Game developer Square Enix was supposed to announce the official release date of the highly-anticipated role-playing game “Final Fantasy XV” on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 during the Gamescom 2015 held in Cologne, Germany in August or in the pre-Tokyo Game Show 2015 press conference in September, but none of that happened.
Instead, Square Enix released online an extended “Final Fantasy XV” trailer at the press conference before the TGS 2015 which it officially called as ‘Dawn’ that only drew further excitement to the game.
The latest trailer actually retains much of the material from the original “Final Fantasy XV’ trailer, also called as ‘Dawn’ shown at the Gamescom 2015 in Germany, notes iDigital Times.
What seems to catch the attention of fans and gamers is that at the end of the extended ‘Dawn’ trailer of “Final Fantasy XV” there are words ‘Coming 2016’ emblazoned clearly and confidently on the screen, which indicates that the game is finally coming out next year.
That is the best news that the new trailer has brought to gamers thus far because up until the time before it was released, Square Enix has been very silent about the release date or timeline within which it will release the “Final Fantasy XV.”
Notwithstanding the countless delays that the previous game, “Final Fantasy Versus XIII” encountered before it was finally released, the 2016 release date window for “Final Fantasy XV” is a relief to the anxiously waiting gamers because they can already heave a sigh of relief that the game is indeed coming very soon.
Female protagonist of the game
The latest trailer of “Final Fantasy XV” actually shows Luna, the female protagonist of the video game, sitting in a room under guard by a bunch of Knight Templar types armed with modern rifles.
The trailer begins with the phrase 15 years ago and thus flashes back to that time period where Luna was seen being hurled to the ground by the same manner of sinister armed soldier and cowering away as thunder and lightning flash outside.
Then the hulking medieval knights poking guns in cars at military checkpoints are shown before it the camera returns to Luna being approached by the man as she crawls backward away from him.
Then it shifts back to present day where Luna appears to have become grizzled over time and is now quite determined as she raises her head and stands up. Then eventually the focus is on Noctis, Then Luna is shown pushing aside the guns pointed at her and walks forward just as Noctis strides forward as well, his face set with equally grim determination as Luna.
Size of the map of ‘Final Fantasy XV’
Dual Shockers has attempted to calculate the size of the map of “Final Fantasy XV” since the release of the game’s first tech demo several months ago but it was unsuccessful because the information was primarily based on what was provided by game director Hajime Tabata.
But eventually, the outlet has found the real key and gets a rough estimation of the size of the full map of “Final Fantasy XV.”
Based on its calculation, the whole area covered by the map, including water, is about 2,036.8 square kilometers or about 786.4 square miles.
The map of the game is actually several times larger than the main continent of “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” and also that of “Grand Theft Auto 5.”
The extreme large size of its map is obviously one of the reasons why “Final Fantasy XV” is taking so long to finally reach the video game shelves because Square Enix does have a lot of work to do filling those map with everything from visuals to gameplay options.
Meanwhile, Famitsu, a Japanese gaming website, has updated its chart sometime in June showing the top 30 games most wanted by users and the role-playing game “Final Fantasy XV” from Square Enix has made it to No. 2 spot behind the front-running “Fire Emblem If” from Nintendo.