“Final Fantasy” is one of the most successful franchises in the gaming world. This game series is popular for its range of titles, spanning generations of players since the release of the first installment in 1987. Its next RPG game, “Final Fantasy XVI,” will be released on June 22nd this year.
Although the franchise is extremely popular, with its countless titles released, with 15 contents in the main story alone, part of the plot and some details may end up being forgotten.
Because of this sequential confusion, where many players fail to understand the continuity, the game’s developers found a way to help the community follow the narrative.
Square Enix Adds Feature to ‘Final Fantasy XVI’
Since not even the production team was able to follow the game’s plot, amidst the battles, interactions and even with the main change from turn-based battles to more open action, the developers decided to make it easier for everyone to understand.
That’s why Square Enix, the game’s developer, decided to add a new feature called “Active Time Lore” to the title. This feature allows players to pause the game at any time to understand what’s happening and see contextual details.
Thus, events in the world or that have just happened, characters that appear, locations on the map and even the factions involved, can be explained. The series producer himself, Naoki Yoshida, revealed in an interview with Polygon that the team was confused by the narrative. He states:
“We gathered together pretty much the core team from all the departments working on the game and read through the entire script together. We found that many, even the inner core people, were lost, they didn’t know what was going on!
So suddenly we realized that we needed a way to support players who would feel that way too. Because if we as developers are feeling that way, players definitely will.”
Other ways to explain the game
Amidst so many events, in a game that seeks to delve deeper into the characters’ stories, the production was forced to find more strategies that could help guide those who play.
With this, some supporting characters were added, with the ability to share knowledge with the protagonist. Names like Vivan Ninetales and Loresman Harpocrates contextualize the game through libraries and explanatory interactions.
Watch the video presentation of the Active Time Lore feature below:
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