The last couple of Final Fantasy instalments may have been a little polarising, but the series isn’t showing any signs of slowing, even if there’s going to be no sign of a HD remake of Final Fantasy VII any time soon.
The next game in the series, Final Fantasy XV, which has been in development for four years, is apparently going to push the boat out, moving in the total opposite direction to the relatively linear previous two games.
Instead of this move to a more restrictive format, FFXV will, according to GamesMaster, feature an open world that’s supposedly going to be larger in scale than Skyrim’s, with large, open cities and even more content that the Bethesda epic.
The title, headed by Final Fantasy veteran, Hiroyuki Ito, who has previously worked on FF VI, IX and XII will sport Assassin’s Creed-like urban areas, and will also feature a reworked battle system, something of a trend on FF releases, one that will take several pointers from Square classic, Vagrant Story.
As in the real-time PS1 RPG, the battle system here will allow players to target specific limbs, which will no doubt make for some typically tactics-heavy FF encounters, and punishing boss fights.
Also according to rumours, Final Fantasy XV will also release on current-gen platforms, and not the next generation, meaning that the game should arrive relatively soon.
I should point out, however, that there have been no official announcements regarding this, but, if the rumours are true, Final Fantasy may be moving into new areas that could help the series find a whole new audience.
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