
Square Enix veteran Michael–Christopher Koji Fox says "You can kind of tell" that Final Fantasy 14 and 16 producer Naoki' Yoshi-P' Yoshida is "done" with dark fantasy and wants to do something light again.
Talking to Hi-Fi Rush director and writer John Johanas as part of a developer one-to-one interview hosted by MinnMax, the conversation eventually shifts to the relief of taking on a game with a different tone. Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks is more commonly seen on horror adjacent projects like The Evil Within, so a bombastic rhythm-based action game is a cool change of pace.