Final Fantasy 16 Devs Were "Required" To Watch Game Of Thrones
Final Fantasy has changed a lot over the years, as the latest entry in the series is obviously inspired by more realistic fantasy. It's no secret that Western fantasy giants like Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones have played a huge part in the development of Final Fantasy 16, but it turns out that producer Naoki Yoshida wanted to nail the vibe down so bad that early developers working on the title were actually "required" to watch HBO's hit series.
According to an interview with Eurogamer, the team working on Final Fantasy 16 had to "look to the west" for inspiration regarding more gritty, medieval fantasy as "that type of stuff does not exist where we live in Japan." As a result, the team ended up focusing on Western media that fit the bill, and Game of Thrones is arguably one of the most influential pieces of fantasy that the West has ever produced.
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However, instead of drawing inspiration from a distance, Yoshida wanted the core teams of devs that began working on Final Fantasy 16 to really get stuck in and absorb the general feeling of Game of Thrones, so made it a requirement for everyone to watch the show.
"We wanted to create something that really resonated with a lot of people," explained Yoshia. "And when we saw how Game of Thrones, and before that the Song of Ice and Fire series, has really resonated with players, we knew that this was something that we wanted to do as well. When we first started creating the game, we had our core team of about 30 members very early on buy the blu-ray boxset of Game of Thrones and required everyone to watch it, because we wanted this type of feel."
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