11 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Final Fantasy XV

7. The Story Was Written By One Of Final Fantasy VII's Lead Writers

Wanna know why FF VII and VIII have that early mark of quality Square struggled to recapture for so many years?

It's down to Kazushige Nojima, the now-lead writer of Final Fantasy XV, who teamed up with Yoshinori Kitase on the legendary Final Fantasy VII, before helming VIII all by himself - a similar approach to how XV was conceptualised.

Many reviews and early impressions have highlighted how the game's first few hours are so inviting and richly detailed, both through the characters themselves and the various things you can interact with. You have to imagine Nojima played a large part of this onset positivity, as often some of our favourite memories of Final Fantasy revolve around the openings of those older games.