Developers from the company Square enix There have been numerous hints at the possibility of a PC version of Final Fantasy XV, but it was not even mentioned at the last Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV event. Nevertheless, after the presentation, project development director Hajime Tabata noted in an interview with Engadget that the game could be released on this platform after the release of the console versions.

“Unfortunately, we were not able to simultaneously develop the PC and console versions of Final Fantasy XV, - he said. - We were forced to focus on building console versions and optimizing [all aspects of the game] for. When we finish development, we will certainly consider all possible options with the PC version. But on this moment we haven't made a final decision yet. "

However, in the official microblog of the game, the developers hinted that the PC version - if it ever comes along - will support DirectX 12. "DirectX 11 is only used in console versions of Final Fantasy XV, - written by a Square Enix representative. - After the game is released on consoles, we will consider the possibility of implementing support for newer versions of DirectX on the PC. " The fact that the advantages of the twelfth version of this API will be used in the new part of Final Fantasy, the developers first hinted back in May 2015, showing the techno demo Witch Chapter 0.

More rumors of existence computer version 15th Final Fantasy appeared on the day of the Los Angeles event. The Gamestop retailer has placed on the advertising image of the game, which can be seen on home page her online store, the PC logo. Shortly after users noticed it, the logo was removed, and a Square Enix spokesperson explained that the platform was mistakenly mentioned in ads.

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Update. Square Enix posted a comment to clarify what Hajime Tabata said about the game's expected sales: “We would like to make an important announcement regarding news stories attributing to Square Enix producer Hajima Tabata saying that fINAL game FANTASY XV will have to sell 10 million copies to cover the cost of yesterday's press conference in Los Angeles. We are confident that this information is only the result of a misunderstanding. In fact, Mr. Tabata said that 10 million copies sold is the goal the development team is striving for. In his statement, Mr. Tabata did not touch on the topic of return on investment. "

At a press conference the day after Uncovered, the director Final fantasy xvHajime Tabata said Square Enix expects to sell ten million copies of the game. That's a lot ... but is it enough to recoup the production of a full-length film, an anime series, mobile game, damn demos and everything else? ..

I'm already that epic with Final fantasy xv reminds of what happened to Final fantasy vii - with the only difference that the meta-universe was built there for a decade and a half, and here it is simply taken and fried in six months. But after the conference, the difference became quite obvious.

Why is this all real?

And the difference is this. Any Dirge of Cerberus, Last Order, Before Crisis, Advent Children and the other sequel-sidequel prequels to the "7" acted better as a fan service for those already familiar with the main story. In this case, the side stories, on the contrary, should help familiarize with the main one. These are, in fact, marketing materials - only self-sufficient and sometimes by themselves capable of making money: full-length films Kingsglaive will be shown in cinemas and on the network (on what terms it is not yet clear, everything is on the conscience of Sony Pictures), and in mobile pinball Justice monsters five there will be micropayments (“But no pay-to-win”, the game director assures on duty).

Justice Monsters Five will be playable in Final Fantasy XV itself and on mobile.

Final Fantasy XV is what they say is the "ultimate experience" that all the tracks converge on. Square Enix uses other media to serve it up in a variety of ways to engage people with different interests: Kingsglaive, an action and drama for veteran fans, released last week. Platinum Demo - a sleepy tale for holiday casuals, in Episode Duscae - open world for hardcore, anime Brotherhood... well, there's anime. To the question, "Aren't you afraid to end up positioning the game as it really won't be?" they answered simply: no, not really.

Sean Bean (alas, was not present at Uncovered), Lena Headey and Aaron Paul will voice the main characters only in the film Kingsglaive. In the game as King Regis, Lady Luna and Nyx the Guardian will have other actors speaking.

So why is the boy group here?

A team of four guys - this is not a typical action for role-playing. Rather, it is not typical at all. Tabata explains: “There are two main reasons why we chose the men's team. First, I wanted to show a connection, a sense of real and purely masculine friendship - which we have not done before in Final Fantasy.

Secondly, we wanted to build on our own experience. Young Japanese people often get together with their comrades on such trips, and this happened to me too. Therefore, we decided to convey the real feelings of a long car trip. But, of course, the story is much broader and involves a lot more characters and events of a completely different scale. "

It is unlikely that Japanese youth on their road trips meet such dinosaurs and ride a chocobo. But we got the point.

Along the way, Tabata was asked if he was impressed by Dark souls the fight was made. “Now, it's easy to say anything about anything is inspired by Dark Souls. The main difference, it seems to me, is that in Souls you are fighting specific opponents in specific locations, while in Final Fantasy XV you can face anyone, whenever you want. We also needed to strike a balance between dynamics and thoughtfulness - for those who are used to turn-based battles. Well, in terms of feeling, we relied more on the Batman games. On Arkham asylum , to be more precise ".

Final Fantasy has a car, and the car can be improved, and one day it will just take off and take off. “We want to make sure that people enjoy traveling in this particular car,” says Tabata. “At the same time, I wanted to create a sense of risk and danger in flight, like when you need to land a plane. It is not difficult to take off, but to land correctly is much more difficult. If you are not careful enough, the car will skid. "

The same shot with the flying car.

Doubts are still caused by the open world and pumping. When it comes to world design, the main source of inspiration is Ocarina of Time, but what is meant by this, Tabata did not explain. He enthusiastically talks about progression "in the spirit of the old parts", about collecting, customizing equipment, but especially notes that it was important for the studio that players feel like pioneers just from walking around the world. The world is really unusual - it mixes sharply Japanese fantasy, some baroque futurism, American wilderness (look at the diners at these filling stations), and in some places it gives off great foreign gigantism Xenoblade Chronicles X... The latter is both inspiring and still a little scary.

But in the eyes of many, Final Fantasy isn't always about characters and drama. It is also about stupid life moments, such as dressing up Cloud as a girl, or the Golden Saucer amusement park in the seventh part, or, say, blitzball matches in the tenth. Judging by the way the characters in the trailers are drawn to the pinball machine, this will be in the fifteenth.

Prior to Final Fantasy XV, Hajime Tabata directed the development of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Type-0 for the PSP.

• Developers are interested in VR, have been experimenting with technology for about a year now, and would be happy to bring something cool to life on it. “But, in my opinion, VR cannot be used for things that have already been implemented in one way or another. We need to invent something new. " So Tabata put an end to all thoughts of VR-functionality in the release Final Fantasy XV. But further?
• At the conference, we could not help asking a question about the performance of the Platinum Demo - it was, to put it mildly, disappointing.
  According to Tabata, the main task of the demo is not to push the technology all the way, but to show different features of the game. Therefore, it is arranged approximately the same on both platforms, and the release version is optimized pointwise for PS4 and for Xbox one separately. The possibility of changing the resolution on the fly for a more stable frame rate is being considered.
• PC version? It must be sooner or later. It is possible that even soon after the release of the console.
  Apparently, Square Enix is \u200b\u200bthinking about the expediency of DirectX 12: "Now we rely on DirectX 11, with which both consoles are somehow compatible, but we will see what to do next, especially when we fix the technical part of the console versions."

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Hironobu Sakaguchi left Square Enix long ago, but came to Uncovered as the father of the series.

Some of Final Fantasy XII's motives are evident in the fifteenth. Even the heir to the throne, forced into exile, is among the main characters.

The question "Which Final Fantasy is the fifteenth most like?" made Tabata think. "Hmm ... What do you think?" Without hesitation, I answer the question with a question: "Twelfth?" “Oh yes, a lot to do with the twelfth in the atmosphere and everything! In fact, it seems to me that it turns out something between the twelfth and the seventh. "

Favorite "final" Tabata immediately called the sixth, which cut off any questions. Final Fantasy XV should "return the series to its roots," and it is important to understand those roots - after all, this series does not live in one seven. But what exactly does Square Enix mean by "origins"?

Tabata explains everything in the spirit of the struggle for supremacy: “Once upon a time Final Fantasy appeared to challenge Dragon quest... Final Fantasy VII entered a new generation and became the first among 3D role-playing games... With Final Fantasy XV, we're taking on a new challenge. There are plenty of high-quality western RPGs now, and some of them are orders of magnitude more technologically powerful than those produced by Japanese developers. So we have to prove again that we are capable of the best. "

It's good if they do prove it.

Final Fantasy XV is an action / role-playing game and, in combination, one of the most significant "long-term construction" of the industry.

Development began back in 2006, and the project was then called Final Fantasy Versus XIII and was supposed to be released on PS3. Since then, the concept, the engine, as well as the development team have changed several times, and the fifteenth part took its final form only in 2013.

The game takes place in a world that looks very similar to the present. The focus is on the Kingdom of Lucis, the only technically advanced state ruled by Prince Noctis (the protagonist). The rest are at the level of the Middle Ages, and the reason lies in the incessant war for crystals.

After some time, the powers signed a non-aggression pact and the use of the last crystal (all the others were lost during the fighting), which Noctis owns, for peaceful purposes. It goes without saying that such a balance could not last long, and once a treacherous attack was made on the kingdom of Lucis ...

The gameplay in Final Fantasy XV is characterized by real-time combat and completely open the game world... Download screens will appear only when moving from one large-scale location to another.

Pocket Final Fantasy 15 Coming In February

Very cute "Final Fantasy"

Got a release date. According to the page of the game in the AppStore, "pocket" will be released on February 9th. You can also read the requirements of the game there. In short, Apple device lovers need iPhones 6s or higher, and at least iOS 11.1, to enjoy all the delights of Final Fantasy 15.

The game is also worth waiting for on Android devices. Pre-registration is open on Google Play, where you can also check whether the game will start on your device by comparing its requirements with the characteristics of your smartphone.

Final fantasy 15 Pocket Edition comes with one free chapter. The remaining 9 will have to be purchased for $ 20. The portable version is identical to its "older" brother in almost everything except appearance.

Apparently "8" could have been delivered by the most ardent fans of this universe, I love "Final Fantasy", but nevertheless * further SPOILERS *, within the framework of the plot, where they take your father's life, where your beloved is lost and your kingdom is taken away with your people, riding a chocobo, catching frogs, fish, cooking food for a cat looks so absurd that it is hard to believe that we were working on the game "7 years".
As for me one of worst series "fantasy".

Boring pokatushki faceless "back street boys" team, primitive combat, zero tactics and childish difficulty with a claim to "fresh trend in the series", used plot. A new chapter ... Well, well. And everyone praises as best they can.) It smells of creative impotence and just the same lack of "fresh trends", and the trends are old and smell like mold. The series has always been famous for some new role-playing system, each part, with its own subtle nuances. What is here? For me personally, the game is the most boring thing I played for recent times... The development company is facing a creative crisis. Thank you for the re-release and HD remakes of the old parts, but what next? You expect something grandiose from such a giant of Japanese role-players, and not something "mediocre" and "you can play for 1 time." You can play, but is it necessary? In this regard, the brainchild of "Enix", eaten by "Square", Dragon Quest XI, recently announced, somehow looks more cheerful and already looks more like a Japanese role-player than FF itself. No credit, Square, no credit. Usually, after this is written, ardent fans and schoolchildren come flying in and bleat about the fact that I don't understand anything. But we all know that such stale ideas submitted in a new wrapper can surprise only completely inexperienced gamers and those who bought the console the day before yesterday.)

Good game, but with serious flaws, but good. Redo the mechanics of a flying car, reduce the time spent on pumping abilities (perks), reduce the time for pumping endurance, work out the plot in more detail after chapter 8, otherwise it’s true that everything seemed to be completed in a hurry, but only what was shown in the last trailers worked normally ... And if all this is done, you can safely throw the game +1 point, but not more. A beautiful world, but empty enough, except for 2 cities. Third-party tasks are boring, and it would be okay the tasks would be monotonous, it happens, but the 14 characters themselves (and the game itself counted them) who give these tasks are as flat as a chair that you sat while doing all the third-party garbage in this game. I'm not even talking about the fact that in principle it is not worth doing some things. There is absolutely no point in collecting all the pieces of the map or going deeper dungeons.

Final Fantasy XV is a single-player JRPG from Square Enix. Formerly known as Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

The game is set in a technological fantasy universe, and the plot is built around the struggle for the last magic crystal.

Despite the number in the title, the game has nothing to do with the previous parts of the series. The developers admit they wanted to recreate the atmosphere in Final Fantasy XV road adventure... That is why the main characters - Crown Prince Noctis and his friends, embark on a forced journey. Prince Noctis hails from the kingdom of Lucis, which is at a high level of technology and civilization, unlike the neighboring powers stuck somewhere in the Middle Ages. The reason for this state of affairs is simple - the members of the Tselum, the ruling family of the developed kingdom, own the last magic crystal. The rulers of other kingdoms have lost their crystals during numerous wars. It is not surprising that there were many who wanted to take possession of this treasure. As a result, the artifact was treacherously captured by enemy troops, and the protagonists had to flee - this is where their adventure begins.

A lot of attention in the game is paid to the action component - the abilities and weapons of the characters are deeply worked out. The combat in Final Fantasy XV is different from the previous installments and more closely resembles that of. The player can control the main character - Noctis, who is a master with melee weapons and knows how to teleport during the fight. In addition to his own talents, the prince can count on the combat support of friends, summoned creatures and the use of various technologies (for example, robots). Also in battles, the use of the environment is available to gain superiority over the enemy.

Close attention is paid to other components of the game - the characters of the characters and the plot as a whole are carefully spelled out, and the graphics at times approach to photorealistic. and almost seamless. It is available for research all at once, and if the game needs to load locations, it masks it with story clips. There is also a dynamic change of day and night, changeable weather conditions, travel by transport, as well as the need to periodically make breaks. In addition to monsters, the heroes will come across peaceful cities and villages where you can take a break from the battles.

For the development of the project, Square Enix uses its own game engine Luminous Studio, which is distinguished by a thorough approach to animation and artificial intelligence.

In March 2018, the game was released on PC with the subtitle Windows Edition... It includes all the previous updates, as well as new tasks, achievements and modes. The Windows version contains and new card called Insomnia Extra Map. The developers have noticeably tightened up the graphics and added additional textures for 4K resolution. In addition, the game received full localization into Russian, in contrast to console version, in which only subtitles were previously translated.