'Never stop playing' is the goal for Final Fantasy 15 director

Series director Tetsuya Nomura wants to make Final Fantasy 15 more dynamic. That includes an increased focus on quick action, and an attempt to keep the player in control at all times--even during the cutscenes.

[wishingW3L]

please be good!

[dedicatedtogamers]

Seeing how it's an action title and is also open-world (or at least contains very, very large free-roam areas) all they have to do is nail the combat, give us a very high level cap, and allow for some randomly generated enemies.

[FlameHawk]

I don't remember them saying it was a open world but I hope it is.

[dedicatedtogamers]

@ Flamehawk

They haven't explicitly said it is, but go re-watch the E3 trailer from a few months ago. There are open areas, wall-scaling, teleporting across huge distances on the map, and even a minimap visible in several clips (why would there be a minimap if the level was linear?)

There will probably be certain linear sections but so far it appears that the game is going to be open world or at least will have very large open-ended maps.

Just my impression based on what I saw. I could be mistaken.

[DigitalRaptor]

I think you pretty much got it dedicated,

Seamless open-world exploration with minor loading sections: http://www.galbadiax.com/bl...

Think airship style size and that's what we're talking. Noctis and his boys also have a car that they can use to travel across long distances, that really goes to paint how large this game really is.

These videos might give you an idea of the open areas that will be numerous and varied. http://www.youtube.com/watc...
check out 4:45 on this video http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Shadowsteal]

He means never start playing. Sigh*

[DragonKnight]

All they need to do is keep Toriyama far away from it and it will be good.

As a matter of fact, keep Toriyama away from FF period, and people will keep playing. Tell him to work on some new IP or whatever.

[adorie]

Despite the disagrees, I agree, DragonKnight.

Far as I know, Nomura has been around since FFV. So I think he knows the series philosophy quite well.

[SegaSaturn669]

Strange, I could have sworn his goal was to "sell out."

[levian]

"Never stop playing"? Done. I planned on it anyways. Now just give me the game!

[Godmars290]

I want to believe Nomura decent enough job to at least remove the taste of FFXIII, but the thing is that he's responsible for Kingdom Hearts. Something which has an overly convoluted storyline which is over a decade old.

I want an at least mildly interesting story which tales itself in one game. Not one whose story gets weakly linked to several, becoming less intelligible, its world less valuable, with each new entry.

Sure as hell don't to see that story spread "exclusively" over several platforms!

[NewMonday]

hopefully the games is standalone or has the story arcs planned out for the future.

[Snookies12]

It has already been stated that XV would come to a climax and finish its story at the end of the game. However, he did say there would be an opening for something further to be told in a possible sequel. If it's an amazing game, I'm cool with having a sequel.

[Irishguy95]

I believe this story will focus on the war of the 4 kingdoms and sequels may delve more into the lcie falcie stuff

[Ashunderfire86]

It's the Final Fantasy I always wanted to play, with CGI like graphics and gameplay with action and no turn based. I been asking for this since I was a kid. I remember seeing commercials to Final Fantasy 7 and etc, showing stuff all CGI. I use to think that was all gameplay, but my brother kept on telling me no it was not. Then he show me pictures of actual gameplay from Final Fantasy in Gamepro Magazine, and I was disappointed, but I learn to like the game when I actually gave it a try.

[dcj0524]

Same. The CGI is now playable. About time!

[elhebbo16]

So you didn't play it because of the graphics? :/

[Ashunderfire86]

# elhebbo16

Dude do you know how to read?

"Then he show me pictures of actual gameplay from Final Fantasy in Gamepro Magazine, and I was disappointed, but I learn to like the game when I actually gave it a try."

I did play it.

[first1NFANTRY]

I will if it turns out anything like FF13. bring the goods this time or no money for you kapish?

[DigitalRaptor]

We've been waiting long enough, so I'd hope we would want to never stop playing it.

[animegamingnerd]

considering how it is being made by the team that made kingdom hearts 2 which is in my top 10 games of all time and my second favorite PS2 game i really am hoping this game is good

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

Even during cut scenes... like qte? Or moral choices?

[NovusTerminus]

This game was one of the reasons I got a PS3 (This, MGS4, DMC4 and MH3) and now is one of the reasons I am getting a PS4. I need this game, hoping for a late 2014 Japanese release wih a early to mid 2015 US release.

[drizzom]

'Quick action' just sounds like a way to not call it 'QTE'.

[pompombrum]

Control over characters in cut scenes? I'm a little skeptical over that.

[worldwidegaming]

I wanna buy it but should i wait for the 2 and 3 versions.. Games these days are done in trilogys nowadays right lmao.

[Edito]

I think i will die without playing a good turn based RPG from XE... since FFX i'm waiting but unfortunately square enix will never do it again and the action in FF tells me nothing... and he is right they should call it by another name and not FF.

[Tommymk2]

Any think is better than 13-2 god that was awful

[noctis_lumia]

the whole 13 series was awful

and ff15 is from nomura so its day one buy

[Transporter47]

It wasn't that bad, it just wasn't what you wanted.

[noctis_lumia]

cant wait for this ON my ps4

[Elda]

I love the FF franchise,I had no problem with XIII enjoyed it,never played the mmo's,but FFXV is looking all that..to graphics to battle system,with every FF it reinvents itself which is something I admire,always changing & not being a stuck in a rut formula,FFXV is looking so far like a potential masterpiece!

[-Gespenst-]

What about FMVs?

[tulholdren]

Another RPG on my PS4 MMMMMM Goodness I hope....

[batbatz]

These morons have to get it right sometime

[kewlkat007]

I'll end up getting this game but no longer holding my breathe for Squeenix

[GraveLord]

It's the Playstation motto :D

[titans9999]

I don't have high hopes for this game since their wont be airships, mogs, summons, or chocobos, so I will keep dreaming of ff games f old

[Irishguy95]

you knob it has all of those thinga. Tos hame has all things ff is supposed to have...except with a dif battle system . All you gotta do is keepp up with news if you can be bothered. people keep assuminh thing about it. This game is like ff 6-9 with a 3d map like ff12 instead of ocerworld. It has all the staples off the series. crystals. world map. chocobos. magic. magitek. knights. summons. dungeons..spikey hair..i mean just think of it as an ff with kh battle ststem because thats what it is.

[N4GDgAPc]

When it was Final Fantasy vs 13 Nomura already said there will be airships and summons. Mogs probly won't be and there and I don't know about Chocobos because you will have a car to drive around.

That's if they haven't changed the game when they changed the name to ff15

[Irishguy95]

They saif were in too at above. I was a bit surprised when tgey did. But it was confirmed ages ago too. Tgey were being redesigned for versus just like chocobos were...as they are for every ff. Id say both will look badass in this instead of cute . They've also said the game has basically only gotreb the graphical upgrade and it now runs properly. The game will likely have a massive graphical upgrade too by the time its iut

[wishingW3L]

Seriously, are you trolling? lol

do you realize the reason many people are hyping up this game it's because it has summons, towns, side-quest, airships and even a world map too? Just in the beginning of the new trailer you can see Leviathan!

And of-course there will be chocobos too... On this same article he says that the battle system might be action based but that many old-school elements will make a comeback.

[titans9999]

No airships was in the latest interview, he even commented there would be no airships. I hope there is, and I hope all the classic ff stuff is in it, it would make the game wayyyyyyy better!!!

[N4GDgAPc]

Nomura never said there wouldn't be airships in ff15.

[PSN_ZeroOnyx]

Looks like it could be the best game in the series for many years.

[rigbybot127]

Nomura, you amazing SOB, you.

[EXVirtual]

My body is ready for this game. Noctis looks like such a badass. I don't think we should worry about the sequels, because it looks like the story of the first game will be completeley resolved in the first game and they'll have other stories featuring Noctis and stuff later on. Kinda like what they're gonna do with KH. After KH3, it will be the end of the Dark Seeker Saga, but not the series. Square, you are slowly becoming badasses again.

[Ksar]

My body is reasy

[KrisButtar]

I like Final Fantasies with female leads, this one also looks like its trying to hard to be something else

[titans9999]

Still, I won't get my hopes so far up that I am disappointed!

[Welcome2Die]

Its disappointing that the Xboned is getting this game too...
Oh well PS4 FTW!

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

That explains why it isn't out yet. If you never stop playing it means there's infinite content, if there's infinite content that means infinite development time! Genius!