Hidetaka Miyazaki Quotes

The intention behind the high difficulty of the games I direct is to evoke a feeling of joy and accomplishment in the player when they overcome these challenges.

The feeling that makes 'Warcraft' work as a game is that feeling that heroism can come out of anything or anyone.

The letters were universally complimentary, and we designers loved hearing that our games were being enjoyed, but if they weren't sending us a picture of their screens most of those writers would have spent their time playing the game rather than writing letters.

If the game designer produces more content than he can consume per month, some fraction of the people will say more quests, more tests, more challenges, more whatever, and they will be compelled by it.

I think death is a crucial element when designing games around the theme of the satisfaction of overcoming overwhelming odds.

I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.

I'm a big gamer. I know the lead time and how long it takes to develop a game and how hard it is to get it right.

Before I got into electronic games, I was making table-top games.

Players very widely disagree with me about what's hard and what's easy. and in a way, 'I won, but it was a fight' is the best compliment a game can receive.

Everybody's life has some mythical quality. You struggle against obstacles, you fight to get to a higher level and there are great loves.

I'm a hardcore gamer and would never let you down by designing a crappy title.

You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.

One of the things we joke about in the FPS development is it's so hard to get the player to actually bother to look at all the cool stuff you've been doing. You spend a lot of time making really cool things, and usually the player isn't looking where you want them to.

I disagree that injecting emotion into a game comes at the expense of the playing experience.

At TGC, we are firm believers in the value of making games that respect our players.

Resident Evil 4' truly changed the way I look at making games.

I personally want my games to be described as satisfying rather than difficult.

A game's concept is one of its most important assets. I feel that we must aim to satisfy both beginners and experts, and that hasn't changed since I was making 'Kirby' games.

For 'Monster Hunter,' we needed insane landscapes.

That feeling of being rewarded for your curiosity is huge. It's why I play games, this idea of truly existing in a world.

When you really think about it, it doesn't really matter where a game ends. Ultimately, if the player is satisfied with stopping at a particular point, it doesn't matter if it's where the creator intended things to end or not... and so that's where the idea of having so many endings came about.

Particularly with our games, people get involved with the characters and the world. They're going to take their time with it pretty seriously, so we need to take it even more seriously to make it good.

We're growing into an entertainment medium as opposed to 'We make games. We make Mario jump.' We no longer have to focus so hard on the technical hurdles and can ask, as a player, why am I doing this? Why am I making these choices? Games that don't have that strong foundation stumble.

My belief is that if there are already games that other developers are putting out that are satisfying to the player, with great action or an excellent story, then I desire to create something different - a different type of experience.

'Gears Of War' is one of my favourite games that I immersed myself in playing for long time, and Mr. Cliff Bleszinski is one of the greatest game creators that I respect.