Final Fantasy 7 Remake director says RPGs need more player choice, to stop them just watching streams instead
The director of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy says modern RPGs need to feature more player agency, to discourage players from choosing to watch streams instead. In an interview with 4Gamer, Naoki Hamaguchi explained that these days if an RPG simply has the player following a predetermined path without much scope to change it, the experience will be the same for everyone. As such, he argued, some players will be happy enough just watching an influencer playing the game on a stream, instead of buying it. Read More...
The director of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy says modern RPGs need to feature more player agency, to discourage players from choosing to watch streams instead.In an interview with 4Gamer, Naoki Hamaguchi explained that these days if an RPG simply has the player following a predetermined path without much scope to change it, the experience will be the same for everyone.
As such, he argued, some players will be happy enough just watching an influencer playing the game on a stream, instead of buying it.
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