Question...is Tanaka and Yoshi-P working this way? (Read inside)

[SilvertearRen]

no what is going on is yoshi has never been in charge of a game of this size and is completely overwhelmed and lost. he has no direction and no idea what is going on.

it doesn't matter what he has going on behind the scenes he is the head guy and it is his responsibility to get things done. i do believe this is how people were towards tanaka isn't it? why did one director with more experience get blasted while the inexperienced guy gets a free pass? this line of thinking is completely backwards.

The reason Tanaka got blasted was because he was a closed-minded person who did not take feedback very well, nor did he encourage feedback of any kind. His overall attitude was "I'm making this game and you're going to like it no matter what."

End result? Nobody liked his vision or the way he implemented it, thus he got kicked to the curb.

[Zantetsuken]

The reason Tanaka got blasted was because he was a closed-minded person who did not take feedback very well, nor did he encourage feedback of any kind. His overall attitude was "I'm making this game and you're going to like it no matter what."

End result? Nobody liked his vision or the way he implemented it, thus he got kicked to the curb.

Well, in all frankness, we never really SAW Tanaka's vision.. only half-baked parts of it. For all we know, once it was finished, it may have been one of the best MMO games to date, or it could have been total crap, We'll never really know.

Instead, the game was rushed out the door a full year before it should have been, the players saw the half-baked mess, hated it, and started yelling for change that would bring the game back into familiar territory (FFXI, WoW style).

I'm neither willing nor able to blame Tanaka's vision for FFXIV...

His execution?
Perhaps.

The forces that pushed this game to be released long ahead of it's time?
Definitely.