Are you able to inform {that a} new Ultimate Fantasy is on the best way? The brand new mainline entry within the collection that’s Sq. Enix’s golden goose is imminent, and the Japanese writer has the entire crew out on the PR path. Ultimate Fantasy 16 is out subsequent month on consoles, although sadly us PC gamers must wait slightly longer, so we’re feasting on crumbs (like questioning whether or not to drop the quantity completely) whereas ready for that launch date for the PC model they’ve introduced however pretended they did not announce.
One of many oddest tidbits comes courtesy of an interview with producer Naoki Yoshida, better-known as Yoshi-P, a person who’s usually amusing to look at chiding the naughtier followers of Ultimate Fantasy 14 or baking cookies. Ultimate Fantasy 16 is aiming for that chimera of broader attraction, which after all means all issues to all individuals, however on this case meant that Sq. Enix’s Japanese builders centered on fantasies which can be at the moment common within the western world. And by centered, I imply they obtained ordered to purchase field units.
“As I’ve grown older, I’ve discovered that I like my fantasy primarily based extra in actuality,” Yoshida instructed Eurogamer. “We needed to create one thing that basically resonated with lots of people. And once we noticed how Recreation of Thrones, and earlier than that the Tune of Ice and Fireplace collection, has actually resonated with gamers, we knew that this was one thing that we needed to do as nicely. Once we first began creating the sport, we had our core workforce of about 30 members very early on purchase the blu-ray boxset of Recreation of Thrones and required everybody to look at it, as a result of we needed the sort of really feel.”
Sadly there isn’t any indication on whether or not the workforce members had been allowed to expense this relatively uncommon acquisition, or subsequently quizzed on the Targaryen dynasty. However whether or not you are a fan of Recreation of Thrones or not, there is not any arguing that the collection has wonderful cinematography and, in its extra violent moments, unforgettable choreography. It’s a true spectacle.
Ultimate Fantasy 16’s artwork director, Hiroshi Minagawa, additionally chimed-in on the HBO collection’ affect: “If we need to create one thing that has that sort of western really feel, we now have to look to the west for that sort of inspiration. And so issues like Recreation of Thrones are issues that we glance to, as a result of that sort of stuff doesn’t exist the place we dwell in Japan.”
So if Ultimate Fantasy 16 is not to your style, blame George R.R. Martin. In all seriousness that is hardly uncommon, even when the diktat from above to exit and purchase a boxset is humorous. FromSoftware has steadily established itself as a colossus by means of the Souls collection and now Elden Ring, video games which can be completely based on varied western mythologies and, in Elden Ring’s case, actually primarily based on a mythos written by George R.R. Martin. Reasonably than this being purely Sq. Enix taking a look at a well-liked HBO present, it feels just like the writer is sort of acutely aware of the videogame competitors, and their course of journey.
