The director of Final Fantasy 14 developed another online game that never saw the light

Not all donuts succeed with the hole. Don't believe it? Well, then you should really read the words of Naoki Yoshida, Director of Final Fantasy 14. The ambitious MMO from Square Enix has been reborn thanks to the work of Yoshida, who in the past had his first project canceled.



The story is decidedly long and complex. Naoki Yoshida had started working at Enix shortly before the merger with Square and was working on an online game for the PC at the time. "To my surprise, the two companies merged while I was still working on the title," the words of the Director of Final Fantasy 14 declared during a Q&A with fans hosted on a site dedicated to Final Fantasy 11. "The result of this operation ? The game had lost its PC exclusivity and we were told it needed to run on PS2, ”continued Yoshida.| ); }
Not quite a cracking career start for Yoshida : the first game he was working on never played again. Over the years, Yoshida has in fact worked on many MMORPGs, including the two of Dragon Quest X. He is currently also working on Final Fantasy 16, which is expected to arrive on PS5 in the role of producer.