Final Fantasy XV

''Final Fantasy XV game director Hajime Tabata mentioned during an interview with the French site Gamekult that Square Enix has already set a release window for the game, but it could be later than people expect.

The progress of Final Fantasy XV is going very well. For now we managed to release the debut trailer at Tokyo Game Show and the reception has been extraordinaire and the morale of the team is great. Everyone is working very hard on the development.

Regarding the question of whether we have enough members in the team, it is a concern that we have to answer ourselves at this time, because the more we move towards the final version, the more we have to produce huge amounts of content, we are really in a phase of mass production.

To do this, we need more people to help us, so we are in recruiting in full force to strengthen the team. We are trying to find the right people to lead the development to completion.

I can not give the exact date, but I can tell you that the target release window and year in which it will be launched have already been set. We are working to release the game on time, but it might take a little more time than you expect.

I’m sure many will consider me crazy, given how long we’ve waited for Final Fantasy Versus XIII first and then Final Fantasy XV, but considering what we’ve seen lately, I’m willing to wait just as long as it takes. This game looks really incredible.''


Fontes: Dualshockers e Gamekult

''Final Fantasy fans will be happy to know that Final Fantasy XV will bring back the airships that have been missing from the series in recent years.

Finaland had a chance to inteview Hajime Tabata about Final Fantasy XV. Tabata was recently attending the Paris Games Week earlier this month and was available to answer questions from a ton of media outlets. Finaland had a chance to talk about the vehicles that appear in the game.

First of all, Tabata said that the car you see in Final Fantasy XV is “customizable“. He didn’t go into further detail on this, but described the car as a “fifth character and the fifth companion“. He said the car will be around with you throughout the entire game so that’s cool to hear.

From the trailers we have seen from Final Fantasy XV so far, the car is black. It would be cool if you can add different colors if that’s part of the “customization” Tabata is referring to.

As for airships in Final Fantasy XV, they are in the game but are related to the “opposing faction in the game and the story“. He didn’t want to share anymore details, but said they will reveal more on it later.

This could suggest Noctis and the gang could steal an airship later on in the game and use it to fly around. We’ll wait for more details to see if that’s a scenario that could happen in Final Fantasy XV.''

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Perguntas feitas ao Tabata:


''Finaland : The patent discovered in 2012 was finally used in FFXV. We immediately thought of FFXII gambits. Could you explain the difference between the two and what are the improvements?

H.T. : Actually, that’s the first time I’ve ever heard that this patent for the “Gambit system” was taking for Final Fantasy XV. That’s the first thing I’m gonna have to check when I’ll go back to Tokyo but I hadn’t actually heard about that, sorry. I can explain the rough ideas between the systems of the two games. For FFXII’s Gambit System and I think a lot of people is familiar with, that was basically a system when you set an IA logic pattern for your characters and then you watched that being played out. You can see how your logic had affected the decision of the other characters. For FFXV, we don’t call them Gambits, we won’t using that word so… It’s a similar idea but it’s not the same name at all. The main differences is that in FFXV it is much more an Action-RPG type of idea, with very much Action based so you have these logic patterns, the IA patterns that you set, but it is very much be how that interact with your input as the player and the control your characters and how that links with the other characters attacks so it’s much more of a direct control which we think is much more what we’re trying to aim for the control of FFXV. There is a lot of differences of how they are used.

Finaland : How did you respond to the dissatisfaction of fans (petitions, etc.) about this? Would it be improbable to see a Kingdom Hearts-like system in a Final Fantasy game?

H.T. : No, good that you’re talking about Kingdom Hearts but when we were still developing the game as Versus XIII we very much started with the idea of having a very direct control system when you move and play around so you take direct action. We took a lot of hints from KH system. We used it maybe as a base if you like, from when we were designing that. The same idea in the same course has been carrying over into FFXV so this is quite a similar system. The main difference between XV and KH is we’re trying to do much more realistic sort of… well the feeling of the game and it’s based on what the real action and the real people could achieve so we may be thinking it’s not 100 % suitable to just copy Kingdom Hearts for that. Obviously, the game has very fast speedy type action sequences like Kingdom Hearts does, but it’s very much ground into reality, the feeling of weight and reality that you get from real people hitting each other. So of course it’s a system based on Kingdom Hearts the way it started but it’s been very much tweaked and changed to present a more realistic kind of style that we want to get across in FFXV. There are a lot of changes and differences in that too.

Finaland : Is the FFXV's car customizable ? Can we cast spells on it to go faster, for example ? Will she be important from the beginning to the end ? Is the aircraft still relevant ?

H.T. : We're planning to make the car customizable. About if the car is important is the story, the car is not such a major element of the story in that way. The way we see the car, it is like the fifth character, the fifth companion. He’s gonna be through all through the game right to the end as a character but probably not a massive element as the story no. About the airship, they are quite related to the opposing faction in the game and the story so I don’t think I should probably be answering that at this time but they will be revealed later.''


Fontes: Attackofthefanboy.com e Finaland

A stunning new trailer was shown. The trailer gives more story details while also showing us a new character, more combat, and the enormous Titan enemy who, according to Director Hajime Tabata, plays an important role in the story.

A new character was revealed. Her name is Cidney and she is a chief mechanic (who doesn’t exactly dress like one) who appears to be helping Noctis and company with their car troubles. She will also be included in the demo Episode Duscae.

The demo, Episode Duscae, will contain one powerful summon, and dual audio in English and Japanese. The latter feature may or may not be implemented in the final retail version of the game due to the presence of other European languages.

The demo will be seamless with no load screens. The development team would like to retain that quality in the final game but currently it’s still a work in progress.

Insomnia is the name of the capital city in Noctis’ country

Towns, like the one shown in the dog cam video, will give you the ability to go shopping and sleep in hotels.

Towns in the game will be populated and lively. You can hear NPC conversations while walking around.

Trains will be a form of transportation in the game. While traveling by train, you are free to walk around the interior.

In game days last an hour in real time. 40 minutes for the day, and 20 minutes for the night.

Sleeping will be an essential part of the game. If your characters fail to get enough rest they will suffer penalties such as not being able to level up.

Food will also play a big role. Eating can grant your characters buffs which can be prolonged with sleep. You can purchase food or cook it yourself.

Magic is in the game but he hasn’t been shown off because the team is still working on its core mechanics.

Noctis was supposed to be a magic character but this was changed, and now the whole party will use magic in some capacity. The reasoning behind this was to make gameplay more interesting.