Final Fantasy’s original creator admits to playing Final Fantasy 14 ‘for 12 hours’ a day, and he’s even cleared some of the hardest raids in the game

He may have departed from Square Enix a time ago, but that hasn’t stopped Hironobu Sakaguchi from actively participating in the series that he created and continues to flourish in his absence. The father of Final Fantasy has been playing its 14th instalment for almost two whole years, and he isn’t afraid to admit the absolute death grip the critically-acclaimed MMO has on him.

During London’s Fan Festival, Sakaguchi sat down with Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida to talk about his time with the game and even brought a couple of surprises to the table. When discussing his first foray into the MMO, Sakaguchi admitted that his early months with the game took up a significant amount of his time. “I believe every day I was in there for 12 hours,” he said through a translator, adding that Final Fantasy 14 “took up about 80%” of his time awake, boosting that number up to 100% if he didn’t include eating.