Whereas chatting with Last Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida in Sq. Enix's Tokyo, Japan, places of work final 12 months for <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/FFXVI"><em>Recreation Informer's </em>cowl story</a> on the sport, he instructed me <a href="05/23/final-fantasy-16-there-are-currently-no-plans-for-dlc">there was at the moment no plans for DLC</a>. Nonetheless, a couple of months after the sport's June launch throughout The Recreation Awards 2023, <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/the-game-awards-2023/2023/12/07/final-fantasy-xvi-is-getting-two-dlcs-and-one-of-them-is-available">Sq. Enix revealed FFXVI could be getting two DLCs</a>.
The primary – Echoes of the Fallen – was a combat-centric DLC launched that very same evening. The second – The Rising Tide – is a extra expansive, story-focused DLC in regards to the Leviathan Eikon curiously lacking from the primary recreation. Whereas we nonetheless don’t know when to count on The Rising Tide aside from this spring, I spoke to Yoshida and DLC director Takeo Kujiraoka about what gamers can count on and extra, and you’ll examine that in my preview right here.
I additionally requested the duo if the group, often known as Inventive Enterprise Unit III inside Sq. Enix, is inquisitive about extra DLC for FFXVI. In any case, the rationale Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide exist is as a result of “[after] seeing that optimistic reception, the optimistic feedback from followers, in direction of the world of Last Fantasy XVI, in direction of Valisthea, we felt that this can be an excellent alternative” to revisit the sport, Yoshida tells me.
Whereas Yoshida gained’t say by no means, leaving the door simply ever-so-slightly open, gamers most likely shouldn’t count on extra DLC for FFXVI.
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Ifrit versus Leviathan
“That’s a troublesome query,” Yoshida tells me via a translator after I ask about extra DLC. “My sincere reply is, ‘I don’t know in the mean time,’ however on the identical time, the likelihood isn’t completely zero. I don’t wish to bar out any actual prospects at the moment. The reason is is that we did spend plenty of effort […] and time creating this recreation […] and we put plenty of leading edge expertise into this recreation.
“And due to that, we have been capable of acquire plenty of expertise, plenty of learnings, that we will probably apply to our subsequent mission or title. So my sincere feeling is that the group does wish to tackle a brand new problem and transfer on to a unique mission – perhaps it’s a totally new recreation, maybe in a totally new type of leisure. I really feel like in the end, that could be the very best route for not simply the gamers, however for us as effectively, too. However once more, to reiterate, the opportunity of extra DLC content material for Last Fantasy XVI is just not zero.”
And there you’ve it. As a giant fan of Last Fantasy XVI – you possibly can learn my Recreation Informer evaluate of it right here – I’d love one more reason to revisit this world. I’d take extra DLC, a sequel, or perhaps a film tie-in a la Last Fantasy VII: Creation Youngsters, to be sincere. However my takeaway from this interview is the group is able to transfer on, and I can even respect that.
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