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Final Fantasy XV's Development Is Fully on Target; The Game Is 65% Complete

Unfortunately Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata did not provide a release date for the game today at the Active Time Report from Gamescom, but he provided some quite detailed information to DualShockers about the status of the game, explaining that the game’s development is perfectly on track.

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Abash3618d ago

Are you kidding me? Now it sounds like even a holiday 2016 release may not happen being it's only 65% done.

Abriael3618d ago

65% is a good percentage. Once you have the core gameplay in place, which now they have, it's mostly just a matter of piling on assets and refining.

DarkOcelet3618d ago

It was 60% two months ago so it will be finished at Q2 2016. So all good.

Metallox3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

@DarkOcelet Like progress in projects can be measured with percentages just perfectly, and like progress is proportional...

pumpactionpimp3618d ago

No final fantasy that I can remember has come out on its original release date. They always get delayed, but often suffer less bugs... So I'm happy to wait.

Godmars2903618d ago

65% done game that's supposedly been in development for eight years? How is that a "good" percentage?

bouzebbal3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

what? you make it sound like nothing is missing. 65% is just above halfway done. 2017 will be release date. you heard it here first.

Dragon Quest XI will be out before, and that actually is all i want to play. Really outshadows everything else for me.

CertifiedGamer3618d ago

This game has been in development since 2007 for it to be in 65% just proves how lazy square enix has become. Rockstar makes Grand Theft Auto games in 3 years with far more content and no grind fest.

jambola3618d ago

@Godmars
Not in development for eight years, we just knew about the game back then

@abzdiine
You are nowhere near the first person to say the game will release 2017, it's been said for months now, more even

@CertifiedGamer
Again, not in development that long
also square enix has released many games int hat time, both in and out of Final fantasy

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fermcr3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

They took 6-7 years to make 65% of the game... so they will probably take another 3-4 years for the other 35% ?

DarkOcelet3618d ago

It started production in 2012 my friend. So a 4 to 5 years work in such a big title is expected.

Dasteru3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

@DarkOcelet:

It started production as Versus XIII in 2006. The same time the first FFXIII started production. They were being worked on side by side by 2 different teams. It switched platforms and was rebranded as FFXV in 2013.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.c...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Magicite3618d ago

If I recall correctly, it was 50-60% at the beginning of this year, if they will be making 10-20% progress per year, then...2017 at earliest.

jambola3618d ago

I think last september they said between 50 and 60%

Muzikguy3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

I don't like these percentages. 65% sounds to me like it's going to be awhile as well. Took them 8 years to get to 65% so who knows how long the rest will take. I know they started over and all, but I still don't get a good vibe from this. That last 35% could still take a looooooong time. Also, how do you put a percent on something that you don't know the ending? Maybe it's 65% of the story they had written, doesn't mean it's that much completed. I'm thinking they just said this to silence the critics (and I'm one of those)

Edit: ok, they started this game in 2012? So does that mean for 5 years before that they were lying to us? I'm not believing anything I see from SE anymore if that's the case. I'll wait until the project is finished and judge then. These drag along productions and lies are annoying and tiresome

Sharingan_no_Kakashi3618d ago

I bet Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out first.

Aghashie3618d ago

Nope... KH3, KH4, KH HD Remaster and KH Collection will come out first.

Not to mention that FF16 will release way before... (Yes, even before FF15).

And finally... The game will get delayed for Next Get and re-branded as FF:The Never Ending Story Chronicles and announced as a trilogy!

Yikes! Don't bet on that horse buddy, ull lose money.

Lol!

Sarcasm aside. I'm hands down for the next KH. Love the game. I wonder if they r listening...

DragonKnight3618d ago

I bet FFVII remake comes out before both of them.

BABY-JEDI3618d ago

I bet there is a few gamblers reading this thread.
😉

Explojoseph3618d ago

I think they should just give us a general idea of a release date. The fans just want to know - are we looking at a year or 3 years from now? We don't need the exact date...

For instance, "Coming Summer 2016". Honestly, even if they ended up pushing back the date a little, IT'S OKAY. Just give us a general idea. Jesus...

trywizardo3618d ago

for an ambitious game like that with that huge scale , 65% is pretty good

showtimefolks3618d ago

square releasing 3 games in a short period, just cause 3, dues ex and tomb raider

so my guess is fall 2016:

tomb raider complete edition for ps4 and pc along with re launch and charge Xbox one games $60 once more

FF15 is a given, I think a late October to November release date

if ff15 is 65% than does that mean we won't see kingdom Hearts 3 at the earliest in fall 2017?

what about ff7 remake so this pretty much confirms it a 2018 title? though I think square may push it to launch alongside the 20th year anniversary so that would mean and I hope fall 2017

jambola3618d ago

Kingdom hearts 3 could always release before ff xv?

ShiranaiJittai3617d ago (Edited 3617d ago )

Squaresoft was a great company Squareenix still makes great things every once in awhile but they are a massive company now. Not great not bad just everywhere.

Just Cause 3 Deus Ex and Tomb Raider do not affect Final Fantasy in anyway.

Squareenix publishes quite a bit now far more then they actually develop. Those 3 games are games they publish they don't affect Final Fantasy being developed in anyway. The help the stock portfolio for the company sure but they have no bearing on Final Fantasy's development.

modelgod3618d ago

Stick a fork in FF. Since Mass effect, oblivion, dragon age, and fall out, and now the Witcher? FF is thru!! The last 2 or 3 FF weren't that great, it's ran it's course. It's sad to say but they should lay FF to rest with the FF7 remake, followed by a FF 10 remake and move on. In the midst of the current RPG's FF has no niche. Hell, the new fabled is going to blow FF away! RIP FF!!!

Entonations3617d ago

Just remember this game was revealed in 2006 along side final fantasy XIII. It has now been in development in one way or another for 9 years. At least it seems to be out of development hell now.

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Activemessiah3618d ago

I had this sense that it was higher than that... weird.

Abriael3618d ago

some parts of it are. The area shown today with the Malboro is between 70% and 80% complete.

DevilOgreFish3618d ago (Edited 3618d ago )

oh good 65%, so that means early 2017. so i wonder where that puts KH3 and the FFVII remake.

DarkOcelet3618d ago

3 different teams entirely. I won't be surprised if we saw KH3 before FFXV.

DevilOgreFish3618d ago

Right, but i'm almost definitively sure these games will be spaced out. If neither game launches next year then that puts 2017, 2018 and 2019 for game slots.

showtimefolks3618d ago

ff15 is a different team but kingdom Hearts 3 and ff7 are both under the same game director I think. I hope ff7 is a 2017 title

contradictory3618d ago

I'd think that FF VII is such an huge project it could take them atleast 3-5 years sadly... but then again what do i know... Bethesda nailed it with Fallout 4 because they worked on it long before reveal which greatly reduced waiting time and added to hype.

Chaosdreams3618d ago

Well.

At least we've come past those long and hectic days that were once pure silence.

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Ever play a game a game only to discover at some point it transforms into a horror game? No? Well Netto's Game Room shares six games that do just that!

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P_Bomb55d ago

Immediately thought of the El Dorado zombie dudes in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

raWfodog55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

Not necessarily a ‘horror’ moment, but I remember feeling really tense and anxious when the Flood were first introduced in the original Halo. I never felt more on edge or nervous in that whole game as that moment. I think it was the whole buildup that something terrible was coming but you didn’t know exactly what.

Another non-horror game that had me feeling it was Subnautica. The deep dark depths, and knowing that sea monsters were lurking nearby, had me jumping at every sound.

NettosGameRoom54d ago

That scene where you first see them attack is pretty crazy!

Relientk7754d ago

I remember being scared of the Asylum level in the most recent Thief game from 2014.

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Final Fantasy XV Datamine Reveals Hidden Chapter 14 Scene That Was Cut

A new datamine of game files from Final Fantasy XV has revealed a cut scene from Chapter 14 that didn't make it into the final release.

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gold_drake189d ago

always liked 15, but the development was shch a shitshow. it could have been so much more.

but Tabata did a good job with what he had regardless

DivineHand125189d ago

Ff15 was a missed opportunity from square as they transitioned from turn based to real time.

One of the issues is that it was 30 fps. The combat mechanics required precision dodges to activate Noctis teleport ability and it was difficult to do at 30 fps. I am glad they rectified that in FF16. The story and flow also felt like it went through a chopshop similar to how some live service games end up when they are trying to meet a deadline. Those extra episodes they sold as dlc should have been in the maingame.

FF15 is one of the weaker entries in the series.

Z501188d ago

Dodges don't activate the teleport ability. Teleport was R1 + O. Dodge was just the O button. Explain the Black Hood (the item that automatically Dodges for you)

TheNamelessOne189d ago

Ah yes; FF XV.
The beginning of me coming to the realization the series was no longer for me.

Michiel1989188d ago

16 was a lot better, I think 15 was just a big mess with how development went and all. The music though, one of the best in the series, probably the only reason I finished the game.

Cacabunga188d ago

At least FF15 had RPG elements . 16 was just an action game from beginning to end.

Michiel1989188d ago

I rather have a good action game than a bad rpg with 2 button combat

Cacabunga188d ago (Edited 188d ago )

Then call it something else then FF. I got scammed with FF16. Nothing of what i expected it to be.
Even the action is bad in it, especially after the demo section where absolutely nothing happens until the very end.

FF15 isnt a great game but it has some variety at least.

CrimsonWing69189d ago

That initial trailer with the Leviathan fight was the game I wish we got. The actual retail release was watchdogged to all Hell and while there’s enjoyment to be had in the game, it’s such an incomplete product and so many elements feel so slapped together without any cohesion.

Like, don’t get me wrong, I loved fishing, cooking, and the first third of the game, but I much rather they made a story that didn’t feel barely there and the the last third of the game didn’t feel so rushed and unfinished.

Becuzisaid188d ago

Every time a party member left for a period of time screamed future paid dlc. It was horrible.

Imagine Dagger and Steiner making the party go to sleep in Lindblum in FF9 disc 1 and then taking off to Alexandria by foot themselves, but then never playing their side of the adventure in disc 2 when they smuggle her through the South Gate in pickles, take the cable car and fight the Waltz, head to Treno and start the quest to find Supersoft. They just eventually reunite with the main party in the future without explanation of what went on in their adventure.

Or Sephiroth's backstory in the famous Kalm flashback being added as a dlc pack. Same goes for Vincent, Cid, or Yuffie for that matter.

Oh and anything to do with Jenova, the Ancients, Aerith, her mom and Gast, shoved into a 2 hour CG movie or 5 hour anime ministries that's considered required viewing for anything in the main game to make sense or have characters actually be interesting.

I enjoyed FF15 at the time, and finished it, but it's bright spots are marred by a bad development cycle and a worse marketing scheme.

CrimsonWing69188d ago

What’s sad is when I watched a vid on the entire story (that wasn’t properly told in the actual game)!it was really solid and could’ve been one of the most epic stories in any FF. I think a lot of the compilation and cross-media stuff really f*cked it all up.

gurp189d ago

FFXV was underrated in my opinion
I have played all of the final fantasy games, and I loved this game
turn based to me takes too long, I like active battle
the extra dlc and chapters should have been included in the original release, but it is nice that they fixed the game later

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gold_drake441d ago

crazy, glad i own the ones i wanted to revisit and play

ChasterMies441d ago

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Elex
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Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
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Sundered Eldritch Edition
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This Is The Police 2
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Asterphoenix441d ago

Glad that I absolutely can't stand subscription services.

Petebloodyonion441d ago (Edited 441d ago )

I don't recall Sony forcing you to subscribe like nobody forced you to go to Blockbuster to rent games instead of buying them.

SonyStyled441d ago

Pay-per-view was almost cheaper than the cost of gas and rental fee from Blockbuster. Blockbuster doesn’t exist today. Are you being sarcastic?