The talk over the way forward for Final Fantasy, specifically its strategy to fight, continues, and this time the query has been put to Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki ‘Yoshi P’ Yoshida, who admitted there is no such thing as a “clear-cut” reply.
Final Fantasy XVI was a radical departure from earlier installments by being a very real-time motion sport, even eschewing command menus current within the action-oriented Final Fantasy XV. Throughout an interview at Anime Expo, Yoshida was requested whether or not the collection would return to a turn-based system, given the current success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which was in flip impressed by earlier Final Fantasy video games and Persona.
“With this query of turn-based versus motion, it tends to isolate the gameplay to simply the battle system,” Yoshida informed Anime News Network. “That does not have in mind what sort of sport the creators need to ship to gamers. For instance, based mostly on a sure graphical high quality we need to current to our gamers, or the narrative we need to ship to our gamers, it pertains to how we arrange the sport’s techniques round it. This consists of the battle system, sport design, and gameplay really feel. It isn’t a clear-cut reply, whether or not it’ll turn out to be all turn-based, or if it should turn out to be extra action-based.”
Mainline numbered Final Fantasy video games additionally are inclined to have utterly completely different settings, characters, and gameplay techniques, in addition to work performed on by completely different groups, with Yoshida emphasizing the latter. “[I’m] not essentially going to be on Final Fantasy 17, so we additionally do not need to hinder or restrict our future director or whomever can be producing the video games like 17 and even 18. We do not need to put them on a rail.”
Final Fantasy 16 launched on Xbox Series X|S final month, following its authentic launch on PS5 in 2023 after which its launch on Steam final yr. It marks a shift in Sq. Enix’s technique to maneuver away from console exclusives, with Final Fantasy Techniques: Ivalice Chronicles releasing in September for a number of platforms.