Yoshi-P No Longer Sits on Square Enix's Board of Directors

Please report on all the people who lost their seat. They seem to be reorganizing to a smaller board to make it easier to comply with a new Japanese law. Please look into it and report back.

Just ban him to his MMO and never let him touch another FF game ever again.

I want FF to be an RPG again, not a hack and slash with a coat of RPG paint.

He's a talented guy for sure, but 16 was the biggest disappointment, even for someone who doesn't mind action RPGs. It was almost as shallow as a mobile game.

I sense sooner than later Yoshi-P gonna announce he's leaving SE.

@tameshiyaku many mobile games, like Star Rail, have more depth than 16

Will be missed, FF16 was a great game.

Surprised to see the FF16 hate - it was easily the best FF since 10. Great characters, score, graphics. Exciting story. Cool dog. Cool chocobos. British voice cast. And combat was simple, but fun.

@Hyena_socks You shouldn't be surprised. FF fanbase are well known as one of the most toxic fanbase in gaming community.

Every time a new main FF came out, there always plenty of very heated discussion, very nitpicky comparison with previous titles, and exaggerated negative reactions from fans who loves specific FF game.

It's just tiring for me who enjoyed each FF with all their own pros and cons.

So much FF16 slander in the comments, while it's not my favourite in the main line, no one can argue that it has some of the best boss fights EVER, the prime example being the Bahamet fight.

Edit: however there is no defending the poor side quests, maybe the worst in the franchise.

FF16 is my GOTY for 2023. It's only shallow if you choose not to engage with its mechanics. That's kind of the only major issue I had with the game. It was easy enough that most people seemingly didn't need to play it 'properly' and thus never mastered combat

@DennisReynolds Nah, let him make another FF game. FF16 is a masterpiece

@Hyena_socks That's all I ever see on Reddit, FF fans are mega toxic.

Maybe if the majority of FF fans doesn't like a new FF game, there's another reason than 'being toxic' (you know, if you discard someone elses opinion like that, it's YOU who's being toxic).

I'm a longterm FF player, since i got to play IV as a kid, i sat through 13 and 15, thought they weren't great but alright.

16 though? it's one of the worst games i've ever played. The only thing that game has going or it is it looks great. Otherwise it's an empty husk of a game.
Most of the npc's in the game have the personality of a sack of potatoes, the questing is obnoxious and the constant flying from here to there on the map makes me feel more disconnected from the gameworld than in any FF game before, largely because the corridors feel even more boxed in than in something like FFX or XIII.
The worst thing? it bears the Final Fantasy name but it's just not FF. There's no party system whatsoever, the fighting style is DMC and there's nothing of what makes FF FF; The monsters having their iconic abilities.
Standing in front of a Marlboro, getting hit by its breath and not receiving a single status effect was the grand epitome of how bad it got in this game.

@PuppetMaster that’s a shame, I mean it’s definitely not the same series it was up until 10, but each game has had its strengths and weaknesses.

Just seems strange when the game is far closer to those earlier games (outside of combat) than the last few entries.

@scoobdoo haha, so true. The hoyo games are actually quite good, even without paying a single cent.

FF16 was a drunk retelling of game of thrones.

@Hyena_socks The series always change because Hironobu Sakaguchi himself wants each new FF game to offer something new / different. He doesn't want the team to just copy and paste from the past works because that would lead FF series to stagnant.

For FF 16, Sakaguchi said the game feels like an FF game. But somehow, some FF fans claim otherwise lol.
https://icon-era.com/threads/hironobu-sakaguchi-weighs-in-on-what-makes-a-final-fantasy-game-and-why-its-final-fantasy-16-itself.6747/

@savarunl who says it’s the majority, though?

@naruball

Strawman.
(See, i can also post useless oneliners).

I love how everyone is sitting here complaining about what makes a FF game a FF game, but not even FF it self know what make a FF game… Literally the most popular and best selling FF game ever is one that mostly only still popular cause you can play dress up as a half naked cat girls and go clubbing.

If Square Enix wants to make an open world space opera with third person shooting and call it Final Fantasy 18. They are fully allowed to do it…

And he's a happy man 👨 😊

@PuppetMaster It's true and very dumb. I love FFXVI quite a bit. Same with FFVII Rebirth and FFXIV. I hate toxic fanbases. They are predisposed to hate everything. *see Star Wars "fans"