Director of stylish JRPGs Metaphor: ReFantazio and Persona 5 isn't excited by "highly polished games that look like they were designed by a bunch of people in a CEO boardroom"
Atlus' Katsura Hashino clearly values originality and creativity
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Katsura Hashino has been at Atlus for around 30 years, and his latest director’s credit on the fantasy JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is one of many. He was previously at the helm for Persona 3, 4, and 5, the puzzle game Catherine, and more. Speaking in a newinterview with IGN, he’s spoken a little more about what games motivate and inspire him to keep developing new things himself, and it sounds like he has a great deal of admiration for fellow creatives.
He adds that seeing artists and creatives “had something they really wanted to say” is ultimately “where I get all of my inspiration from,” as well as “the drive to continue to be creative myself.” While he doesn’t give any specific examples of this, it’s quite obvious just looking at Hashino’s own work that he’s constantly looking …
