Remaining Fantasy XVI: The Chance Of Extra DLC ‘Is Not Zero,’ However You Actually Should not Count on Extra

Whereas chatting with Remaining Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida in Sq. Enix’s Tokyo, Japan, workplaces final yr for <a href=” Informer’s </em>cowl story</a> on the sport, he informed me <a href=”05/23/final-fantasy-16-there-are-currently-no-plans-for-dlc”>there was at present no plans for DLC</a>. Nonetheless, just a few months after the sport’s June launch throughout The Recreation Awards 2023, <a href=” Enix revealed FFXVI can be getting two DLCs</a>. 

The primary – Echoes of the Fallen – was a combat-centric DLC launched that very same night time. The second – The Rising Tide – is a extra expansive, story-focused DLC in regards to the Leviathan Eikon curiously lacking from the primary recreation. Whereas we nonetheless don’t know when to anticipate The Rising Tide apart from this spring, I spoke to Yoshida and DLC director Takeo Kujiraoka about what gamers can anticipate and extra, and you’ll examine that in my preview right here. 

I additionally requested the duo if the staff, often called Inventive Enterprise Unit III inside Sq. Enix, is keen on extra DLC for FFXVI. In spite of everything, the rationale Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide exist is as a result of “[after] seeing that optimistic reception, the optimistic feedback from followers, in direction of the world of Remaining Fantasy XVI, in direction of Valisthea, we felt that this can be a superb alternative” to revisit the sport, Yoshida tells me. 

Whereas Yoshida gained’t say by no means, leaving the door simply ever-so-slightly open, gamers most likely shouldn’t anticipate extra DLC for FFXVI. 

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Ifrit versus Leviathan

“That’s a tough query,” Yoshida tells me by a translator after I ask about extra DLC. “My trustworthy reply is, ‘I don’t know in the mean time,’ however on the identical time, the likelihood isn’t completely zero. I don’t need to bar out any actual potentialities right now. The reason is is that we did spend plenty of effort […] and time creating this recreation […] and we put plenty of innovative expertise into this recreation.

“And due to that, we have been capable of acquire plenty of expertise, plenty of learnings, that we will probably apply to our subsequent challenge or title. So my trustworthy feeling is that the staff does need to tackle a brand new problem and transfer on to a special challenge – perhaps it’s a very new recreation, maybe in a very new type of leisure. I really feel like in the end, that is perhaps the very best route for not simply the gamers, however for us as nicely, too. However once more, to reiterate, the opportunity of extra DLC content material for Remaining Fantasy XVI will not be zero.” 

And there you’ve got it. As a giant fan of Remaining Fantasy XVI – you possibly can learn my Recreation Informer evaluate of it right here – I’d love one more reason to revisit this world. I’d take extra DLC, a sequel, or perhaps a film tie-in a la Remaining Fantasy VII: Introduction Kids, to be trustworthy. However my takeaway from this interview is the staff is able to transfer on, and I may respect that. 

For many extra in regards to the recreation, head to Recreation Informer’s Remaining Fantasy XVI protection hub for unique behind-the-scenes options, video interviews, and extra. 

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