In a recent interview published by True Achievement, a former art director eidos montreal revealed that the team was originally tasked with launching it development from Final Fantasy 15 The internal work of the Japanese division was preceded by Square Enix’s work.
“We tried to work on Final Fantasy 15,” he explained. Jonathan Jacque-Belletête, former artistic director From the Deus Ex team, “then they decided to move development to Japan – which I still think is a mistake, but it’s true. Our project was really good.”
The subject has not been explored further and there is no way to understand up to what point Development continued at Eidos Montreal, or if some of the work carried out by the Western team was salvaged, used, or transferred directly to the build, then developed by the internal team of Square Enix in Japan.
What is certain is that Final Fantasy 15 has gone through an extremely complex formation with various style, idea, and content changes, so it cannot be ruled out that something about the early versions of the game also has to do with the material that was released. the public was interested in the work of Eidos Montreal.
Jacque-Belletête’s statement could also confirm an old rumor that surfaced on the Youtube channel SuperBunnyHop in 2018, which revealed that Eidos Montreal has “some artistic elements and game design projects in a super secret office”. It’s essentially a sort of “space opera RPG” with a love triangle and other elements that might relate to Final Fantasy 15.
If nothing else, this is how Square Enix’s use of western teams has always been quite eclectic and surprising, maybe too much, so much that it’s now a clear change of direction after Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix Montreal It shows that we can hope. Sold to Embracer Group. We also recently learned that Final Fantasy 15 has sold 10 million copies.
Source: Multiplayer
