Final Fantasy XV: 4 Things It Must Have To Be A Classic

Final Fantasy XV may not even land for another few years, but after Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2 and XIV, Square Enix really need to step up their game to make XV the best Final Fantasy yet! Below is a list of five things Square need to do to win back Final Fantasy players hearts!

[Lovable]

This is what I think...

FF Versus 13 being cancelled was a way to change to give itself an actual number in the FF series ie FF 15. With FF 15 resurfacing all of a sudden it's not a far off possibility at all(atleast that's what I want to believe)...

[Ranma1]

Some of the most important are:

-Turnbased battle system where you can control all characters like FF1-10

-Airship + World map to explore like FF1-9

-Likeable characters

-MOST OF ALL: an amazing story like FF1-10...how FF used to be

[XeoZin]

-A highlighted antagonist.

In both ff 12 and 13 the enemy was more a political system with no clear bad guy untill the end of the game. Bring back a clear bad guy like Sephiroth was.

[HarvesterOSarow]

I definitely agree with your "Highlighted antagonist" notion.

I thought the political aspect of FF12 was pretty good, even if it was hard to follow sometimes. But as far as Square "lore" goes, Ivalice is always riddled with political strife and civil wars throughout many different games and consoles. I think that worked well in 12, but it was lacking a real intimidating villain and someone to be the face of it all.

For example in FFVII if you minus Sephiroth from the equation then you have a large enemy, which is Shinra. That worked great because you knew they were oppressing people and destroying the world, but as soon as Square built up the story of Sephiroth and he became of the face of evil, yet not working with Shinra directly, the enemies in FFVII became incredibly memorable.

[araman]

I've had the same theory for a while now. It helps them shed the mostly negative vibe surrounding the FF13 name in the gaming community and lets the game stand alone on its own, which I think it deserves from what I've seen.

[Summons75]

LOL haven't you learned not to believe what you read on the internet....especially if the word RUMOR is in front of said bullsh*t

What sense dose it make to cancel a game that was 90% done in February?

Poor troll

[Lovable]

"LOL haven't you learned not to believe what you read on the internet....especially if the word RUMOR is in front of said bullsh*t"

"What sense dose it make to cancel a game that was 90% done in February?"

Oh the Irony.

[Summons75]

yeah.....Square Enix said it themselves, so I tend to believe people who know what the f**k their doing

[TheLyonKing]

If ff vs is cancelled and the rumor is 100% true then we will see some aspect of vs within 15.

I dunno I just feel like this game won't have that much heart in it I mean Tetsuya's team were pulled away from their game which they invested so much in to work on this.

[hkgamer]

If FFvXIII is really cancelled then I guess most of the games assets will be used for kingdom hearts.

[elda]

If there is any truth to the VS rumor maybe VS will be FFXV & this will be in the game.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

I don't think it was canceled. Because if morale was low I think somebody that was frustrated would have let something slip. Plus they added a song from Versus into Theatrythm. The rumor could be half true if it gets a name change. But if Versus is now 15 then the other rumor the other day would be wrong. Hopefully Versus remains a seperate game and we still get a good FF15.

[Snarkasaur]

What a super generic list!

[DA_SHREDDER]

"But the main thing Square Enix NEED to do, without question, is reflect back on its past work. Look back on the FF greats. Take what was good and improve it, look at what was bad and see if you can improve it, if not don’t add it! Take inspiration your past work and listen to what the players want. Do this and your on your way to making Final Fantasy XV a Final Fantasy Classic!"

I agree with that statement. Actually I agree with everything except for the battle system. I think the battle system and the way it is right now is complete garbage and wholeheartedly disagree with the author. It sucks and goes against everything that is FF. That was my biggest gripe about FF this gen, and would rather play FF 1 through FFX all over again before I play another FF that has the same battle system as FF 13.

Matter of fact, I won't consider a game a real FF game till they go back to the original turn based system. I might as well play nothing because that's what I feel when I play FF 13 or 13-2. There's this huge void and I'm not gonna pretend that everything is ok cause it's not.

[rotis09]

Does it hurt having your A$$ where your brain should be? You have absolutely no say whatsoever on what is and isn't a real Final Fantasy game. We get it you're a snob who loves the older games. But if everything from the Original Final Fantasy was kept we'd have no voice acting, no character interaction, no summons, no cgi cut-scenes, no anything that makes Final Fantasy the greatest RPG series in history besides the name. Combat evolution is natural to this series. Turn based combat would effectively slow the games to a point that would make it stupid to have realistic looking worlds and characters but they stand there looking at their feet while waiting on a command to be made. So pull your head out of your butt and get with the times you colossal waste of neurons. The XIII combat system is natural and realistic looking and may still need some work but is going to be the basis for all future games in the Final Fantasy series. Get with it or go away.

[Psycho_PS3Truthh]

One of the most important thing that final fantasy 15 needs is.

1 - Exclusively to the PS4. utilizing the most omnipotent and omnipresent console is the only way to match the true level of final fantasy 7. When final fantasy was in its glory days it was harnessing the power of the PS1 and 2. associating final fantasy with inferior video gaming systems is the biggest problem.

[haftarun8]

So in other words, screw the PS4 and just go with PC...which is already more powerful than the PS4 will be when it's released in 2 years...

Square's Luminous Engine tech demo at E3 was running 100% realtime on a regular PC with a single Nvidia GTX 680. Next gen consoles can only dream of having that much video power, unless they hit retail at over $1000.

Also keep in mind, the PS2 actually had the weakest hardware of its respective generation, but Square stayed likely because of its massive user-base.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

1- Big airship fleet like in FF4. Or regular Sea pirates because I really want a good game with pirates.

2-Chocobo's and a nice variety of vehicles like in 4.

3-A world similar to FF4, 6, and 9. The rumors make this sound very possible.

4-A great story with characters I can connect to. It has to really suck me into the world.

[HarvesterOSarow]

Sea pirates?! LOL I do miss some old school travel. Actually getting on a boat and sailing around the 2D map only to come out the other side is great. I thought Faris was a pretty good character in FFV despite my opinion of the games overall mediocrity.
I don't know what it is, but I think III and V are my least favorite in the series.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

I think 3 and 5 are everybody's least favorites.