Square Enix has revealed an update road map of sorts covering future developments for Final Fantasy XV. In addition to adjustments specifically targeting chapter 13, the company is planning a number of free updates to flesh out several late game event scenes and other quality of life adjustments.
First up, their short-term goals include improving chapter 13 by increasing the strength of the Ring magic. Mid-term goals include improving the story in the latter half by having fully voiced event scenes. This is a mid-term goal due to localization logistics.
The team will also tackle long-term goals such as allowing important characters from the story to be playable. They’re also thinking about adding an avatar system to the mix where you can create your own character.
Additionally, New Game Plus, low level runs, invincibility options and a font size increase will be added to the game.
Here’s the full press release and message from Hajime Tabata, courtesy of Gematsu:
Thank you for playing Final Fantasy XV. Having shipped five million copies worldwide, Final Fantasy XV was truly able to achieve great results. To the many of you who purchased the game, I would like to express my sincerest thanks.
Currently, I am hearing that an exceedingly large bunch of players around the world are enjoying the game to their heart’s content. All of the staff are truly happy that with how content users are with this new way to play Final Fantasy.
As promised from before release, Final Fantasy XV is not going to be released and then that’s the end of it. From here one, we will continue to update the game to provide a richer gameplay experience to players around the world. And as thanks for surpassing five million copies, we decided to strengthen the update plan considerably beyond what we originally planned, and will share a concrete roadmap.
These are short-term, mid-term, and long-term updates separate from the previously reported downloadable content that make the Final Fantasy XV gameplay experience even richer and get you playing longer, together with updates based on requests from players after release, that we will offer free of charge.
Final Fantasy XV Update Roadmap
Short-term goals
First, we will further increase the gameplay satisfaction level of Chapter 13. For that reason, we have already started work on many enhancements, such as significantly enhancing the power of ring magic and so on. We will announce details on these enhancements and when we plan to offer this update at a later time.
Mid-term goals
We will enhance the presentation of the second half of the game, and further enhance the satsifaction level of the story experience. For example, we plan to add event scenes that depict things like, “Why does the character Ravus follow that fate?” Since we’re doing localization work to have voice support in all languages for the the added event scenes, we’re taking this on as a mid-term goal. Project details will be announced once they have been decided.
Long-term goals
We will make important characters that appear in the main story of the game available to use as playable characters. Also, we will consider adding an avatar system to create an original character to play the game. In addition to this, we plan to actively continue updates so that players can enjoy Final Fantasy XV over a long period of time.
Others
Play a new game while carrying over your status from a cleared game. We will offer various items that expand the breadth of gameplay, like for low-level clears and invincible suits. We will increase the font size so that messages are easier to read. We will offer content such as boss battles complete with rewards and achievements, limited time mob hunts, etc. in order for you to enjoy the game live.
It should be noted that the already announced downloadable content will be released as originally planned.
- FFXV Holiday Pack
- FFXV Booster Pack
- FFXV Episode Gladiolus
- FFXV Episode Ignis
- FFXV Episode Prompto
- FFXV Online Expansion Pack: Companion
On behalf of the staff and all players around the world, we hope you will enjoy Final Fantasy XV even more. Thank you for your continued support for Final Fantasy XV and the Final Fantasy series.
FFXV Director Hajime Tabata
Source: Gamer.ne.jp, NeoGAF.
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