Hironobu Sakaguchi
"Final Fantasy XV" has received "generally favorable" reviews from critics for all versions, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Japanese gaming magazine "Famitsu" gave both versions of the game a score of 38 points out of 40. Various game designers stated "Final Fantasy XV" was their favorite game of 2016, including "Final Fantasy" series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, Atlus' Shigeo Komori, Koei Tecmo's Takashi Morinaka, and Sony Interactive Entertainment's Teruyuki Toriyama and Shuhei Yoshida.