I'll support Hiromichi Tanaka regardless, How about You?

[SuzakuCMX]

You know why? because the new team had to get use to the system and the old team had to teach them was going on and show them what the game is about that easy take 1-2month for the new team to get use to everything and get everything moving. If they just left the old team and added the new ones just there to help out and then yoshi-p being Director or tanaka being Director and they both share there version and mix it up This game would be better 3-4months ago.

And one of the worst earthquakes on record followed by a tsunami and then radiation leaks happened in the middle of all this.

[Nuru]

Do you guys even realize that Tanaka is still working on FFXI and FFXIV behind the scenes? Well, at least behind the scenes for FFXIV, but you know what I mean..

or not.

[Wynn]

Do you guys even realize that Tanaka is still working on FFXI and FFXIV behind the scenes? Well, at least behind the scenes for FFXIV, but you know what I mean..

or not.

This ^

It is also not a new team.

[Neptune]

I don't see a dev rushing a game out the door unless they are forced too, especially not someone with the experience Tanaka has.

The game failed under him, but I seriously question if it was his fault.

If he was forced to release it incomplete by a power above him, it is not his fault at all that the game failed.

In an interview from around November, he was asked if the game released too early. This was after all the overwhelmingly negative reviews, when SE was still playing FFXIV's release cool. All he had to say was you never know when an MMO is "done", that it constantly changes. I think he looked at it like, you can log in, create a character, move around, fight, view cutscenes, let's release it.

The man lost perspective. He was clueless to begin with, and the players slammed FFXIV hard for his carelessness.

[Neptune]

Do you guys even realize that Tanaka is still working on FFXI and FFXIV behind the scenes? Well, at least behind the scenes for FFXIV, but you know what I mean..

or not.

I know he is still there, lurking, hopefully offering good tips into Yoshi-P's ear like some kind of good conscience. But the truth is, based on the removal of every notable game system and the fact that we're even having this discussion on these forums, makes me wonder how involved he is right now. I think his advice has been banished, but I hope he gets involved creatively after they finish redesigning.

[Neptune]

After only 4 or 5 years he gave us his vision and it was terrible.

I'd say he gave us his game and it was terrible. The word vision, to me, is about forward-thinking. The Armoury system is forward-thinking compared to other games. There's vision, and then there's the execution of the vision. For instance, the concept of the Armoury system is easy to grasp. But when it gets technical, that's the execution of it. Maybe he did have a terrible vision but parts of it I think you'll agree are very refreshing.

[Seif]

XIV was just completely not ready upon it's release if you people think that Tanaka wanted this travesty to be released last year you must be smoking crack. He has an incredible resume and I honestly feel sorry that SE did this to him and to themselves and in the process have hurt us longtime FF fans so deeply.

[Zenaku]

And one of the worst earthquakes on record followed by a tsunami and then radiation leaks happened in the middle of all this.

you mean the 2week ish or so they had off? they still had 4month to add more stuff problem is they got a new team which the new team have to learn everything about FFXIV and what wrong with it from the old team. Which then waste 1-2month of just talking and see what they can do about it.

if they left the old team and just hire the new one to give a hand with it the game would have been better 2-4months ago.

[Ilean]

lol!

fail thread is failing

[SilvertearRen]

For your information, dipsticks, Tanaka is still on the dev team. Just in an advisory role.

He's still with Square Enix.

Just with a lot of chocobo crap on his face.