Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens OC_Formula and Wu Yanzu in South China for their clue delivery! According to CTOnews.com on November 5, Fami interviewed FF16 producers Naoki Yoshida, Hiroshi Takai and Hiroshi Maehiro, which is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2023 as the latest generation of the final Fantasy series.

Naoki Yoshida said that the development progress of final Fantasy 16 has reached 95%, and most of the work is now spent on Bug repair, and the release date of the game will be announced within this year.

The current situation is that we play games every day, fine-tuning the rough parts and reproducing the parts that are defective in performance or drawing. All that's left is bug fix.

Speaking of Bug, he said with a smile: "We have forbidden anyone to add new code in case of new bug."

When asked about the release date, he said: "We plan to release more information before the end of this year, so I think we can release it at that time," Yoshida added with a smile. "I don't think it will be later than summer. So I think it doesn't matter."

In addition, in an interview with IGN, he also revealed some aspects of the plot, such as the linearity of the story and whether there are feeder tasks to expand the worldview.

He replied that the main line story is very rich and scalable, pushing forward without any branch point. However, there are many minor stories interspersed with the main story. These feeder stories give us an in-depth understanding of the world view and show the different sides of the character.

"these areas vary in size, some are small, some are large, but there are many areas called 'fields' of about two square kilometers, including settlements and other functions. as you move forward in the story, you will also encounter many areas called 'stages'."

Although there is a lot of exploration in the game, players do not need to "invest a lot of time to explore to prevent the game from becoming too difficult to move forward." This may mean that players do not have to worry about moving from mainline quests to brush levels.

When he was asked if there were any female characters like FF7, FF6, or even FF9.

He replied, "although final Fantasy 16 does have an obvious heroine, I would like to say that the similarities are over. What makes Sally and Alice unique is that most of the narratives in their games revolve around their respective stories, while the story of final Fantasy 16 has been centered on the hero Clive since the early conceptual stage. Like all final fantasies, Clive's story is about meeting. It's about companions. It's about relationships and how Clive grows through them. Fortunately, no capable final fantasy character can save the world on his own. Clive doesn't have to try, because he's not alone. "

It is worth mentioning that the host also asked questions about game diversity: can we expect to see black characters in final Fantasy XVI, or ordinary people of color (non-white characters)?

He replied that this is a difficult question to answer, but the answer may eventually disappoint some people, depending on personal expectations.

Our design concept from the early stages of development has been characterized by medieval Europe, combining historical, cultural, political and anthropological standards that were popular at that time. In deciding on a scene that best suits the story we want to tell-- the story of a land beset by the Black death-- we think that instead of creating something on a global scale, it is necessary to limit the scope to a single land-geographically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world in an era without airplanes, televisions or telephones.

Due to the potential geographical, technical and geopolitical limitations of this background, Valithea will never be as truly diverse as the modern earth. Even the ultimate fantasy XIV country, race and culture, which has the value of the entire planet (and the moon), is at its disposal.

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