So like where did Matsuno go

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:30 am

I was kinda moving and I missed out on FFXII stuff. But I did read that Matsuno wasn't making FFXII anymore, which sucks alot because I was only looking forward to the game because Matsuno was making it.

Did Garbo kidnap him or something?

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:37 am

I don't think so. I think Garbo is outside Brad Pitt's house with a hanky of chloroform.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:51 pm

I've heard somewhere Matsuno has had some health related issues. That could explain the delay, and lack of significant news updates on that game.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:52 pm

The game has been in development for so long that I doubt his departure at this late date in the project will be much of a blow.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:14 pm

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfa ... 30121.html

Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy XII producer Yasumi Matsuno will be stepping down from his position due to complications with his health. An official statement by Square Enix revealed that the seasoned producer has been ill for a while. However, he will remain on the project as a supervisor. Taking over as executive producer will be Akitoshi Kawazu, an experienced director best known for the SaGa series.

Even before E3, rumors about Matsuno's absence from Square had been circulating, but this is the first time the company has publicly confirmed his status.

"Final Fantasy XII's development producer Yasumi Matsuno has left his position to recover from his illness, and he is currently working as a supervisor [on the game]. His roles in the project are being passed on to the section leaders, and our development staff is working hard on its production. The game is just one step away from completion, so please look forward to it. We are confident that we will deliver a Final Fantasy beyond everybody's imagination on March 16," commented Square Enix in its public statement.

Matsuno also released a statement: "To all the fans that have been waiting for the release of Final Fantasy XII, I'm sorry that its development has been taking an extremely long time. I unfortunately will have to take a step away from the production scene, but the game is progressing in its development under the hands of excellent staffs, including Minagawa, Ito, and Akiyama."

Square Enix's announcement came just one day after the Square Enix Party 2005, where it showed off Final Fantasy XII in a playable format for the first time to the public.

The current Final Fantasy XII staff is as follows:

Executive Producer
Akitoshi Kawazu

Original Concept/ Scenario Plot/ Supervision
Yasumi Matsuno

Director
Hiroyuki Ito
Hiroshi Minagawa

Chief Programmer
Takashi Katano

Art Direction
Hideo Minaba
Isamu Kamikokuryou

Character Design
Akihiko Yoshida

Battle Design
Kazutoyo Maehiro

Event Direction
Jun Akiyama

Movie Director
Eiji Fujii

Supervisor
Taku Murata

Composer
Hitoshi Sakimoto

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:54 pm

Well, that's a good reason at least.

Jeff 2G6 · Post by **Jeff 2G6** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:28 pm

I hope this game never coems out, because if it does, I'll be forced to buy it and 50 bucks will be down the drain cause it'll suk

Renge Ishyo · Post by **Renge Ishyo** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:15 am

It's not as bad as it sounds, apparently the original setup was for Matsuno to produce FFXII and for Hiroyuki Ito (he was the director of FFT btw) to direct. Something happened and Matsuno became the director. Now he's "ill" and Ito is back directing. I don't think this game has a chance in hell of sucking, Matsuno's Vagrant Story and FFT team is still working on the game. What does suck is that eventually if Square actually releases this and Kingdom Hearts II I'm going to end up having to rebuy a PS2 so I can play them

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:23 am

Well, the game is pretty much done so Matusno's ideas and input into the game is still there. He'sjust concentrating on the story and so forth now. No big deal.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:36 pm

Fragrant Story
Final Fantasy Sucktits
Final Fantasy Sucktits: Suckier Portable version
Faggot Battle

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:33 am

Plaztik · Post by **Plaztik** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:56 am

Renge Ishyo wrote:It's not as bad as it sounds, apparently the original setup was for Matsuno to produce FFXII and for Hiroyuki Ito (he was the director of FFT btw) to direct. Something happened and Matsuno became the director. Now he's "ill" and Ito is back directing. I don't think this game has a chance in hell of sucking, Matsuno's Vagrant Story and FFT team is still working on the game. What does suck is that eventually if Square actually releases this and Kingdom Hearts II I'm going to end up having to rebuy a PS2 so I can play them

just buy a ps3 nub

KingOfHell · Post by **KingOfHell** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:57 pm

Ward wrote:Fragrant Story
Final Fantasy Sucktits
Final Fantasy Sucktits: Suckier Portable version
Faggot Battle

Thats pretty funny, but all those games ruled. I'm hoping that FFXII will be equally adequately satisfactory.
Vagrant Story was the shit anyone here ever get 5000kills of each enemy type??? i got roun 1500.

Bazz · Post by **Bazz** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:17 pm

KingOfHell wrote:
Ward wrote:Fragrant Story
Final Fantasy Sucktits
Final Fantasy Sucktits: Suckier Portable version
Faggot Battle
Thats pretty funny, but all those games ruled. I'm hoping that FFXII will be equally adequately satisfactory.

Adequately satisfactory is more a description of a fairly nice cheese sandwich then a game which ruled. Be more positive

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:28 pm

KingOfHell wrote:
Ward wrote:Fragrant Story
Final Fantasy Sucktits
Final Fantasy Sucktits: Suckier Portable version
Faggot Battle
Thats pretty funny, but all those games ruled. I'm hoping that FFXII will be equally adequately satisfactory.
Vagrant Story was the shit anyone here ever get 5000kills of each enemy type??? i got roun 1500.

sweet i used to live in orleans, ontario, canada

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:14 am

well... where is he?

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:30 am

WaWard wrote:
KingOfHell wrote:
Ward wrote:Fragrant Story
Final Fantasy Sucktits
Final Fantasy Sucktits: Suckier Portable version
Faggot Battle
Thats pretty funny, but all those games ruled. I'm hoping that FFXII will be equally adequately satisfactory.
Vagrant Story was the shit anyone here ever get 5000kills of each enemy type??? i got roun 1500.
sweet i used to live in orleans, ontario, canada

lol you were lit AF bro

Cybernetic Empire · Post by **Cybernetic Empire** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:46 pm

himurokoken wrote:Well, the game is pretty much done so Matusno's ideas and input into the game is still there. He'sjust concentrating on the story and so forth now. No big deal.

Ahhh such optimism back then...

Matsuno is coming back to make the endgame raid content for FFXIV's new expansion. That's gonna be awesome.

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:32 am

Cybernetic Empire wrote:
himurokoken wrote:Well, the game is pretty much done so Matusno's ideas and input into the game is still there. He'sjust concentrating on the story and so forth now. No big deal.
Ahhh such optimism back then...

Matsuno is coming back to make the endgame raid content for FFXIV's new expansion. That's gonna be awesome.

wait wut

Cybernetic Empire · Post by **Cybernetic Empire** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:22 pm

Cid wrote:
Cybernetic Empire wrote:
himurokoken wrote:Well, the game is pretty much done so Matusno's ideas and input into the game is still there. He'sjust concentrating on the story and so forth now. No big deal.
Ahhh such optimism back then...

Matsuno is coming back to make the endgame raid content for FFXIV's new expansion. That's gonna be awesome.
wait wut

http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xiv-get ... 1790466397

Yuh. A Realm Reborn's series of raids was based off of FFIII with the crystal tower. Heavenward's raids haven't been that direct, but they do have a bunch of references like the war of the magi, Diabolos (who's been a recurring villian, Ozma (boss from FFIX), and Cait Sith. So yeah, Stormblood is going to have raids that have tentatively been titled "Return to Ivalice".

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:48 pm

Good grief. Matsuno hasn't done anything good with Ivalice since FFT.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:29 pm

EXCEPT FFXII

I didn't mean for capslock to be on but I'm happy with the results.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:33 pm

I was talking about FFXII.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:57 pm

FFXII IS GREAT YOU'RE WRONG YES VAAN AND PENELO SUX I DON'T CARE

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:23 pm

I don't care about Vaan and Penelo. All the characters suck (except Balthier). The story is about a war and should follow characters involved in the war, not a bunch of doofuses off in la-la land, so when they finally meet up with the villain at the end we have no idea where the fcuk he's coming from with his ranting.

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:45 am

Cybernetic Empire wrote:
Cid wrote:
Cybernetic Empire wrote:
himurokoken wrote:Well, the game is pretty much done so Matusno's ideas and input into the game is still there. He'sjust concentrating on the story and so forth now. No big deal.
Ahhh such optimism back then...

Matsuno is coming back to make the endgame raid content for FFXIV's new expansion. That's gonna be awesome.
wait wut
http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xiv-get ... 1790466397

Yuh. A Realm Reborn's series of raids was based off of FFIII with the crystal tower. Heavenward's raids haven't been that direct, but they do have a bunch of references like the war of the magi, Diabolos (who's been a recurring villian, Ozma (boss from FFIX), and Cait Sith. So yeah, Stormblood is going to have raids that have tentatively been titled "Return to Ivalice".

Aw man but I don't wanna play FFXIV.

Lord Golbez wrote:I was talking about FFXII.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 7:22 am

Final Fantasy XIV is good. Everybody should at least give it a go.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:18 pm

I gave it a brief go during a trial period. Sounds like you have to form guilds and do a ridiculous amount of leveling up to do anything worthwhile. Also, the basic gameplay wasn't terribly fun to me.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:48 pm

Which version of the game was it? A Realm Reborn or before? If it was the 1.0 version of the game, I'd say go and give it another try. It was overhauled tremendously from that version, completely reversing the fate and fortunes of the title.
I've played hundreds of hours and have at no point needed to make friends in the game (though I have). Dungeons and bosses that require more than one player will put you with random other players on the server, most of which won't talk much, other than to share tips. The game is certainly a slow starter and can seem overwhelming at times (like with most MMORPGs) but it quickly gets very vast and rewarding and has several story arcs which hold up against the very best Final Fantasy have offered. I find it a very relaxing game to play, as long as you're not rushing.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:56 pm

It was Realm Reborn. I didn't get very far. It was just starting me off with basic fetch quests/ hunt quest type stuff. So I don't have too much of an idea what it's like past that except talking to the info desk type people in the game, who made it all sound very complicated and like I would have to do a ton of leveling before I could do anything fun.

Cybernetic Empire · Post by **Cybernetic Empire** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:59 pm

FFXIV is easy as hell get most stuff done solo. You don't even have to do end game stuff. You can just play through the story and cancel your sub until a few patches come out with more story. The "I don't want to play an MMO" people are really missing out if they enjoy the Final Fantasy series. I actually haven't played in about 6 months, but I went ahead and pre-ordered the $200 physical collector's edition cause I know when I start back up, it's going to be quality.

As far as the gameplay goes, you pretty much have to get to level 30+ for the battle system/job to start coming together and keeping you busy. But it's like that for just about any game tbh.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 7:17 pm

I kind of forget what it plays like, but isn't the gameplay a lot like FFXII (which I hate)? I know I haven't played it enough to get the full experience, but I don't really see the correlation with other FF games. The experience seemed more similar to western RPGs and other online RPGs.

Cybernetic Empire · Post by **Cybernetic Empire** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:33 pm

Lord Golbez wrote:I kind of forget what it plays like, but isn't the gameplay a lot like FFXII (which I hate)? I know I haven't played it enough to get the full experience, but I don't really see the correlation with other FF games. The experience seemed more similar to western RPGs and other online RPGs.

It's nothing like XII. The only passive attack is auto attack, but that doesn't account for much of your damage. It's all about chaining your techniques and abilities. The correlation with other FF games is it's storytelling and lore. They're not just taking a backseat to running dungeons and your character isn't faceless dude #4324.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:50 pm

Oh. Right. I had pretty much no techniques at the beginning. That's why it was FFXII like to me. Also, I couldn't tell form the intro that my character isn't faceless dude #1337

Cybernetic Empire · Post by **Cybernetic Empire** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:18 pm

Lord Golbez wrote:Oh. Right. I had pretty much no techniques at the beginning. That's why it was FFXII like to me. Also, I couldn't tell form the intro that my character isn't faceless dude #1337

Well you probably played like 5-10 hours of a game that has a shit ton of story content so you obviously didn't see much. Each expansion is pretty much a full single player Final Fantasy story. But I'm not gonna expend anymore energy trying to talk people into giving the game a chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgCSjoM7b0M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLCWCPyxByg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra2LLKa0Fsk

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:21 pm

I didn't play that much. Maybe 2-4 hours more like.

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:36 am

What server are you on? The leveling is really monotonous at the start but I could give it another go if I had a leveling buddy.

Cybernetic Empire · Post by **Cybernetic Empire** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:05 am

Cid wrote:What server are you on? The leveling is really monotonous at the start but I could give it another go if I had a leveling buddy.

Hyperion. I think they made it so the main scenario quests give a ton of experience now in 2.0 so you can catch up easily. There's also something called the Deep Dungeon that is easy exp apparently. I just re-upped my sub tonight after about 6 months of not playing. Time to figure out what I was doing

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:51 am

Once you've gone up a few levels, the focus goes away from levelling and you won't yourself grinding battles for the sake of EXP. There are so many quests, side quests and sub plots littered around the maps, you'll naturally find yourself being diverted from the story and earning EXP for it.

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 3:36 am

When I did the trial I never had a problem finding tons of quests, they were just really boring. Excluding the story ones that were few and far between it was all "take X to Y" and "collect X number of Y." FATEs were kinda neat tho. Also the GCD is so long I always felt like I was sitting there slamming my next combo ability waiting for it to come off cooldown although I'm sure that just takes getting used to I guess.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:45 am

That's an inherent problem with MMORPGS. People testing them will try from the start, and that's by far the most mundane and confusing section of the entire game. The game really does take a bit of time to warm up and gel, but eventually you'll be juggling a vast list of attacks and abilities.
Apparently, with the next big update (Bloodstorm) you'll be able to skip right to the new content. Not sure how that'll work yet.

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 11:12 pm

Lord Golbez wrote:Good grief. Matsuno hasn't done anything good with Ivalice since FFT.

Preach it!

Ivalice only goes down in quality.

FFT: Awesome
VS: Overwrought mess of a weapon systembut plot is still well represented and once you get the hang of the dumb chain thing it can be enjoyable. Just ignore all of BioCrimson's and Heretic's stupid time travel fan theories that make no damn sense.
FFTA: Good gameplay. Okay for what it is plot wise. Simple but not patronizingly stupid I mean.
FF12: Train wreck. Matsuno should be embarassed. He should put Alan Smithee on this thing.

Bonus round.
FFTA2: Okay gameplay. Patronizingly insipidly stupid. A random child off the street could probably deliver a better plot.
FFTA Tower Defense: This shouldnt exist...

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:53 pm

FF12: the bomb.

Where is Matsuno though?

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:49 pm

He's writing the relic weapon quests for FFXIV and working on a spiritual sequel to FFT that doesn't look very good.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:14 pm