I will never understand why they never talk with the combat designer. They always interview either Alex or Tameem, and even though Tameem is the creative director he's more like the writer really, he doesn't seem to understand a lot about the game's mechanics. Itsuno comes in once a month and he gave a much better and deeper answer to "Why no lock-on" than Tameem.
Not hating on them, but why always bring the writer if they can't answer anything about the story? Seriously, Gregaman from Capcom Unity did a far better job to promote the gameplay than both Tameem and Alex, and I really like Tameem, before people think I'm just a hater.