's the joke. :)

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Originally Posted by Mijin

Neat, someone else with no MMO experience. I can see how a couple Nintendo DS titles really can relate well to the world of MMO development for the PC and PS3.

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Not sure how serius, but our yoshi-p didn't got any experience aside being an hardcore mmo player. And yet...

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Isn't that the super grind heavy, classic style, first person rogelike for the DS?

Good.

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo
He's the man that worked on EO1 and 7th Dragon D:

EO1 is the grindiest grindest of grinds of the entire EO series (EO3 is what got it perfect), this guy is... Probably the new Grind Analyst of the game D:

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

Not sure how serius, but our yoshi-p didn't got any experience aside being an hardcore mmo player. And yet...

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yet...? (Insert Yukikaze's opinion here)

Wonderful. ;o

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Originally Posted by Mijin

Neat, someone else with no MMO experience. I can see how a couple Nintendo DS titles really can relate well to the world of MMO development for the PC and PS3.

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Well, you have to start somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Donimo

That's the joke. :)

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So was my response.

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

Not sure how serius, but our yoshi-p didn't got any experience aside being an hardcore mmo player. And yet...

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Hardcore? But he has a job.

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Originally Posted by Donimo

Yeah, let's bring back Tanaka!

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I agree 110%!

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Originally Posted by Skies

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo
He's the man that worked on EO1 and 7th Dragon D:

EO1 is the grindiest grindest of grinds of the entire EO series (EO3 is what got it perfect), this guy is... Probably the new Grind Analyst of the game D:

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As Gramul said, good. They're less grindy than Ys games at certain points so I don't see anything bad.

I LOVE EO!!!!!!

I hope he can fix the horrible balance of the game in ARR.

AO games are pretty much perfectly balanced and it's one of the few games where money never loses it's worth and it makes gear buying meaningful and you really feel the upgrades during battle.

Not to mention that even single fights require strategy. One more thing that certainly wouldn't hurt XIV at this point especially the early levels.

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Originally Posted by Seif

I LOVE EO!!!!!!

I hope he can fix the horrible balance of the game in ARR.

AO games are pretty much perfectly balanced and it's one of the few games where money never loses it's worth and it makes gear buying meaningful and you really feel the upgrades during battle.

Not to mention that even single fights require strategy. One more thing that certainly wouldn't hurt XIV at this point especially the early levels.

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Can I borrow your crystal ball?

[QUOTE=Mijin;807653
Hardcore? But he has a job.[/QUOTE]
i know, but in his former days as mmo player, was an hardcore on dark age of camelot

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Originally Posted by Bowen

Can I borrow your crystal ball?

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Even though English isn't my native language, I'm pretty sure he was referring to the balance now being fixed for ARR.

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Originally Posted by Mijin

Neat, someone else with no MMO experience. I can see how a couple Nintendo DS titles really can relate well to the world of MMO development for the PC and PS3.

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Yeah because Yoshida had a world of experience in developing MMOs in the first place, right? No, he didn't.

But that's why he's currently one of the most revered people in the entire game industry when it comes to MMOs now, right? Yeah, he is. He managed to pull off something unheard of, and both fans and haters of XIV alike are admiring his competence for it.

You don't have to have experience making something to be good at it. Yoshida plays MMOs, this guy probably does too. The fact that he made several successful games already just adds to the mix.

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Originally Posted by Rjain

Yoshida plays MMOs

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This is the major point. Yoshida's clean approach to the community and the game have done a lot to earn him the respect of this community, but the fact that he's played MMOs means he knows the basics as a player as well as what he knows as a creator. I think that's what has helped things run as smoothly as they did.

Well, that and he's not prone to coming here and arguing with players and telling them to shut up for not thinking like he does.

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Originally Posted by Bowen

Can I borrow your crystal ball?

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Fair enough but the are working on the new battle system based on the current one right?
At least it looks the same based on the vid.

Anyway I hope he brings balance to this game when moving into ARR fields.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

As Gramul said, good. They're less grindy than Ys games at certain points so I don't see anything bad.

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That is purely an opinion thing.
For me, the EO series got better the farther he got from the game. Still grindy, given that is what dungeon crawlers are about, but far, far better done and less 'idiot' grind and more 'fun' grind, but then again: Opinions.

Love the EO series. Job selection in that game is very good too. And I love the art style, Samurai's look awesome in that game. Very good old school dungeon crawler type experience. And very hard.

I welcome you Kazuya Niinou.

wow this is supposed to be a welcome thread not a fuck off thread to the new guy... Welcome new guy (i hope to the gods you don't read English very well or these forums since there's some negative people on here) We'll see how things go with you and good luck in your endeavor =)

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Originally Posted by Bowen

Really? Because I'm pretty sure even Kotaku has praised him.

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this lololol


but

before SE Yoshi has worked on the bomberman series with hudson soft

Far east of eden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oItvE6lFXIA

Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yk_WEwbnhE

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Originally Posted by Mijin

IIRC he had no experience either, so poor suggestion in relation to my comment.

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Tanaka had ALOT more experience than this new fellow (Given that he's the father of the most profitable FF title ever in the series and is still earning big bucks after a decade))

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Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere

Tanaka had ALOT more experience than this new fellow (Given that he's the father of the most profitable FF title ever in the series)

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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi1...s1600/ALOT.png

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Originally Posted by Rjain

Yeah before you reply to this post take a little detour to the scary realm known as the internet and view some of the top game review sites such as Destructoid and Kotaku (yeah Kotaku) or pretty much any other review site praising ARR. Perhaps you didn't notice that not only was ARR nominated for best PC game at Gamescom it beat The Last of Us on a community choice award by over 3x the score. All over the place comments and reviews praise Yoshida as being an incredibly competent director in the MMO business.

Those are not the Final Fantasy XIV forums, and those places previously poked fun of XIV at every opportunity up until now.

Ok, your turn.

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Yeah top gaming sites like kotaku Jajajaja! Funny how before they even said anything remotely good about FFXIV, everybody around here used to throw kotaku under the bus... And really it beat the last of us.... Did it beat GW2 ???

LolTanaka. Anybody who thinks hes some kind of expert on Games or MMOs sure didn't play FFXI when it first launched in NA.

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Originally Posted by Bowen

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi1...s1600/ALOT.png

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What the flying Fucoxanthin is that?

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Originally Posted by Kirku

LolTanaka. Anybody who thinks hes some kind of expert on Games or MMOs then they sure didn't play FFXI when it first launched in JAPAN.

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Originally Posted by XxOstiaxX

Yeah top gaming sites like kotaku Jajajaja! Funny how before they even said anything remotely good about FFXIV, everybody around here used to throw kotaku under the bus... And really it beat the last of us.... Did it beat GW2 ???

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Yes, it did. And the reason we're talking about Kotaku is, they made a complete 180°. They went from saying the game was the crappiest crap on the planet, to praises Yoshi-P for turning the game around.

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Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere

What the flying Fucoxanthin is that?

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http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co...verything.html

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Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere

What the flying Fucoxanthin is that?

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I meant when the game came out in NA smart guy

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Originally Posted by XxOstiaxX

Yeah top gaming sites like kotaku Jajajaja! Funny how before they even said anything remotely good about FFXIV, everybody around here used to throw kotaku under the bus... And really it beat the last of us.... Did it beat GW2 ???

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So you basically enhanced what I said two times in one post, how kind of you. Kotaku never said anything good about XIV up until recently, and now they're coloured impressed, along with a lot of their posters. As for beating Guild Wars 2, it won the award did it not? Last I checked if something wins an award and comes out in first place anything below first place is considered "beaten" but if there is some hidden rule I'm not aware of you may proceed to educate me on it.

Guild Wars 2 wasn't even on the initial list but players voted for it anyway using "Other".

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Originally Posted by Kirku

I meant when the game came out in NA smart guy

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See, I was trying to help you out here, because the Japanese launch was worse, and by the time NA got it, almost everything was fixed.

10 year vet of FFXI and played the JP version before it even arrived in NA

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Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere

See, I was trying to help you out here, because the Japanese launch was worse, and by the time NA got it, almost everything was fixed.

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LOL notsureifserious.

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Originally Posted by Rjain

So you basically enhanced what I said two times in one post, how kind of you. Kotaku never said anything good about XIV up until recently, and now they're coloured impressed, along with a lot of their posters. As for beating Guild Wars 2, it won the award did it not? Last I checked if something wins an award and comes out in first place anything below first place is considered "beaten" but if there is some hidden rule I'm not aware of you may proceed to educate me on it.

Guild Wars 2 wasn't even on the initial list but players voted for it anyway using "Other".

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Cuz, you know... players voting on their favorite game to win an award (a COMMUNITY AWARD that happened to win by active players here linked to the voting poll) means an entire site is saying good things about it... yea, that totally makes sense.

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Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere

Cuz, you know... players voting on their favorite game to win an award (a COMMUNITY AWARD that happened to win by active players here linked to the voting poll) means an entire site is saying good things about it... yea, that totally makes sense.

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Oh hello detective Barnivere I didn't see you there. A valid point you make, but you don't seem to consider that all those other games also have their fanbase. The Last of Us was one of the top games demonstrated at E3 this year and I for one have not stopped hearing about it. On that site and any other you can look all over the place and people are talking praise about ARR and Yoshida's direction on it. For the last few weeks every single site I've been going to that's been reviewing the new ARR information is flooded with good comments.

I am saddened that a thread intended to welcome a new director is already becoming a cesspool of people posting negative comments about him and not giving Yoshida credit when it is stupidly obvious everywhere you look that people both on and off these forums are praising him. As good ol' Leveridge says, faith in my fellow man has always been a shortcoming of mine.