Tetsuya Nomura no Longer Directing Final Fantasy XV

But... the trailer is exactly what Nomura envisioned for the project so far... I see no cause for concern, people are looking into this way too much.

But we don't know that for certain either, nor do we really know exactly what he envisioned beyond relatively vague statements. Ultimately we're all discussing conjectures at the moment. I'd love to think that Nomura managed to push through pretty much everything he wanted intact, but the realities of development, the whole bumpy saga, and the likelihood of what the environment must be like in Square-Enix make me wonder.

And I'm betting his departure revolved around this too.

Creative guys don't like the business guys.

I feel a bit sad, even with the trailer (and the seemingly upcoming info this and next week). I like him despite aaaaaall his flaws, and this project was like his child (maybe not as much as KH, but well).

So, yeah, I'd like to think he left his position in order to avoid KH III having the same fate, but deep inside I think there has to be something besides that (problems with executives, inability to direct, tiresome...)

I hope he doesn't leave the company after KH III like some people have said People might dislike or hate him, but it is obvious that he's been a very important part of the series for years and that he's got loads of talent. It just has to be controlled by someone in order to work.

Best of luck to him and kh3. And I'll enjoy xv for what it is. To me it still like it'd be a fun game and he brought out what he envisioned with advent children style battles. I hope he doesn't leave Square. But since I don't have proof something's going on, I'm dropping the subject till there is some.

I really wouldn't worry about it. Consider yourself lucky that you don't truly know what is going on behind the scenes. Keep it that way so that it doesn't hurt your excitement.

Yeah, I guess! It actually has diminished my enthusiasm (just a little bit), because I've grown up with Nomura being a big part of FF (even if VI and IX are my favourites), and the possibility of him having been deprived of his own project after all this time, having a bad relationship with his higher-ups or even leaving after a while is a bit sad.

You'd think that, hopefully, after all these years at the helm, his vision has been translated into the game, or at least a good chunk of it (of course, then there is the suits' meddling...). I trust Tabata, though. Next week should be interesting (although I don't think they'll get into many details about this).

A documentary about Versus/XV's development would be the best thing ever, but I don't think SE would allow that.

Leave it to Squirrel Emperor for making the most exciting of days to become dark and depressing.

Yeah, that's obvious, you don't release a documentary about a game's completion until... well, it's completed

I meant in the future, à la FFXIII Post-Mortem or The Final Hours (years...). But I know that won't happen (or if it does happen, it'll be really watered-down).

How I see this change in this:

1) They need KH3 development to "actually start"
2) FFXV is nearly done ( they are giving a demo to the game for crying out loud). Most of the work is done, Tabata is just there to polish the game ( not really change anything probably).
3) FFXV is looking to be a 2015 game ( again the demo in March 2015) Demos are a real sign that the game is nearly complete.

Basically, FFXV is at a point where Nomura can go back to KH3 without worrying to much about FFXV!

Then in some cruel twist of fate, Nomura leaves Square-Enix only to end up in a significant director position for The Last Guardian.

We can expect the kid in TLG to have spiky hair, belts and zippers now.

Agree for the most part.

More on #2, since FFXV has such a action oriented gameplay, and that's Tabata's "specialty", we know that what they're working on right now really is tweaking the gameplay and refining it at this point. I think you're correct, the game is very close to finish.

It should be here late next year or early 2016. Nomura set the framework for pretty everything and only a fool would ignore it. Taba has a very similar vision as Nomuras so that's why they work well. Taba just has to finish tweak areas that need work like you said then port it on disc.

Question I have is if the game and demo are due out so soon. How have we not heard any info on the English voice actors?

I am sure we will get that type of info as we get closer to the demo.

Also, TGS isn't over yet

Apparently, both Type-0 and XV have a big feature in Famitsu upcoming... so we'll get information there?

When does famitsu come out

Next week's so Thursday, I think?

They're skipping issue 1346? lol