We've been writing about Final Fantasy XV for what feels like an eternity, from the day it was announced -- then titled Final Fantasy Versus XIII -- all the way until now. The game's been out for a year at this point, but Square Enix simply refuses to move on. The publisher's peppered it with updates, downloadable content, and even multiplayer expansions over the last 12 months, but guess what? It's not done yet.
According to director Hajime Tabata, who surely must be sick and tired of talking about Final Fantasy XV, the development team wants to release "at least" three more DLC story episodes in 2018. One of them will apparently focus on Ardyn, the game's classy bad guy. There's currently no word on whether there'll be another season pass.
Look, we really enjoyed Final Fantasy XV, but when will it end? It's great that the company's providing so much support for its product, but this is unprecedented for what is essentially a single player action role-playing game.
We can't wait to still be writing about Final Fantasy XV this time next year.
[source gematsu.com]
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Haters gonna hate - I'm over the moon
I CAN'T WAIT TO REVIEW THEM ALL
I recently watched Kingslaive and had absolutely no idea what was going on. It did look pretty.
This is such an odd game - I wonder if they would be better off reusing the engine and assets and doing a sequel by polishing off the first game mechanics. I haven't played but seems like a better use of so many devs?
@Feena me too, i love FFXV and i welcome more story content
@Rudy_Manchego with the way the game ended i'm not sure they could do a sequel to be honest but they could do a prequel, perhaps with the first King and let us experience how all this came to be in the first place
A Aranea Highwind DLC perhaps? Or a Cindy and Cid DLC where there's a car fixing mini-game involved.
@ShogunRok You guys are still writing about single player action game Skyrim 6 years later, yet you don't complain nearly as much about that game. And hasn't GTAV been written about for at least 4 years now?
You'll be writing about FFXV as long as you work here. First the PS4 "Complete" edition in 2 years, and then the 4k PS5 version after that. FFXV is like all 7 KH games rolled into 1. Never ending.
Looking forward to Episode Ardyn, he was pretty much the best part of the game. And if they could better explain the world that would be great as well. I understood the present from watching Kingsglaive but never understood how all the Titans fit into the world or that giant canyon that had something to do with an ancient war. Maybe.
Jesus, whats with the constant moaning about FFXV - OK some of the content hasnt been great but whats the problem with building on it?
More story DLC bulding on the lore of the game, whats the problem with that?
Fans were asked months ago in game which DLC they would like in the future.. theres obviously a hungry market for it. Crack on I say!
@rjejr Skyrim doesn't have trash DLC that I have to review.
@ShogunRok Are you a fan of FF games in general?
@solocapers He's like the biggest Final Fantasy fan I know.
@get2sammyb Fair enough, I thought there was maybe some bias then.
The DLC hasnt been amazing ill agree however its good to see a dev support a game so well. Regardless, he's getting paid to play games all day and write a couple of hundred words to describe it.
First world problems and all that Suck it up buttercup.
@solocapers If only we got to play games all day, that sounds like a brilliant job.
I can see Ramsey's point of view. I think we just don't really understand the business model. It's cool that they're expanding on the game, but none of the content has been particularly appealing IMO, and I personally would prefer them to take the ideas from the first game and develop it into a much bigger and more consistent sequel.
Maybe they're still doing that and this is just a stop-gap, and clearly like someone else said in the thread there must be a market for this stuff otherwise they wouldn't continue with it.
I dunno.
It is funny how much people complained that it was taking forever to release, and now people are moaning it won't go away lol
@kyleforrester87
(Ok Ed Edd n Eddy fans) say it w me
Never Ending Party, Never Ending Party, Never Ending Party, Never Ending Party!
Yeah not many may know Ed Edd n Eddy but if ya don’t like FFXV don’t worry it’ll never end much like how TES 5 Skyrim will... NEVER DIE!!!
(FFXV is def a roller coaster so let’s continue on)
They'll be releasing DLC for FFXV all the way up to FFXVI's release, enjoy @ShogunRok
@solocapers So, you rather want half-hearted DLC over a new game?
@Kidfried No, not saying that by any stretch. Yes, the DLC hasn't really done the main game justice and they should look to rectify that going forward.
However, that doesn't mean I (and by the looks of it many others) want a change of the universe just yet for the sake of it and want them to jump on a new main line project.
There's a few interesting characters which have little to no back story which is worth telling imo.
@ShogunRok Touche.
I did like Gladiolous though, it helped explain what happened while he was away and it was fun to play. Prompto was interesting, but it might have been better as a 20 minute YouTube video. Igins does look like more of that. I haven't played the AC stuff yet but after the first carnival...
Personally I hate all of this, the whole industry. I'm putting off buying NNK2 and XC2 b/c of the season passes. Same for Mario+Rabbids. Waited on H:ZD. My kid is waiting on the DBXV2 "extra" DLC packs that the season passes doesn't even cover. (You can feel free to cover them though.) The entire industry is putting out alpha builds for $60 that they then work on fixing for months, then charge us for the rest when it's done. I'm sick of waiting for the Zelda DLC as well.
So I'm OK with you knocking FFXV, just don't give the rest of the industry a pass, they're all guilty of something. There's no going back.
If you think about it, having a bunch of story dlc is better than having a trilogy of games to buy just to play the story, right?
As long as we get Aranea DLC, there's no problem.
@ShogunRok Devils advocate, but what if its good? Cant knock whats not yet been delivered. I can sympathise with your point though. Back on psone; ff16 would be nearing completion, whereas it seems we wont be getting it till next gen. Im assuming this will be another season pass whuch would suck, although if it funds ff7 remake...
Also skyrim had that pointless homestead dlc on ps3..
@Rob_230 Don't get me wrong, if it's good, it's good. But none of the DLC has been worth it so far, in my opinion.
I'm also not a fan of that fact that the episodes patch up glaring holes in the game's story. I do think it's all quite underhanded, especially when you consider how poorly stuff like Gladio's disappearance was handled in the main game.
@ShogunRok Absolutely. That’s the problem, right? The Gladiolus DLC was indeed quite fun, as @rjejr said, but it doesn’t feel like extra content - it feels like stuff they ripped out of the base game and are selling it back to us.
@ShogunRok completely agree on your second point. Gladio's departure in the main game was ridiculously contrived and obviously cut for dlc. That annoyed me. As did prompto's falling off a train to turn up later with a massive revelation that was dealt with in a couple of lines and never spoken of again. I agree that was ridiculous. Like Assassins Creed 2 and its infamous animus glitch which meant memories 7 and 8 were corrupted; then were magically fixed to be sold as dlc down the road. That kind of stuff should definitely not happen and is really bad practice.
@Rob_230 Yeah, I don't think the episodes would seem quite as scummy if FFXV had a well told story to begin with. If it didn't have those HUGE plot holes that are so badly explained, you wouldn't necessarily mind playing through expanded parts of the plot.
As it stands, you play through these episodes to get a better idea of the full picture, but even then, I'd argue they don't tell very interesting stories anyway.
In short I just think it's all been a bit of a mess. I'm hoping Ignis' episode is good, though.
Are any of these dlcs going to improve on the ending? No matter what they release and how much I enjoyed the game until 2/3rds in I’m not interested unless it does that.
@ShogunRok I reckon Episode Ignis looks pretty interesting, the trailer is dramatic at least. I haven't played the game since I completed it in January and am not sure I will again, even with all the additional DLC. I enjoyed it lots but something is off with having to pay extra just to have the story properly explained.
@rjejr
I will follow your advice and play this when all DLC hits. I will prolly be dead by then
Well it's good that fans will get more story to chew through.
On the other hand, it's lame that this will likely be a separate season pass when the first one stumbled so much. Season pass2 could easily get more meaningful story DLC, while the rest of us are stuck with the lackluster character arcs from season pass1.
Was hoping they were done so I could finally play the complete experience, but I guess not
Yet people never complain about new Final Fantasy 7 content...
Seems like Squeenix wants to keep FFXV alive and relevant by giving it the mmo treatment. I didnt really care for these standalone dlcs that just give you a single dungeon to play through. Id like to explore the world map with the other guys, not just a single new area.
@get2sammyb I totally agree with the Push Team on this : I loved the game, despite it flaws, but what I really don't understand here is the business model.
We're not talking about an MMORPG, where people pay every month to see new content. FFXV is a solo RPG (well, untill that recent expansion), with not a single micro-transaction built in it. You buy the game, you play the game, end of the game. Then you move on to another game.
So what's going on with all these updates ? How can Square Enix justify the COST of all this ? I mean, and that's my question to the Push Team : do we know if this DLCs-and-updates-extravanganza had any impact on the SALES of the game ? Does the game continue to be bought, massively, one year after its release ? Is there any income, here, for Square Enix, or are they just being stubborn on this ? Like, I don't know : "We said we're doing it so now WE'RE DOING IT ! F**** IT !" xD
@rjejr Exactly. And you can say Skyrim doesn't have "trash DLC" you have to reveal....just rehashed re-released games for the 5th time. But that's supposedly fine as opposed to adding content to a game that has only been out for a year. Next article will probably be about how EA's initial direction with Star Wars Battlefront 2 was fantastic. /sarcasm
The foremost bad thing about the episodes for me is, that they feel and play like standalone rip-offs. I've got no problem playing with Gladio for a while, but I want it to be "my" Gladio from "my" main story progress. You have to leave the game back to the main menu and then access these episodes via some special option, that just feels wrong to me.
I still gotta get back into episode Promto before trying episode Ignis.
I'm expecting a re-posting of the original season pass at full price, while existing owners of the old Season pass can "upgrade" for an extra $15-$20 to unlock access to the new DLC.
Starting to wish I had not bought the game during BF sales, but I couldn't pass it up.
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