New Yoshi-P Interview

[Turtledeluxe]

That's because Yoshi P and CS 3 have become the Michael bay of video games. All flash and no substance. Noone will argue they hand in polished effects and well put together products, but the gameplay has no depth.

I was actually going to elaborate on this but yes, the consistent negative feedback about XVI runs very similar to XIV. Overly streamlined combat with a lack of RPG elements, hit and miss quest quality, poor pacing with high highs and low lows, etc. Obviously you can't compare them 1 to 1 because XVI is a console game...but it does feel very CS3 is some respects.

[Daralii]

I was actually going to elaborate on this but yes, the consistent negative feedback about XVI runs very similar to XIV. Overly streamlined combat with a lack of RPG elements, hit and miss quest quality, poor pacing with high highs and low lows, etc. Obviously you can't compare them 1 to 1 because XVI is a console game...but it does feel very CS3 is some respects.

XVI and XIV have almost identical quest structure, so I don't think comparing them is unfair. It shows that a lot of the design issues apparent in XIV are rooted in CS3 and not engine limitations or time constraints.