The creator of Dragon Quest, Yuji Horii, believes Remaining Fantasy X was “final perfection” when it launched again in 2001.
In an interview with Sport Informer, Horii talked about his expertise growing Dragon Quest, which on the time was up in opposition to the Remaining Fantasy sequence as Sq. and Enix had but to merge. Whereas he did not actually consider Remaining Fantasy as “competitors” per se — whereas they’re each RPGs, their approaches to storytelling are fairly completely different — he did acknowledge that he was “positively taking note of it.”
“Approach again then, when Remaining Fantasy initially got here out, I used to be positively taking note of it as a result of it was one thing we wanted to look out for,” Horii stated, reflecting on how the video games differ. “However there’s one key distinction that I actually noticed again then: the protagonists within the Remaining Fantasy titles, they communicate quite a bit. Whereas for Dragon Quest, the important thing goal for [the games], or the expertise it presents for the participant, is that the participant turns into the protagonist themselves.
“In Remaining Fantasy, you form of observe the protagonist, however you are not essentially turning into the protagonist within the video games. So I believed that was a extremely fascinating and stark distinction between Dragon Quest and Remaining Fantasy, however I did not essentially see them as a rival again then.”
That will have modified when Remaining Fantasy X got here alongside, nonetheless.
“Remaining Fantasy, once more, [the protagonists] simply speak quite a bit,” Horii added. “I do like Remaining Fantasy, although. After I first noticed Remaining Fantasy X, I recall feeling this was the last word perfection of Remaining Fantasy.”
Do not forget that Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake launched on the finish of October. We thought it was Wonderful, awarding it 9/10, writing: “Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake fantastically concludes this trilogy, recapturing the retro magic of the originals whereas giving them a contemporary facelift.”
And as for the newest on Remaining Fantasy 7 Remake Half 3? Director Naoki Hamaguchi not too long ago confirmed the upcoming sport would “strike a stability” when it got here to pacing and be “extra concise,” however insisted did not imply he would minimize any content material from the sport.
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