The next game in the Final Fantasy franchise, the XVI, will have more than one character in its battles. We tell you everything you need to know in this note!
The next installment in one of the biggest franchises in Square Enix, Final Fantasy XVI, is getting closer and one of the producers of the game spoke about one of the concerns of the fans after its latest trailer. From the images we were able to see, it seemed that the battles were only going to be playable with a single character. But rest assured that Naoki Yoshidaproducer of the game, confirmed that at the time of fighting there will be more than one character.
Yoshida confirmed that during the battles there will be other characters, but they will not be able to be controlled. “We didn’t want to overwhelm users with the new trailer, that’s why we focused only on the battles of clive. Having said that, on most of his journey, clive will be accompanied by one or more characters. They will participate in battles, and exchange jokes with clive. Party members will be AI-driven to allow players to focus only on controlling clive“commented in the interview Yoshida.
But this is not all the producer had to say about the character. “clive he has a host of unique abilities in his fully customizable arsenal. We wanted players to master and customize them to the point where they could use them with fluidity and style.”said Yoshida in another interview. And the most important comment that he gave in this last interview was that we will only control clive as “We prefer that players focus solely on controlling clive“, something that would not be possible if the rest of the characters were playable.
As for how the action battle system is, this is typical of the games created by Ryota Suzuki (Devil May Cry 5, Dragon’s Dogma) and aims to attract new fans. But this new battle system won’t disappoint old fans. In the words of Yoshida, the participation of suzuki It was very important in the development of the game. “Our development team had very little experience creating action games, and in those early days of development we had a lot of difficulties. That’s why I bring suzuki-san It really helped us a lot.”
But not everything will be hand-to-hand combat since another important element of the battles will be the summoning of Eikon. clive will have a range of skills Eikons that you can use in combat. For example, the ability to Garuda allows you to clive lift enemies into the air, you can follow up with a pound of ground Titan. And, as we could see in the latest trailer, the Eikons they will be summonable to face each other.
Despite Yoshida confirmed that the game will not be open world, if he talked about how the battles will be very different. “Whether I fight clives against small enemies, against big bosses, against Eikons or what clive become a Eikon and face others Eikon; each battle will be different and unique”commented the producer. “Many of the battles of Eikon against Eikon they were created to be one-time battles, as they were created exclusively for this moment, and that system was not seen anywhere else.”
final fantasy xvi will come sometime 2023, the release date is expected to be winter in the southern hemisphere. In the State of play we were able to enjoy a new gameplay, where we learned a little more about the protagonist of the game and the story itself of the new installment of final-fantasy
Interview Source: IGN