Game news “I understand you”: after the controversy, the director of FF7 Rebirth hears criticism from players
Publié le 14/03/2024 à 09:15
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In order to guide players on their journey, developers often use more or less crude visual tricks: among them, yellow paints which have long been popular. Except that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, many find them outdated…
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Four years after Final Fantasy VII Remake, Square Enix has finally released Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and it is an undeniable success: 93% on Metacritic and a huge number of satisfied players are now diving into the fabulous world designed by Japanese developers, many more open and vast than in the first chapter. But this also has a price: sometimes you have to guide the player, even if it means taking him by the hand.
To do thisthe studio used several visual cues such as yellow paintswhich can be found almost everywhere: on a wall for example, to indicate that it can be climbed. The problem is that many people don't find it immersive at all: it must be said that it's not very natural to have stones painted flashy yellow in the middle of the countryside. And by the way, when players realized this in the playable demo of FF7 Rebirth, a small controversy even broke out.
The game director explains
Naoki Hamaguchi had a heavy task and an equally massive honor: that of directing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The game director has therefore given numerous interviews recently, including one to Redbull, who asked his opinion on the famous bad buzz of yellow paint… and the developer expressed his surprise on the subject:
I didn't think 'yellow paint' would be something that would be discussed on social media. For things like camera options, where people have a wide variety of preferences, there is no right answer and our basic approach is to offer a variety of accessibility options. But here, I would like to take into account the valuable comments we received (on the subject of yellow paint, editor's note), I received a ton of them for the next games.
A priori therefore, there is a way that the sparkling yellow traces will disappear for Final Fantasy VII Remake 3 and that they will be replaced by more discreet elements. A priori…
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