Wow, Wuk Lamat is really single-handedly ruining the DT story...

[Riastrad]

Wait wait wait hold the phone. Is this true? Where did you hear this?

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9476812/?ref_=tt_ov_wr

Prepare to cry.

[BadAtGames]

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9476812/?ref_=tt_ov_wr

Prepare to cry.

Speechless. There are so many things I want to say that I simply can't on this forum. I miss Ishikawa so bad it makes me look stupid

[ThorneDynasty]

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9476812/?ref_=tt_ov_wr

Prepare to cry.

I mean, not to shame, a lot of artists make a living from smut at the start of their careers.

It's just that... What credentials compelled SE to give him the lead writer position for their biggest cash cow? I can't see how anything he wrote for FF14 before this showcased anything but risks. They really must have wrapped themselves in this positivity feedback bubble if they didn't hear or see the criticism people had for Werlyt and 6.X.

But you know, don't criticize the game! The devs must already be aware of the issues, they are already fixing them I bet, so why all this negativity? /s

[Raven2014]

I mean, not to shame, a lot of artists make a living from smut at the start of their careers.

Also VN doesn't synonym to bad either. In fact, Kinoko Nasu (Fate), Ryūkishi Zero-Nana (Umineko), or even Ittetsu Narahara (Murasama) would easily give Ishikawa a run for her money. Nasu was probably the biggest name among them and he started his writing career writing doujins. But yeah, it's weird they handed the job to a writer who only wrote a rather obscured otome game. Only reason I can think of is his salary probably not too high comparing to the other heavy hitters.

[ZephyrMenodora]

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9476812/?ref_=tt_ov_wr

Prepare to cry.

I stared in silence a moment upon opening this. How can a game that generates this much money not deserve a bigger budget for the writing team? Someone writing a couple side quests with that resume should never have been handed the MSQ for a multi-million dollar product.

[FlowerMilk]

I stared in silence a moment upon opening this. How can a game that generates this much money not deserve a bigger budget for the writing team? Someone writing a couple side quests with that resume should never have been handed the MSQ for a multi-million dollar product.

The CEO of Square Enix invested a bunch of money into NFTs and lost the company $140 million.

Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...ppedand-where/

I would not be surprised if that's why this expansion just seems a lot more poor quality and lower budget in general.