Wada on FFXIV and DQX

[RedAffinity]

I think there's a difference between a well developed game (13) people didn't like the direction, and a game like XIV at launch which was just a straight disaster in nearly every aspect.

I really enjoyed 13. I think it was refreshing to have a single release in the series that didn't focus on the typical RPG bs and rather placed enphasis on an engaging story, and very entertaining battle system. Would i want all main rpg's to go in that direction? no way, but it was a change in direction that I enjoyed.

[Konachibi]

LOL, the license system was very goofy for low level gear. but it made sense for spells and abilities.

I agree on the resolution issue. The game was gorgeous, it's a shame that we couldn't see it more clearly. They must have really been pushing the PS2's graphics engine.

I'd be all over an HD re-release of it though.

Indeed, the resolution is the one thing that really deters me from playing it. I know graphics don't make a game, but my eyes have become so adjusted to high resolutions now from playing PC games that looking at FFXI just hurts.

FFIX had a similar problem. The textures in that game look awesome if you run the game in Direct3D, but because it was released on the PS1 which was software rendering and couldn't manage high detail textures properly it all looked fuzzy and smeared.

[Zantetsuken]

Also, I have a first gen PS3, so I actually played the game upscaled. But an HD release would be better.

FFIX is a great game with a lackluster main char (and villian) as well... We need more main chars like Cecil or Locke/Terra

[zaviermhigo]

This article is good, but I wish I could find the translation I read talking about Tanaka and how he asked to have FFXIV pushed back and they were unwilling to compromise with him. Regardless of what you think about the game, office politics will creep into how its ran and when things are being released, and I think its interesting to find out what was going on between the Tanaka devs and SE at that point in time.

[Konachibi]

Also, I have a first gen PS3, so I actually played the game upscaled. But an HD release would be better.

FFIX is a great game with a lackluster main char (and villian) as well... We need more main chars like Cecil or Locke/Terra

I always liked the main characters that had some deep awesome power they didn't know about, it's always hinted at through the game but you never see it unleashed till near the end, and it makesd you go "YEAH! He/She is gonna bust stuff up!" kinda like what Terra had, or in a way, kind of like Cloud once he got his memory back and had that big speech thing, or Advent Children when Sephiroth appeared, you KNEW it was gonna be a bad-ass fight.

Little things like that get the adrenaline pumping, and with enough character building players can really connect with the main character, so when he/she goes nuts on the screen you really feel it. Zidane was just kind of.... meh.

[naaros]

FFIX is a great game with a lackluster main char (and villian) as well... We need more main chars like Cecil or Locke/Terra

Aww, I loved both Zidane and Kuja. XD Zidane is actually probably my favorite lead in the entire series. :x Although really, I always thought of Vivi as the main character up until Disc 3 (when Zidane's past started to be revealed).

[Konachibi]

Aww, I loved both Zidane and Kuja. XD Zidane is actually probably my favorite lead in the entire series. :x Although really, I always thought of Vivi as the main character up until Disc 3 (when Zidane's past started to be revealed).

The only good thing about Zidane was he was a thief and almost a miqo'te, other than that he was just predictable and boring. Vivi was awesome though.

And call me weird but I thought eiko was an awesome character. She gave Zidane so much lip it was hilarious XD

[Xmbei]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/119/11968...c+%28IGN+PC%29

What a surprise Wada says this about FFXIV and it is all to start up a FFXIV still isn't good
"who cares about 1.19 coming out next week. FFXIV still is horrible, Wada said so!"

[Eekiki]

The only good thing about Zidane was he was a thief and almost a miqo'te, other than that he was just predictable and boring.

Shut your mouth.

Zidane was a breath of fresh air when it comes to a main character.

I mean, geez:

Cecil: emo
Cloud: emo
Squall: emo
Tidus: E-M-O

Zidane was confident, good-natured, heroic, and genuinely good. He was the quintessential hero, and he didn't need a goofy hairstyle, giant muscles, or impossibly bulky weapons to do it.

[AsterBarnivere]

Oh Wada... always covering your @55 for decisions you made.. "RELEASE FFXIV NOW!! NO I WON'T GIVE YOU MORE TIME TO WORK ON IT!!" oh crap! they hate it! "BLAME TANAKA!! I DIDN'T RUSH HIM AT ALL!"