Reception
Hiroyuki Ito has directed the most critically acclaimed Final Fantasy games released as of present date, according to Metacritic. The three Final Fantasy games that Hiroyuki Ito has directed have the highest aggregate review scores out of all games in the series. Final Fantasy IX, which Hiroyuki Ito directed by himself, is the most critically acclaimed Final Fantasy game ever made, according to the website. It is also the favorite Final Fantasy game of series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. Final Fantasy XII is the first game in the series to get a perfect score from Famitsu magazine. It is also the only game to make the highly regarded Japanese list, "New Japanese Styles Top 100" (Shin Nihon Yoshiki 100-sen), which is an elite list by the Japanese government which praises new inventions and new innovations.
At a Q&A session for The Last Story at the BAFTA headquarters in London on 16 February 2012, Hironobu Sakaguchi was asked during an autograph signing, "Which employee still at Square Enix do you feel can once again make Final Fantasy a leading and respected series in the games industry?" Sakaguchi replied, "Hiroyuki Ito."
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