We had that wonderful debate last week about the size of games. While the saying goes that it’s not the size that counts but how you use it, we all know that size sort of does matter. We want games that will keep us occupied for a long time, either thanks to awesome replay value or due to an expansive and immersive experience to begin with. I don’t normally demand this from a demo, but it seems we’ll be getting that anyway.
According to some Photoshop magic done by the guys at Dualshockers, the map for Episode Duscae (aka the FFXV demo),
roughly measures 1,937 meters by 1,552, for a total area of 3,006,224, which translates into 3 square kilometers, or 1.16 square miles (even if about half of that seems not to be reachable). That is about 8% of Skyrim’s total map size of 37 square kilometers.
Game director Tabata-san has said that the map of the full game will be ten to twenty time larger than that of the demo. This means that depending which end of the spectrum the game’s map actually ends up, we could be looking at a map size that’s anywhere from a little smaller than Skyrim to a bit less than twice it’s size. That puts the game roughly in the same scale as what we’ve seen in a bunch of other new open world games – no wonder we need a car to get around in this one.
Regardless of the game’s final map size, it’s still quite generous to give this big a slice of the game for a demo. After playing through it thoroughly, we should have a solid idea of combat, exploration, gameplay and even that whole camping and leveling system. I know I’m excited for the demo, and for Type-0 HD. So much Final Fantasy all at once; it will be a wonderful change for the new generation consoles that have certainly been lacking in that department.
Last Updated: February 23, 2015
Umar
February 23, 2015 at 13:40
Have you seen the demo gameplay from friday, Zoe? I was nervous for the combat, but after watching that, most of my fears are gone!
Hammersteyn
February 23, 2015 at 13:58
This is good news indeed.
Umar
February 23, 2015 at 13:58
Look how sexy this menu looks (refresh for image)
Hammersteyn
February 23, 2015 at 14:09
That does look sexy O_o
Jay Andrews
February 24, 2015 at 03:39
Where’d you find english screens?
Umar
February 24, 2015 at 09:49
http://www.mognetcentral.com/threads/final-fantasy-xv-general-news-thread.3288/
Fan translated though, credit to user : LeonBlade
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 23, 2015 at 13:42
How big was the map in The Order: 1886 when compared to Skyrim? Because then using the power of maths we can work out how much better FF XV will be because the bigger it is the better it is!
RinceThis
February 23, 2015 at 13:43
YES! http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s–fAESkWV5–/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/624838546385586862.gif
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 23, 2015 at 13:51
That must be console Skyrim, it’s not 60fps!
RinceThis
February 23, 2015 at 13:53
It’s Xbox One FPS!
Hammersteyn
February 23, 2015 at 13:58
DirectX12 coming soon
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 23, 2015 at 13:59
Don’t support Live
Pariah
February 23, 2015 at 13:42
So the final game will be 80% – 160% of Skyrim’s size. So about 125% if we’re safe. That’s not bad.
Pariah
February 23, 2015 at 13:46
Also, The Witcher 3 is apparently going to be 20% bigger than Skyrim. So there’s that for you non-JRPG fans.
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 23, 2015 at 13:49
Who doesn’t like hentai? I mean…um… JRPGS.
RinceThis
February 23, 2015 at 13:57
0-O
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 23, 2015 at 14:00
It was an honest mistake!
Hammersteyn
February 23, 2015 at 13:54
Size does matter a little, but it’s how you use what you have that matters most. At least that was what she said after I stopped crying.
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 23, 2015 at 14:00
She said that to me too, but changed her tune when I asked why that doesn’t apply to her ass.
RinceThis
February 23, 2015 at 14:05
You applied it to her ass? 0_O
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 23, 2015 at 14:10
Not that she noticed. Wait… 🙁
Hammersteyn
February 23, 2015 at 14:09
Rofl
Tulipdame
February 23, 2015 at 14:43
Do we know when we see this yet?
Admiral Chief
February 23, 2015 at 15:25
Say what now????
Gessekai
February 24, 2015 at 21:48
Im not entirely sure what Dualshockers did to calculate the map size, but it’s far off lol. They also misinterpreted what Tabata meant. The map is going to be enormous, which they second guessed themselves on. If they payed attention to the old news, Square mentioned that they were able to create maps 17 times the size of Skyrim around the restart of FFXV’s development. Then we have the demo testers from last year who said there was no way that you could travel across that portion of Duscae in 1 hour, and showed you how vast it was, while it takes 15-30 minutes to travel across Skyrim’s map. That portion of Duscae is only 1/11th (at the time they said, they said it would be bigger than that expected it to be) of the final game’s map. Put two and two together and it’s obviously going to be much, much larger than Skyrim. The real question is, how much content will have in it?