Overview
- Katsuhiro Harada publicly praised FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki as an intensely focused and modest creator after posting his recollections on X, which outlets widely reported on Monday.
- Harada recounted a VR demo where Miyazaki quietly studied the build and imagined how he would design it, a moment Harada called evidence of Miyazaki's 'mad scientist' drive and obsessive approach to creativity.
- Harada said Miyazaki often avoids video interviews because he feels his own knowledge of games is 'still shallow,' a claim Harada framed as modesty rather than lack of skill.
- Harada argued that Dark Souls stands out for its layered worldbuilding and storytelling rather than unusually complex mechanics, and he warned that using sales and budgets as the sole yardstick misreads a developer's work.
- Harada noted Miyazaki's late start in games and the studio's long run of earlier projects, saying the Souls and Elden Ring breakthroughs grew from cumulative craftsmanship and underscoring broader industry tensions between creative vision and investor demands.