All you need to know about Final Fantasy XV in more than eight minutes, this is what Square Enix released today with the 101 trailer (extended cut) and you can find it in good quality inside. A free "Crown Update" will be available at launch (November 29), details about what it brings after the jump.
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 21, 2016) – To prepare for the launch of FINAL FANTASY® XV, SQUARE ENIX® today revealed a new introduction trailer highlighting everything players need to know before beginning their epic journey through the world of Eos on November 29. The trailer delves into the game’s deep story, real-time combat system, magic spells, summons, and introduces the four main characters.
Additionally, a free “Crown Update” will also be available for players to download automatically at launch. The update is the result of some additional time for development since mastering the full game, and provides a variety of updates, minor bug fixes and new features to greatly enhance the overall story and gameplay experience.
The upgrade provides enhancements for several elements within the game including:
• Improvements to the camera with new options to better assist and track the action in tight space and to improve visibility during battles
• New event scenes and scenes from KINGSGLAIVE: FINAL FANTASY XV™ and the “Omen” trailer have also been added to the game to make the story and timeline of events easier to follow for newcomers
• The addition of an ability tree for the “Wait Mode” function which improves the strategic element of this feature
• Players can obtain the “Beast Whistle” which can be used to call monsters to battle
• A wider variety of recipes and fish with an addition of a gallery for completionist players who enjoy collecting items
• Implementation of social media support, allowing the photos Prompto takes along your journey to be uploaded to Facebook and Twitter
Following news of copies of the game going on sale ahead of the release date, Game Director Hajime Tabata issued the following message to the fans:
“The November 29th release date is approaching and I sincerely hope everyone enjoys this game with a fresh state of mind. Unfortunately, there has been an unauthorized distribution of the boxed edition of FINAL FANTASY XV in select regions and we have noticed that gameplay footage from people playing these copies has appeared online. Though this type of situation is brought on by various region specific circumstances and may not be something that is completely avoidable, we are very regretful of this situation.
One of the major goals of FINAL FANTASY XV is for everyone to enjoy the story and to discover the surprises together through the simultaneous worldwide release. Due to these recent events, videos with unexpected spoilers could potentially be posted online, so we would like to warn everyone who has been waiting in anticipation for this game.
We will also do everything in our capacity to prevent unauthorized footage from appearing online. We would also like to ask anybody that has obtained an early copy of the game to be respectful to those that are looking forward to the official release and to not spoil the surprises for everyone.
A large and dedicated team have worked extremely hard to make this game and to create a FINAL FANTASY that everyone can enjoy. It would be a huge regret for us if the excitement of the launch was to be spoiled for so many when we are so close to release.
Your understanding and cooperation would be much appreciated so we can celebrate the best possible release together.”
All comments (21)
... after 10 years of waiting.
Back to topic: looking forward to FFXV, this is just what my Pro needs.
Well, ok with Tactics also being an exception but that's more of a spinoff.
Roll on 29th November.
Well, ok with Tactics also being an exception but that's more of a spinoff.
* FF7's story got really messed up by the horrible official translation which made the story more convoluted and inconsistent than it actually is. Look for a fan's translation project if you want to know more. I highly recommend anyone to play FF7 again with the fan translation, it's almost a completely different story.
PS. I might be forgetting some FF spin-offs that have great stories. And while I haven't played it, people say FF14's story and lore is really great.
Well, ok with Tactics also being an exception but that's more of a spinoff.
this game looks like it will be continuing trend in crap from SE, but as always not every game is for everyone, so i hope at least it is good and stable for everyone that is looking forward to it
Same with FF12, from my perspective it just fixes like 90% of all the gripes i had with the series up until that point. Especially with games like 7 and onwards. All of a sudden we have a fairly grounded, fleshed out world, characters that fit in it with reasonable motivations and a straight forward plot with the power struggle in Ivalice as the centerpiece. Not to mention the fast and fluid combat system. It was so refreshing to me to see a jRPG that didnt just blatantly waste my time with bullshit combat transitions. I bet you could knock like 5 hours off of the playtime of any given FF on ps1 and onwards if theybjust skipped the transitions an obligatory showing off of the models every single time you enter combat. Yet still kept all the supposed depth of thebtraditional system. It was just streamlined in all the right ways.
I understand if 12 is, again, perhaps not what you expected from FF but it's not a bad game. It's just a bit different compared to the other main line FF games. I think lumping 12 together with the abominations that is 13 and onward is not quite justified, much like with RE4.
There is no accounting for taste, but i think many FF fans are dismissing a great game for the pretty bad reason of "it's not exactly like it used to be!"
what would be Ur top 6 list for FF Megido?
mine is 7-6-10-9-8-tactics
anyway different tastes for different people, at the end of the day, we all like what we like, and that is all that matters :)
Tactics and 12 are at the top, i think i'd put tactics at the #1 spot because it acutally has a fun combat system that requires you to use...well, tactics. Unlike all other FF games. But 12 isn't far behind, because the world and story is good, and the combat is the least intrusive it's ever been in a FF game, quite posibly even in a jRPG in general. But i find that to be one of those funny "positives" that just goes to show that the genre needs major refreshing. In my opinion at least.
Turn based combat in games like FF is just tedious. Normal encounters is nothing but a simple and almost pointless exercise in either grinding or overly simple resource management. Bosses some times need a little bit of strategy to beat, but it's usually just a matter of healing often enough, and perhaps knowing that one elemental weakness. Hence i tend to look favorably on systems that either do something smart (chrono cross being one good example, with the slots and color stuff) or combat systems that are just as fast as possible (ie PSIV, Suikoden) so that they don't waste my time with the boring shit.
I suppose the older FF games like 4, 5 and 6 are probably the ones i'd like most today. They are simpler and ultimately better crafted games than the clusterfucks of pseudo-philosophy and world championship levels of religious reference that later games turned in to.