Whereas talking to Closing Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida in Sq. Enix's Tokyo, Japan, workplaces final 12 months for <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/FFXVI"><em>Sport Informer's </em>cowl story</a> on the sport, he advised 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>. Nevertheless, just a few months after the sport's June launch throughout The Sport 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 night time. 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 apart 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 staff, often called Artistic Enterprise Unit III inside Sq. Enix, is keen on extra DLC for FFXVI. In spite of everything, 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 Closing Fantasy XVI, in direction of Valisthea, we felt that this can be 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 in all probability shouldn’t count on extra DLC for FFXVI.
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Ifrit versus Leviathan
“That’s a troublesome query,” Yoshida tells me by means of a translator once I ask about extra DLC. “My trustworthy reply is, ‘I don’t know in the mean time,’ however on the identical time, the chance isn’t solely zero. I don’t need to bar out any actual prospects at the moment. The reason is is that we did spend a variety of effort […] and time creating this recreation […] and we put a variety of leading edge expertise into this recreation.
“And due to that, we have been in a position to achieve a variety of expertise, a variety of learnings, that we will presumably apply to our subsequent undertaking or title. So my trustworthy feeling is that the staff does need to tackle a brand new problem and transfer on to a distinct undertaking – perhaps it’s a totally new recreation, maybe in a totally new type of leisure. I really feel like in the end, that may be the most effective route for not simply the gamers, however for us as properly, too. However once more, to reiterate, the potential of extra DLC content material for Closing Fantasy XVI just isn’t zero.”
And there you could have it. As a giant fan of Closing Fantasy XVI – you may learn my Sport Informer assessment of it right here – I’d love another excuse to revisit this world. I’d take extra DLC, a sequel, or perhaps a film tie-in a la Closing Fantasy VII: Creation Kids, to be trustworthy. However my takeaway from this interview is the staff is able to transfer on, and I can even respect that.
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