Dualshockers' Gamescom 2013 Interview with Naoki Yoshida

[Vergil_Renata]

I figured I'd link to this on the Lodestone, too. ^^;

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is only a few days away, and for those that will be able to partake in the early access phase, the floodgates will open as soon as tomorrow.

But if you can’t wait, we have a treat for you. At Gamescom in Cologne I had the chance to have a long chat with Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida about his vision for the present, and more importantly the future of the game. You can enjoy it directly from my point of view in the two videos at the bottom of the post. . .

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Awesome stuff, Abriael!

[Earendur]

2.1 will be much bigger than launch client.

[Munba]

Can someone write the main points please? Can't see videos right now :/

[Eldaena]

Please, Yoshida! Re-evaluate the voice-acting!

[3Jane]

More fun with the CC on You-Tube

[Rydin]

More fun with the CC on You-Tube

Oh My God, English subtitles from Japanese audio is PRICELESS...

"Size of sale suicide the car Oslo"

[Merovin]

Good stuff! I do think (and hope) that Yoshida will stay on XIV for as long as possible though. The mini minstrel question was really funny as well

Also, am I the only one who kept staring at that awesome Ishgard backdrop everytime the camera turned to Yoshi?

Anyways, nice interview, thanks for the info!

[Eekiki]

Interesting interview. I believe this is the first time I've heard anyone at SE suggest that Wada was the one to blame for 1.0 more than Tanaka.

Also good to hear that the new president of SE is more of a gamer than his predecessor.

[Duelle]

Interesting interview. I believe this is the first time I've heard anyone at SE suggest that Wada was the one to blame for 1.0 more than Tanaka.

Also good to hear that the new president of SE is more of a gamer than his predecessor.

Wada's gotten plenty of flack for the general direction he led SE when he took over. It was just one more item in a long list of odd decisions.

Despite his questionable decisions and his love for Lightning, I did grow to appreciate the fact he actually chose to make himself visible by appearing in the live producer letters, which I took as a way of saying "I'm aware of this and I care" (even if the cynic in me writes that off as PR).

Whoa "I expect less than 100 people will beat Binding Coil of Bahamut before first update"? Challenge accepted!

Maybe it's my WoW experience talking, but that tells me it may be tuned a la pre-nerf M'uru (tuned right on the line between "overtuned to be unbeatable" and "very difficult") or they went the pre-nerf C'thun route (overtuned to be unbeatable).

[Abriael]

Maybe it's my WoW experience talking, but that tells me it may be tuned a la pre-nerf M'uru (tuned right on the line between "overtuned to be unbeatable" and "very difficult") or they went the pre-nerf C'thun route (overtuned to be unbeatable).

Remember that Yoshi is an experience MMO gamer. personally I doubt that he just ramped up the stats. Most probably it's the mechanics that are the most challenging part.

Either way, we asked (actually demanded) for it.