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[url=http://www.siliconera.com/2018/02/02/monolith-soft-boss-talks-katsura-hashino-xenoblade-chronicles-2-development-struggles]Monolith Soft Boss Talks To Katsura Hashino About Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Development Struggles[/url]
Katsura Hashino: It was impressive to see how lively the characters of Xenoblade Chronicles were. I certainly felt the love that went into the character CG models. It made me think how they must have been made with such confidence.
Tetsuya Takahashi: Thank you very much. But rather than love, I believe it was more the passion of the workplace. Up until now our characters always took a beating, so we said “this time we won’t let you guys complain.” That was promising to see.
However, on the other hand, things didn’t go well with the UI. We lost three programmers in the middle of development.
Hashino: Oh, is that so?
Takahashi: We had no choice but to do it with our remaining members, and we endured to the very end. The team worked hard, but that part was frustrating.
Hashino: How much of it was handled in-house at Monolith Soft? Was the character modeling done internally?
Takahashi: Monolith Tokyo has a little less than 100 developers. Of that group, between 50% to 60% was helping Nintendo with Zelda (Breath of the Wild). Of the remaining 40 to 50 people, several were part of R&D (Research & Development), and the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 staff was made of the remaining 40-plus members.
However, we couldn’t make it with just these members, so we outsourced then revised what we got, and that was the flow of things.
Hashino: So the character models were done externally?
Takahashi: Yes, they were produced externally and adjusted internally. Rex, Pyra, and several other models were done completely in-house from our members. We had some talented new recruits who were assigned with it as well.
Satoshi Eguchi (Former Dengeki Game Media Editor-in-Chief): Nevertheless, it’s quite amazing that you guys made such a large-scale game like Xenoblade Chronicles 2 with 40 people.
Hashino: Was the event design and scenario handled externally?
Takahashi: Those were internal.
Hashino: And with 40 people, that’s truly what you call core members. When you get together the main programmers, main designers, and planners, that’s easily already 40 people.
Die Informationen auf der Rekrutierungsseite machen lust auf mehr. Das erste an das ich denken musste war: “Ein Dark Souls like von Monoith Soft?” ^^
This is a brand new project that will offer something different from Monolithsoft’s usual brand image. It is a new challenge they are tackling. They are looking for programmers and battle planners for the action portion of the game, specifically people who have experience in action games and able to handle responsive combat.
This is definitely a fantasy action RPG.
Taken from the website. They are recruiting “action game staff” in particular, and the individual recruitment pages for the action part programmers and action part battle planners specify desired action game experience and responsiveness and enemy AI as things they want to emphasize. For the battle planners, they are also looking for those with an interest in medieval fantasy and understanding of western entertainment trends.
