Final Fantasy XVI Main Story is Complete, Side Quests Nearly Finished - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 October 2021 / 4,821 Views

Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XVI over a year ago for the PlayStation 5 and during a Tokyo Game Show 2021 Online livestream with with Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, producer Naoki Yoshida provided an update to the game.

Yoshida says the main story for the game is complete and the side quests are nearly finished. The character models are also nearly finished, with the team focusing on polishing up the quality.

Square Enix did not release a new trailer or screenshots of the game during the TGS 2021 livestream.

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7 Comments

Tridrakious (on 03 October 2021)

I was so excited because I thought Hironobu Sakaguchi was working on the story for Final Fantasy XVI...but then reality slapped me in the face. I would love to see Sakaguchi work on a massive budgeted RPG again.

Otter (on 02 October 2021)

A holiday 2022 release would be a dream

Imaginedvl (on 02 October 2021)

I'm really hoping for no later than 2023. Sony may also push SE to try to get it for fall 2022. This would be a good timing to kind of counter Starfield on Xbox; but I think it is unrealistic. I'm really hyped for FF16, I did not like the setting of the 15; and this one is back to medieval/fantasy settings :)

Manlytears (on 02 October 2021)

my bet is 2023, FF is one of those IPs where delays are almost a given.

Mystro-Sama (on 03 October 2021)

Yet we've barely seen any of it.

Hynad (on 02 October 2021)

I expect the game to release by holiday 2022. The fact that Yoshida points out they’re now focusing on polishing up the quality indicates that the game is in it’s later parts of development and should be ready sometime in the coming year.