The developer of the Final Fantasy series confessed the failure of the MMORPG
Final Fantasy XIV, and had a mind to start it all over again.
At the press conference held in Tokyo, Japan on Sept.
28, Yoichi Wada on behalf of Square Enix confessed the failure of Final
Fantasy XIV, and intended to re-develop the game so as to regain the
Final Fantasy series' reputation. The CEO disclosed that they planned to
start Final Fantasy XIV all over again as it had compromised the
reputation of the Final Fantasy series, and wished to realize their
original ideas. Shortly after being officially released last September,
Final Fantasy XIV was criticized seriously by various well-known game media overseas. For
example, the American game site GameSpot commented that Final Fantasy
XIV was a combination of stupid things and was indeed a failure, and
said that future updates might make it better. In view of the stupid
systems and the excessively complicated structure, players also
questioned the game's completeness.
To better the PC version of
Final Fantasy XIV,
Square Enix delayed the release of the PS3 version which's originally
scheduled to be rolled out this March, and assigned new developers
(including the development director) to work on the game.
According to Yoichi Wada, they will step forward
sticking to the road of online games in the future, but will not develop
all Dragon Quest titles following Dragon Quest X as online games.