>>542064897
>muh paid E33 shills
Truly bizarre...The weirdest part of that cope is that it blatantly denies everyone who discussed the game passionately their own agency. It's not just conspiratorial thinking, it's downright insidious schizophrenia. We were all PAID to say positive things about the game on /v/...kek

People played the game for themselves because they were deeply interested in the premise and genre (me/you) or were recommended the game by a friend or from a YT video. People were blown away by all the little things that the game does right, and everyone all came together to talk about the game naturally and instinctively. Grassroot support for a mid tier indie title that has some solid English VA names attached but very little marketing outside of announcement trailers that every single game gets. It's sold millions far quicker than anyone expected, and there's no looking back. It represents a singular and potentially massive shift in the industry away from bloated production, that everyone can get behind. Bitter, old, balding freaks for some reason are obsessed with the idea that the game is astro turfed. Maybe because then they can dismiss the game, studio and everyone who talks about it outright. All in order to feign superiority?

>>527104904
>We know CS3 ported it, upscaled the textures, made a new UI and recorded new lines
And what did Naoki Yoshida do? Gave a thumbs up from behind the glass in his office? While he played E33 and wept? Kekkk

>>527105421
From what I can gather, Maehiro is director of Ivalice Chronicles. Not Yoshida. Yoshida's name doesn't seem to be anywhere on any official material. Yoshinori Kitase did more work for the Final Fantasy VIII Remaster, than Matsuno or Yoshida have done for Tactics. At least Kitase appeared on screen to discuss the game to the public and what it means to him, being the director for the Remaster and the original game. Where is Matsuno? He wrote a letter about how racism is bad. Lol