Nah he wasn't forced out, he resigned voluntarily and from what I understand it was an amicable parting (hence they let him get away with basically ripping off FF with Lost Odyssey).Originally Posted by ANGRYWOLF
Wasn't Sakaguichi behind Lost Odyssey ?
He's really the father of FF. Unfortunate that he was forced to leave after that movie debacle..the spirits within..
The spirits within lol.
He was certainly in charge of LO though, with Uematsu as well, so if you're wondering where the story-writing and musical talent went from X-2 onwards... there's your answer(Though the new guy in charge of music has improved a fair bit since XII in my opinion).
Bearing in mind it's different people, thinking about it it's probably best that they're taking FF in their own direction. Otherwise they'd just be a shadow of the guys who left and created Mistwalker and all we'd get is more remakes, -2's and milking of VII etc (not that I'd argue with a VII remake..)
There's little in terms of returning to the "good old days" that S-E can do unless the messiah eventually returns to the company (bit like what happened with Steve Jobs and Apple). The genius has left the building. Best they can do is try to inspire new forms of genius themselves. I thought XIII was a step in the right direction (not perfect, but 'good') and will probably back them for another game or two before giving up. I'm definitely itching for another FF-style Mistwalker game though.
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