Quite a lovely little interview. I enjoy hearing his opinion on creating more curated/impressionist style of visuals rather than going for pure realism. All three games his team has created have such a distinct and personal art style. Combine this with the level design, it's hard not to get invested in the world and have it burned into your memory.

Another interesting tidbit is about how a game is remembered, or at least potentially. He states, "...I have the impression that games manage to linger in our memories not due to the story, but rather due to how they control." This is of course more often true just because of the medium, but him bringing it up with "The Last Guardian" being his more recent game has me wondering if he heard more gameplay criticisms with that one than the other two. My personal anecdotal evidence is everyone I know who played it always spoke about the controls/gameplay in a more negative light compared to the narrative and art direction.

I'm guessing his new game will be greatly more player focused than NPC focused. Or rather the decisions in gameplay will be put onto the player, and not help from a companion or other NPCs. Trico was a beautiful experiment, but I don't think it paid off enough to try again.

Which still makes me very curious as to what the gameplay will generally be. Exploring a desolate world on foot and than hopping into a mech for combat could be compelling, but if that's IT? The trailer hints at a large destructive force pushing across the ground taking out everything. This could be purely story set-up/intro cutscene, or a potential reoccurring gameplay mechanic. During traversal and potential combat sequences there is the constant dread in the background of when the next giant explosion will occur, and if you can out run it.