Itagaki: Devil’s Third will be the best game ever

Tomonobu Itagaki is a man who isn’t afraid to say what’s on his mind. Right now he thinks Devil’s Third will be the best game ever, so that’s exactly what he’s saying.

 

 

 

 

Tomonobu Itagaki is a man who isn’t afraid to say what’s on his mind. Right now he thinks Devil’s Third will be the best game ever, so that’s exactly what he’s saying.

 

The latest issue of Edge has an interview with Itagaki where he lays out what went wrong with his earlier games — and what he and his team are avoiding to make Devil’s Third as good as possible. Here’s Itagaki:

 

Look, I’ll say it: the boss character in Dead Or Alive 4 was definitely too difficult. I’ll apologise for it. I’m the one who did that, and I’m sorry.

 

But, look, Ninja Gaiden, it was absolutely intentional that it be that difficult. That game was a revival version of a classic game for old-school gamers, so I wanted to make the hardcore happy. Ninja Gaiden 2, though, I really wanted more people to enjoy that, but… we ran out of time for balancing. That was a tragedy. Really.

 

For Devil’s Third, there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. We’ve got support from THQ’s testing team, and we’re going to work really closely with those guys to balance out the game. It’s going to be the best game ever.

 

Devil’s Third is the first game from Itagaki’s new Valhalla Knights studio. It’s due out in 2012 on PS3 and Xbox 360.

 

 

 

Via [CVG]