There Be Secrets in This Final Fantasy XV Video

Spoilers, obvs

by Sammy Barker Wed 18th Mar 2015

Where's editor Robert Ramsey when you need him? Busy day dreaming over Noctis and his band of bouffant brethren, we daresay. That means that you'll have to make do with this author's powers of Final Fantasy XV deduction, which could do with some grinding. Indulge us, then, for one article – unless you're spoiler sensitive, in which case you should hammer that browser back button harder than a nail.

Has everybody gone? Are we free to speak at will? Then we'll begin: Square Enix has still got its head embedded between its butt cheeks. Down below you'll find a teaser video from the Final Fantasy XV Episode Duscae demo, which shares a hint of "what's to come" in the series' long overdue sequel. The problem is that it reads like a Year Eleven's English Lit paper, and makes this author want to throw rocks at the developer's office windows.

There's the vague hint that Luna – the moody girl from the trailers – may have some connection to Final Fantasy XIII's ostentatiously named Stella Nox Fleuret, but it's all way over our head. Crystals, kings, knights – it's a literary masterpiece, award it the Nobel Prize now.

[source youtube.com, via gematsu.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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rjejr
Wed 18th Mar 2015

The only secret I want to know is a release date. Well not an actual date, but a season would be nice. It could have Christmas to itself w/ Drake tsking a holiday from the holiday.

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get2sammyb
Wed 18th Mar 2015

@rjejr No chance! 2016, I reckon.

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rjejr
Wed 18th Mar 2015

@get2sammyb - Well that narrows it down to the year.

Is it expected to release simultaneously on the PS4 and X1? Do you think Microsoft could ultimately have a sway over the release date say w/ Halo 5's release? They already got Tomb Raider, and most people seem to think the Wii U version of Rayman was delayed to launch w/ the Xbox version, so maybe MS could throw a few dineros Square's way for a date they appreciate? If the game ever gets finished of course.

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Boerewors
Wed 18th Mar 2015

@rockman29
Honestly, that wouldn't surprise me. The way Squeenix works on numbered FF games the last 15 years is ridiculous: none of the teams know quite what they're doing and they develop as they go. There is almost no planning and less than 50% of the assets people worked their asses of for makes it to the final product. And then along comes a demo which is made in a different engine than the main game and sucks up lots of time and money.
I heard things are more streamlined now and sub contractors actually know what it is they're doing, but developing like Squeenix did with FF XV will bankrupt any dev/ pub at some point.

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themcnoisy
Thu 19th Mar 2015

Ive played 13 to completion and 13-2 to the gambling casino bit (about 8/9 hours in) and have no idea who this Stella nox person is :/ I don't mean to be negative but this video isn't helping at all. Its just more gibberish about a story none of us care about yet. Its this level of gibberish that made me put down 13-2 to never complete it. As you've mentioned squeenix just bang on about the sizzle and forget about the sausage. Just give us a good group of people with a simple involving story and then convolute it from there - not the other way round. I couldn't care less about these make believe places at war with each other - if they need to, show us more stuff like the demo, advances in gameplay, the shops, an example side quest, a gf, a secret menu screen. Not still images over some babble which wouldn't look out of place in a (soon to fail) niche kick-starter campaign.