[閒聊] IGN:史克威爾說 巴蘭的異想奇境值得推薦

Square Enix Says Balan Wonderworld is a Game it Recommends With Confidence

Despite being involved in a lawsuit over its development, and negative reviews, Square Enix says it recommends Balan Wonderworld "with confidence".

The game was brought up in a Q&A session during a company earnings briefing,
during which an investor asked about ex-director Yuji Naka's lawsuit against
the company, seemingly brought after his dismissal from the project.

Square Enix confirmed that Naka had a lawsuit case with the company but wouldn't give any further details about it. However, according to Bloomberg's
Takashi Mochizuki, Square Enix also commented on Balan Wonderworld itself,
saying, "it is a game that we recommend with confidence."

Balan Wonderworld hasn't had the best time in the spotlight. Naka left SquareEnix after the game was released last year and has since become an independent developer. Recently, Naka opened up about his time at Square Enix developingthe game. He said that he had an internal conflict with co-developer Arzest
and felt like Balan Wonderworld was submitted in an unfinished state.
Furthermore, Naka called out the company, saying, "I think Square Enix is no
good."

In IGN's Balan Wonderworld review, we said, "It’s a mess of undercooked
concepts and clunky mechanics that slow it to a crawl, and it seems to take
inspiration from better games without properly recapturing what actually makes them fun." In that context, Square Enix's recommendation feels a little off-base.

In other Square Enix news, the company recently sold off its western studios
to Embracer Group in order to fund future projects, such as cloud services, AI, and most notably, blockchain initiatives, the last of which Square Enix
president Yosuke Matsuda has expressed an interest in pursuing.

來源
https://www.ign.com/articles/balan-wonderworld-square-enix-recommends

史克威爾艾尼克斯證實與中裕二有訴訟案，但拒絕進一步說明。
至於巴蘭的異想奇境，"這是一款我們有信心推薦的遊戲。"
(來自收益簡報期間的問答環節）

https://twitter.com/6d6f636869/status/1525008395790843905

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