Final Fantasy XV is an upcoming action role-playing video game being developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In February 2015, the PlayStation Blog released a list of games to be released this year. Final Fantasy XV was not on that list, leading to speculation that the game will not be ready until 2016.
The world of Final Fantasy XV is similar to the real world with modern technology, such as cars and highways, but also contains countries with medieval elements, such as castles and armored soldiers. According to the developers the game's locations are based on real world places.
The primary mode of travel around the game's world is the party's car, Regalia. The player is able to choose to drive the car manually, or set driving to auto. The player may also choose to exit the car and explore the world on foot, though it is impractical since the game world is too large that walking between destinations will take too long.
"The creatures in the world are properly depicted as alive. If you think about fighting something, you can fight it. Just watching the way everything moves is pleasant. Making a virtual world that is so alive is important in making the player feel absorbed in it" said Hajime Tabata, Square Enix's video game director, in a Dengeki interview.
Final Fantasy XV also features Real-time combat using the Active Cross Battle System or AXB. Battles are seamless with no load times, taking place in real-time environments using all regions of the field from up-high buildings to down-low streets. Battles can take place in areas with great differences in height, and players have to fight using the full environment. This means fighting enemies in front of the player, both above and below, in a 3-dimensional battle ground.
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