Final Fantasy 14 and Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki ‘Yoshi-P’ Yoshida has stated that one of his favourite current games is really The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge for the way it reuses assets in fascinating methods.
Chatting with Famitsu – with machine translated quotes and the assist of Genki – the Final Fantasy flagbearer stated that all of the current Zelda games have been good enjoyable, however he was notably smitten with Princess Zelda’s first correct solo journey.
“What I’m about to speak about is a bit nerdy, however even from a producer’s perspective, there have been many factors that made me assume, ‘Wow, that is superb’, in phrases of how they used assets, how they made it, and the game design,” he stated.
He additionally mentions how lots of the “base assets” have been utilized in another games in the sequence, most likely referring to property additionally present in the Hyperlink’s Awakening remake, however that is a great factor in his eyes. “That is to say, the manufacturing prices have been stored to a minimal by focusing all the efforts on making the game enjoyable to play.” Yoshi-P then went on to encourage aspiring game devs to play and research Echoes of Knowledge to see find out how to deal with enjoyable in efficient methods.
In an period the place huge publishers are fighting swelling manufacturing prices, many builders have talked about the advantages of merely reusing property and animations and setting to innovate in the areas that really matter. The Like a Dragon games are well-known for constructing the sequence with that in thoughts, and Elden Ring Nightreign’s director centered on the similar factor.
Final Fantasy 14 devs “struggling to discover a stability between referencing previous Final Fantasy games and introducing new content material,” however a brand new Gundam anime could also be simply the inspiration Yoshi-P wants
