Final Fantasy XV's Hajime Tabata has had a lot to say about the game's development in the past, and in an interview with official Xbox YouTube channel Xbox On - yes, we know - the likeable director shares some interesting bits and pieces on various aspects of the upcoming release.
One quote in particular caught our attention, as Tabata talks about the impact that Western role-playing games have had on the project. When queried, he replies "I get a lot out of playing almost all Western RPGs nowadays. One of the games my development team played a lot last year was The Witcher 3 and we think it was a great game, so we know it really well."
At this point, it's clear that Final Fantasy XV has taken a lot of inspiration from Western open world titles and action RPGs, and we reckon that it's quite fascinating to see a Japanese team take on concepts that aren't necessarily associated with the nation's usual output.
Tabata continues: "What we really valued for [Final Fantasy] XV was our own person experiences in our lives, so we tried to include our own experiences of travelling around new and exciting places." He also says that the team went out and explored caves to "see what kind of creatures lived in them". Now that's dedication.
In any case, we've known for a while now that Final Fantasy XV is going to be a rather robust package made up of many, many different parts, and although that should perhaps be expected of a title that's been knocking around for ten years, it's going to be exciting to see how it all comes together in the finished release.
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you know the more Tabata says about FFXV and what his future plans are for the series, the more i feel that he is the right man to helm the FF franchise
@FullbringIchigo I think the best part is that he seems very down to Earth, which is kind of what this series - and Square Enix to some extent - needs right now.
I reckon Geralt could easily take Noctis and his boyband crew all at once.
@ApostateMage Those damn teenagers can auto-dodge, though!
@ShogunRok agreed
I feel like every RPG should take note of how well the storylines and side-quests were handled in The Witcher 3.
Any director who is humble enough to play and learn from the current hot RPG's of the day, is going to do well for the Final Fantasy franchise.
I like him, he seems like a very down to Earth and honest person. Reminds me a lot of Yoshi-P. We need developers like that.
And it was the Witcher 3 that inspired us to do the "Unicorn Bromance" cut scene.
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