Hiromichi Tanaka on MMORPG, World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV
Hiromichi Tanaka, director of Final Fantasy XIV has become one of MMORPGs most-watched persons to date and, with a lot of competition from a massive online gaming industry like World of Warcraft and GRAVITY’s 
Ragnarok Online, it’s hard to imagine where Final Fantasy XIV would rank among these popular and reveled MMOs. For Hiromichi Tanaka, the game is a tough competitor of its own.
Here’s what the Final Fantasy XIV head honcho has to say about Final Fantasy XIV and its overall impact to the world of MMORPGs.
“I worked on Final Fantasy XI for 8 years. I was able to collect a lot of feedback and testimonials of MMORPG players. But I also heard many moving stories from the players. A lot of things happened between them. So I had a great pleasure in working on a new MMORPG and I will be able to hear many new stories written through the game.
We do not try to compete with World of Warcraft. We really want to convince the fans of Final Fantasy who have never played an MMORPG. But also show to casual gamers that MMORPGs are very exciting to play. We really hope that Final Fantasy XIV will be a good first experience for those new players.
With this title we want to bring new players to the MMORPG experience, so we spent a lot of time to manage the play time. We know that MMORPGs can consume a lot of time for players. We have therefore created the “Guild Leaves” and an armory which will allow players to use their playing time effectively. This is one of the main novelties of this Final Fantasy XIV.
We really wanted to make quests less repetitive as possible for players. In Final Fantasy XI, when you were done with a quest, it was not meant to be repeated. Instead in Final Fantasy XIV we really want the players to repeat them as many times as they want. Attempts are being made to make these quests as pleasant as possible so that players do not feel bored.
The development of Final Fantasy XIV occupies all my time, so I do not have time to play other games. I am therefore sorry to say that the last game that pleased me as a player is Final Fantasy XI.
We have not yet anything in mind to the Playstation Plus members. You’ll have the traditional achievements for all players, but nothing special for Playstation Plus members. ”
The original French statement of Hiromichi Tanaka can be originally be found at FFXIV Core and the video of his interview as well.
Guys like Hiromichi Tanaka, Nobuo Uematsu and Tetsuya Nomura contributed significant roles in making a game called Final Fantasy reach the zenith of role-playing popularity and, there’s no stopping this train ride as one of these guys and their subordinates and their suborinates’ subordinates are still in the business.
MMO or not.
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