One thing that gets lost in all the “hubbub” of making video games is that the creators who develop them…love to play video games, too. We’ve heard plenty of talk recently about how developers like Sandfall Interactive paid homage to all the RPGs they loved when making their “Game of the Year” title, and they’re not alone in giving praise to such games. For example, the director of Octopath Traveler 0, Yasuhiro Kidera, stated that Breath of the Wild wasn’t just an incredible game, but one that he felt everyone should play.
This came out during a special Square Enix video about “The Games That Made Us,” and he said:
High praise indeed. The Legend of Zelda has always been held in high regard, but it was this title that truly helped “elevate” the series in a new way, and the Octopath Traveler 0 director even said at the end:
I hope he gets his wish!
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