Yoshi-P Praise Topic :D

[Bourne_Endeavor]

It did make a come back and save the game. Greatest comeback in gaming history? Doubt it. FFXIV Realm Reborn brought nothing new to the table. It borrow the same formula as wow and rift already have and make it a casual game where everyone enjoy. I admit 1.0 have it flaws, but atleast it's different and stand on it own as unique game. Now it's just another wow game with a Final Fantasy franchised title slap on it.

From a gameplay perspective, sure. However, FFXIV went from nearly bankrupting Square Enix to single-handily pulling their stocks above of the red line. It currently is funding both FFXV and FFVII Remake, though by how much is debatable. No one game has ever accomplished such a feat. While you can certainly criticise the game's overall lack of creativity - even though I would personally disagree - you cannot take away what Yoshi achieved. Different does not always equate to good. In fact, many developers fall victim to desperately trying to avoid cliches, they instead go the opposite extreme. To cite a non-SE example, BioWare's mishap with Mass Effect 3 caused one of the biggest backlashes in gaming history, all because they insisted on a "unique" ending when they fanbase wanted something simple.

[Lorielle]

To cite a non-SE example, BioWare's mishap with Mass Effect 3 caused one of the biggest backlashes in gaming history, all because they insisted on a "unique" ending when they fanbase wanted something simple.

Gonna have to stop you right here. The reason why people were pissed about ME3 ending was because everything that was done up to the very end of the trilogy made no difference. Your choices. Everything Shephard stood for. It mattered not. The ending was "Pick a Color". Done. There's nothing unique about that at all. Even if they made it "Unique" that wouldn't matter to a fanbase as long as their choices actually mattered. Here it did not. That was the backlash. No one likes "Shut up and Color" logic. Which by the way, we're doing for XIV.

[Colorful]

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I'd love to see Yoshida pull a Kojima and start his own company, but I feel he's too invested into FFXIV and he's likely paid quite handsomely at this point. It would be amazing to see what he could pull off without the shackles known as SE's poor judgement, which is what keeps putting them in the red to begin with. "Release 1.0 early to compete with Cataclysm!" what could go wrong? Right. Although, that would really test whether he has original ideas or just insists on doing the Blizzard, aka finding established ideas and try to rework them for better or worse.

One thing I can say is though, I love his cosplays.