Y'know, if it turns out he was actually fired from the series.
I will miss:
- His fashion sense
- His loyalty to and knowledge of the series and his clever easter-egg references to it
- His nice-guy personality, and his drive and passion to better himself for the series' sake. Never afraid to blame himself when things don't go as planned either.
- His consistent ability to give us some incentive to replay his games (always made sure there was a second quest, and character of some kind. Alot of other developers don't give a shit in that regard)
- His trust in, and respect of, Michiru and Ayami. We are spoiled with their combined talents and the two of them gave the series a singular style to identify with.
- His very attempt to try to give an overarching plot to such a deep, historic, albeit confusing franchise.
- His never giving up on the series, even when it seemed Konami was not entirely behind it.
Hey, I may disagree with some of his decisions over his 10-game run, but overall I respected his passion to turn the series into something bigger. That he absolutely tried his best I think there is no doubt.
Now whether it was enough... I don't think there's a single human on earth that can entirely please the average CV fan out there.