by Luke Karmali
November 19, 2013
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The Last Guardian director Fumito Ueda has apologised to fans over the game's continuing delays.
In the latest issue of
Edge magazine, Ueda open up about his feelings regarding the fact the game seems to be in limbo, as well as how the team remains motivated in the face of continuing upheaval.
"Putting aside the short-term output, more than anything I feel terribly sorry that for various reasons I have kept my audience waiting for such a long time," he explained.
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I feel terribly sorry that for various reasons I have kept my audience waiting for such a long time.
"Maintaining motivation is all about producing something great. A hobby or alcohol might help to refresh you temporarily, but they won’t motivate creativity. Also, the original staff members on Ico and SOTC are just as fussy over details as I am.
"I always want to create quickly, and I always want to increase the rate of production. In the case of
The Last Guardian, my creative work was mostly finished a long time ago, but the details of when, where and how it will be completed are beyond my control."
Elsewhere in the interview, Ueda confirms that he's working on other projects outside of his freelance work with The Last Guardian, but explains they must remain secret for now.
Following the announcement of The Last Guardian in 2009, Ueda, who also served as director on Ico and Shadow of the Colossus,
left Sony in 2011 but agreed to stay on in order to see the game
through to completion. It was said The Last Guardian was
making progress last year, more
reassurances came earlier this year, and then we received word it had been put
on hiatus in June. That changed last month, when it was said that Japan Studio is
actively working on it, but that Puppeteer and Knack took precedence. Finally, at TGS Sony's Shuhei Yoshida explained the company was
waiting to reintroduce the game, as the
reported hiatus never actually happened.
Will we eventually see The Last Guardian released on the PS4? Time will tell.
