Final Fantasy XV to Get Free Updates, DLC Details Revealed - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 December 2016 / 6,885 Views
Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy XV will be getting free updates, in addition to the already announced premium DLC.
"I hope you are all enjoying Final Fantasy XV," said Hajime Tabata, Director of Final Fantasy XV. "It’s been exciting to see players around the world take to this new style of Final Fantasy. Thanks to your support, we shipped five million units worldwide on our release day! We are truly grateful to all of you who picked up a copy.
"As I’ve said before, release day is not the end for Final Fantasy XV, and I would like to share some of the things we have in store. The great reception we have received has actually allowed us to expand our plans even further.
"We want you to enjoy Final Fantasy XV for a long time to come. We have been listening to your ideas on how to make the game experience even better, and so in addition to the previously announced content, we’ll be providing free updates to the game throughout the coming year.
"Our early plans are to enrich certain aspects of the game, adding gameplay enhancements for Chapter 13, buffing ring magic, etc. We’ll have the specifics of what and when for you at a later date.
"After that, we’re hoping to delve deeper into the story, adding scenes that will give you new insight into character motivations, such as why Ravus walked the path he did. We will need a little time with these, as they’ll need to be localized and voiced in other languages, but we’ll let you know the details once everything is set.
"For the long term, we are looking at making certain key characters playable, and even considering the possibility of customizable avatars, in addition to other features over time.
"Other features we have in mind include letting you carry over stats from a previous playthrough, and adding items that introduce new playstyles, such as low-level runs and god mode. We’re also examining readability tweaks - increasing font size - for certain languages. On top of that, we’re looking at content you can enjoy in real-time, including new bosses with exclusive rewards and achievements, and limited-time hunts."
Here is the list of the premium DLC:
- FFXV Holiday Pack (tentative name)
- FFXV Booster Pack (tentative name)
- FFXV Episode Gladiolus (tentative name)
- FFXV Episode Ignis (tentative name)
- FFXV Episode Prompto (tentative name)
- FFXV Expansion Pack: Comrades (tentative name)
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Nice thing Im just going to get a ps4 next year. By then Ill be getting a PS4 Pro and Final Fantasy XV Complete Edition ( or whatever they choose to call it) with all DLC included.
I'm glad they're doing this. As much as I'm enjoying FFXV, it is clearly suffering from a reworked story and conflicting design decisions that it seems they only got part of the way working through. I'd be happy to run through the game again after they've had a chance to properly address its issues.
