JP interviews [pre-6.5]

[Noumenon]

So I guess Dawntrail is just going to be another EW. Thanks for saving me $40 and a sub fee yoshi.

I have the feeling they are actually going to try something new in Downtrail; but they would all end up like Island Sanctuary - i.e. disasters - and really put the nail in the coffin. Because at this point it's clear that the entire development philosophy is wrong.

[aveyond-dreams]

I have the feeling they are actually going to try something new in Downtrail; but they would all end up like Island Sanctuary - i.e. disasters - and really put the nail in the coffin. Because at this point it's clear that the entire development philosophy is wrong.

The fact that they really tried to pass off a spreadsheet island as "relaxing content" pretty much says it all.

[Vahlnir]

The fact that they really tried to pass off a spreadsheet island as "relaxing content" pretty much says it all.

They tried to copy parts of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons/Rune Factory/etc, and decided to put their own MMO spin on it, which kinda resulted in it not resembling any of these things. It's a shame, really. It could have been so much better. Not the first time they've taken a good idea and complicated it for no good reason. Looking at you, Lord of Verminion.

[RitsukoSonoda]

They tried to copy parts of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons/Rune Factory/etc, and decided to put their own MMO spin on it, which kinda resulted in it not resembling any of these things. It's a shame, really. It could have been so much better. Not the first time they've taken a good idea and complicated it for no good reason. Looking at you, Lord of Verminion.

Which seems to be a negative trend they've been falling into over the past few years. There have been a fair amount of things that when announced sounded very solid, however they end up fumbling the execution of those ideas horribly. This something pointed at SE in general and not just CBU3 with FF14.