Whereas chatting with Last Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida in Sq. Enix's Tokyo, Japan, places of work final yr for <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/FFXVI"><em>Sport 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, a number of months after the sport's June launch throughout The Sport Awards 2023, <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/the-game-awards-2023/2023/12/07/final-fantasy-xvi-is-getting-two-dlcs-and-one-of-them-is-available">Sq. 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 count on The Rising Tide aside from this spring, I spoke to Yoshida and DLC director Takeo Kujiraoka about what gamers can count on and extra, and you’ll examine that in my preview right here.
I additionally requested the duo if the workforce, often called Artistic Enterprise Unit III inside Sq. Enix, is thinking about 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 Last Fantasy XVI, in direction of Valisthea, we felt that this can be a great 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 in all probability shouldn’t count on extra DLC for FFXVI.
<img loading="lazy" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/websites/default/information/kinds/body_default/public/2024/03/06/885e58cf/final_fantasy_xvi_rising_ride_dlc_3.jpg" alt="Last Fantasy XVI The Rising Tide DLC Sequel Content material" class="image-style-body-default" />
Ifrit versus Leviathan
“That’s a troublesome query,” Yoshida tells me by means of a translator after I ask about extra DLC. “My sincere reply is, ‘I don’t know in the meanwhile,’ however on the identical time, the likelihood isn’t totally zero. I don’t need to bar out any actual prospects presently. The reason is is that we did spend a variety of effort […] and time creating this recreation […] and we put a variety of innovative expertise into this recreation.
“And due to that, we have been capable of achieve a variety of expertise, a variety of learnings, that we are able to probably apply to our subsequent challenge or title. So my sincere feeling is that the workforce does need to tackle a brand new problem and transfer on to a distinct challenge – possibly it’s a very new recreation, maybe in a very new type of leisure. I really feel like finally, that is perhaps the perfect route for not simply the gamers, however for us as effectively, too. However once more, to reiterate, the potential of extra DLC content material for Last Fantasy XVI just isn’t zero.”
And there you will have it. As an enormous fan of Last Fantasy XVI – you may learn my Sport Informer overview 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 Last Fantasy VII: Creation Youngsters, to be sincere. However my takeaway from this interview is the workforce is able to transfer on, and I also can respect that.
For many extra in regards to the recreation, head to Sport Informer’s Last Fantasy XVI protection hub for unique behind-the-scenes options, video interviews, and extra.
Would you like extra Last Fantasy XVI DLC? Tell us within the feedback beneath!
Supply: Sport Informer
Publish Views: 4
