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Final Fantasy XV devs talk size, exploration and difficulty

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It’s coming. Final Fantasy XV is finally coming this year, side-stepping the vaporware throne that was previously sat on by Duke Nukem Forever. After a ludicrously long time in development, Square Enix has earmarked 2016 as the year for a brand new Final Fantasy that doesn’t feature a sullen and emotionally-dead pink-haired protagonist leading the charge.

But people have questions. Will Noctis ever finish his soup, or was that E3 reveal too much of a tease? What product do the main characters use to give their hair such lift, to the point where being doused in Marlboro fumes has no effect on their locks? What’s the mileage like on that road trip car we keep seeing?

Fortunately, other people had better questions to ask on the Final Fantasy forums, questions which were soon answered. Here they are, copied and pasted below:

Will large buildings have multiple warp points to allow Noctis to scale and explore rooftops?

“Why of course they will!” lead level designer Terada Takefumi said.

The warp ability that lets you teleport instantly to high up locations is a vital part of FFXV’s battle system. The ability to use multiple warp points in a strategic manner is especially prevalent in the game’s large scale battles over urban terrain. It is not just the buildings though, and we have also created exciting aerial battles with flying foes and gigantic boss enemies, so watch out for those.

How much of the big cities like Altissia/Insomnia will we be able to explore?

“I can tell everyone a little about Altissia at this time. Altissia has many and varied locations, such as multiple cafes, ship-bourne market places and parks etc,” Final Fantasy XV planner Ishikawa Tomonori said.

The city is of a considerable scale, to the extent that even the developers sometimes get lost there! The player is free to take a leisurely walk around the complex maze of streets, or ride the gondola to see the sights and there is also added enjoyment to be had looking for restaurants to visit! You are bound to encounter some unique characters when exploring the city streets.

So we have created lots of different things to enjoy in Altissia and hope everyone is looking forward to visiting!

How will the difficulty modes compare in terms of XP gain, enemy stats, damage and AI?

“The equivalent to difficulty level settings in FFXV is a system where you can switch between different battle modes,” lead game designer Takizawa Masahi said.

By having this ability to switch modes, we want to make it so that both players who like action oriented, technical gameplay and also those who want to fight at a slower, more relaxed pace can all enjoy the combat in their own style. This switching system is a key part of the gameplay that we decided to introduce based on the feedback we received from the Episode Duscae demo. We will go into more detail about the system closer to the game’s launch so stay tuned for more information.

Square Enix says that 2016 is the year of Final Fantasy XV. And hopefully a new Sigh meme as well, as the current Lightning image needs a permanent vacation.

Last Updated: January 12, 2016

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  1. Poor Rince’ll be crushed. Lightning is the love of his life.

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    • Hammersteyn

      January 12, 2016 at 08:06

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 12, 2016 at 08:09

        One guess as to why she’s “sullen and emotionally-dead”.

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        • Hammersteyn

          January 12, 2016 at 08:10

          XD

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      • Umar

        January 12, 2016 at 08:17

        That guy behind Rince has a hectic top knot :O

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          January 12, 2016 at 08:18

          I bet it helps when he’s doing headstands in his yoga class in Obs.

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          • Umar

            January 12, 2016 at 08:19

            LOOOOOOL it helps to channel his chi, reception ain’t that good in Obs.

        • Hammersteyn

          January 12, 2016 at 08:20

          It helps with the Iphone reception

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      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        January 12, 2016 at 19:34

        That poor girl saw things that day… horrible… horrible things…. 🙁 I have it on good authority that after this picture was taken, she had to commit herself. Please guys, contribute to her patreon.

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        • Hammersteyn

          January 13, 2016 at 07:36

          XD

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  2. Loftus

    January 12, 2016 at 08:10

    Ok so how couldn’t my mind go deep end of the gutter with the hear :
    Final Fantasy XV devs talk size, exploration and difficulty”

    and to top that off the first line is : It’s coming.

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  3. Umar

    January 12, 2016 at 08:13

    • Hammersteyn

      January 12, 2016 at 08:19

      What about the water?

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      • Loftus

        January 12, 2016 at 08:20

        Yes what kind of moron goes to a big @SS waterfall and says to himself i’ll build a city right there.

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        • Hammersteyn

          January 12, 2016 at 08:22

          I go to a waterfall and think how cool it would be to Harrison Ford down one

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          • Loftus

            January 12, 2016 at 08:23

            That sounded dirty.

          • Hammersteyn

            January 12, 2016 at 08:25

          • Loftus

            January 12, 2016 at 08:28

            Going all prudish Hammer buddy ? hahahaha

          • Hammersteyn

            January 12, 2016 at 08:29

            XD That’s from the movie The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford. Seemed logical to post it

          • Loftus

            January 12, 2016 at 08:32

            Well i knew that….but i gone all : “What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles.” to make it sounded dirty in my mind. 🙂

      • Umar

        January 12, 2016 at 08:22

        Probably use a gondola like he said.

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      • Ir0nseraph

        January 12, 2016 at 08:39

        Water can be explored if you get the season pass for DLC 😛

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    • Loftus

      January 12, 2016 at 08:19

      All nice and well but can i take my “vistok” and try and catch some fishes while i am there?

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      • Umar

        January 12, 2016 at 08:20

        Well the game does have fishing lol

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        • Loftus

          January 12, 2016 at 08:22

          Nooit! Brilliant! It might swing my to actually get this game. ahahahah

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          • Umar

            January 12, 2016 at 08:23

            Oh you and your puns 😀

        • Hammersteyn

          January 12, 2016 at 08:22

          Dragon Quest did it first

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 12, 2016 at 08:23

            I enjoyed fishing in Torchlight. Then feeding the fishies to my Bulldog.

          • Umar

            January 12, 2016 at 08:24

            Hehe, though, I’m not fully sold on fishing mini games

          • Loftus

            January 12, 2016 at 08:25

            You are doing it wrong then. Every time you cast in game you open a new beer. makes it more realistic and a hell of a lot of fun.

          • miaau

            January 12, 2016 at 08:43

            Or wood choppping. I hated that.

    • Ottokie

      January 12, 2016 at 08:30

      O.o that city is awesome. I do not read anything about FF15, I will only go out and buy it and play without knowing characters or cities and bosses.

      Gonna be the same style I played 8,9 and 10 in… just pure adventure from the get go 😛

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      • Mossel

        January 12, 2016 at 09:03

        That’s the best way with most games. I went into Bioshock Infinite with no knowledge of any prior Bioshock games…blew my mind.

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        • Ottokie

          January 12, 2016 at 09:46

          I also recently finished Bioshock Infinite and the only thing I knew about the game was that is was very good 🙂

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          January 12, 2016 at 11:22

          It blows your mind even more if you’ve played the previous games and you finish the DLC.

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 12, 2016 at 19:34

      It’s going to be AWESOME!!!!

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  4. Knowles2

    January 12, 2016 at 09:04

    FF15 sound pretty awesome and more I hear the more I’m convince this could be a return to form for the franchise.

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    • CypherGate

      January 12, 2016 at 11:14

      Its funny you should say that cause if i look back at some popular FF games like FF7, FF8 etc we didnt get such detail and such scale in their games. Now with all this detail, all this exploration, all this choices we feel convinced that FF has return to its former glory. I personally dont think all this would bring it to its former glory. I think the FF series peaked between FF7 and FF8. The others were great, but I think those were the most popular and famous ones. No new FF will surpass those ones. Sure the new ones can be brilliant and if not better than the previous ones, but each person whose played those games drew some form of feel or some form of special association or bond with the game or certain scenes that wont be replicated. This goes for generally any long term franchise or anything in life really.

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  5. Stéfan le Roux

    January 12, 2016 at 09:13

    This has me so excited! The scale of this game is just so exciting!

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  6. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    January 12, 2016 at 19:33

    My balls are so ready for this game – I can’t wait to play it while pretending that I’m a member of One Direction.

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