Closing Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed that the event group needed to watch Recreation of Thrones for inspiration.
For the reason that first trailer for Closing Fantasy 16 was launched, there have been comparisons to western fantasy — notably the hit HBO collection — primarily because of the recreation’s medieval themes.
When requested about this in a latest interview with Eurogamer, Yoshida defined that as he’s grown older, he’s discovered that he likes “fantasy based mostly extra in actuality.”
Closing Fantasy 16. Credit score: Sq. Enix
“We needed to create one thing that actually resonated with lots of people,” Yoshida stated. “And once we noticed how Recreation of Thrones, and earlier than that the Track of Ice and Hearth collection, has actually resonated with gamers, we knew that this was one thing that we needed to do as nicely.
“Once we first began creating the sport. We had our core group of about 30 members very early on purchase the Blu-ray boxset of Recreation of Thrones and required everybody to look at it, as a result of we needed this kind of really feel.”
Artwork director Hiroshi Minagawa added that the group needed to create one thing with a western really feel, saying, “…we now have to look to the west for that sort of inspiration. And so issues like Recreation of Thrones are issues that we glance to, as a result of that sort of stuff doesn’t exist the place we reside in Japan.”
Closing Fantasy 16 is ready to launch for PS5 on June 22. In NME‘s preview, Jake Tucker stated: “Closing Fantasy 16 itself owes plenty of debt to the latest success of the darkish fantasy genres. Whereas Closing Fantasy 15 was all about some good boys and their automotive, it is a extra conventional sword and sorcery affair, with good writing and cracking performances to again up a extra mature tone.”
In different gaming information, Tears Of The Kingdom was virtually full earlier than it was delayed final 12 months.