Final Fantasy XVI Development 'is in Its Final Stretch' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 29 April 2022 / 2,919 Views
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida in the latest issue of Uniqlo’s free in-store UT magazine revealed the upcoming JRPG is in its "final stretch" of development.
"Right now the development of FF16 is in its final stage," said Yoshida.
"As a single player game, we are aiming to integrate story and gameplay even further. Different to a game where many people play online at the same time, the extent to which the game has an individual focus changes how immersed you are in the story. I think it’s become a story with quite a lot of depth.
"To people who have grown up, entered working society and think 'reality isn’t as easy-going as a video game,' and at some point ended up separating from Final Fantasy, we want to want them to remember their passion from back then. We’re making the game with that intention."
Final Fantasy XVI is in development for PlayStation 5.
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Final Stretch? So for Square, that means release in 2025 right? ;P
You're too optimistic with that. It's actually 2027.
Even if it is they wont release it this year. They are gona have forspoken shine this year and next year ffxvi
I was done with Final Fantasy after thinking XII was okay, and XIII sucked, but Final Fantasy VII R brought be right back on board. Hope it turns out well.
For me 12 was the best all of all. Then 13 came out, was okayish and finally the abomination of XV just ended it for me :) Then I'm happy I gave a shot to 7 Remake, probably the best one after 12 based on my taste. But the trailer of 16 really gives me hope, the setting (medieval/fantasy) is what I want and not whatever that was in XV.
Whoops typed my original post too quickly meant 13 was okay and 15 sucked.
You're the first person who i've seen who thinks 13 is better than 15.
I do not know anyone who thinks 15 is better than 13 :) And personally I agree with it too. 15 was just terrible for my taste.
13 takes a while to get use to it but really when you get to chapter 13 or so (the open area); it is a blast imo.
It's weird that the main talking point was explaining what a single-player game is...
The FF14 team have my faith they'll produce a great game and I'm looking forward to see what they have to offer the single player side of things, even if it isn't to my preferred gameplay style, I certainly expect a more mature story for one.
They should've focused on completing ff7r part 2/3/4/5/6/7 1st before this hahaha,
Square is multitasking even with friggin kh4 on the horizon
Cool, now release a new trailer.
Really impressive, hoping it comes out this year!
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Hope it's 2022 then, to counter Starfield
Still six months to go and it is in final stage :) It can actually happen this year. I'm waiting for both games, I'm all for both coming out the sooner!
No way. Final Stages for Square means over a year from release.
They could probably release it end of 2022 but they would rather take their time and wait to release it next year when ps5 supply issue isn't too bad
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