Final Fantasy 16 will arrive this year as a new installment of the popular Square Enix franchise and its devs gave details. More info, here!
Square Enix will seek to provide its users with a new experience with the future launch of final fantasy 16. Some changes in the gameplay how to get away from the essence RPG from the franchise to a style hack & slash of deliveries as god of war is an example of the proposal that the Japanese developer will bring in 2023.
In turn, another of the topics that generated intrigue among the fans of final fantasy is if FF16 It would have an open world to continue with the latent trend that leads the production of modern video games. However, part of the team devs of Square Enix recently talked about it.
As expressed in an interview with the Japanese media called Dangeki Onlinethe authorities in charge of final fantasy 16 They decided to give up the idea of implementing an open world mainly because they feel that it does not complement the characteristics of the historic franchise when creating the gaming experience.
This would be reflected in the fact that the open worlds would invite the user to be able to take the liberty of managing the choice of missions as they like, something that goes against the intentions of Square Enixwho want players to follow the main thread of the story in a priority and dynamic way, as explained by the director Hiroshi Takai.

In addition, let us remember that HE was criticized in ffxv due to the lack of content in its open world, something that could have influenced the decision of the Japanese study. On the other hand, the producer Naoki Yoshida made statements at the event prior to the arrival of final fantasy 16in which he delved into the open worlds.
“In previous interviews I mentioned that FF16 is not an open world game“ although he clarified that this does not mean that we will see a completely linear adventure. At the same time, Yoshida continued: “To bring players a wide variety of environments, in the highest possible quality (…), we have selected several areas that we concentrate on and created them in extreme detail“. In other words, there will be delimited areas but each one will have a large load of content included.

For now, final fantasy 16 will arrive exclusively for playstation 5 he June 22, 2023 in the formats of Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition. Those who wish to purchase it can do so through a booking which is available through Web official of the video game In addition, to learn more about the following proposal from the Japanese studio, we invite you to review our dedicated section on geek culture. What do you think of the decision Square Enix with respect to FF16?