7 Reasons To Be Excited About Final Fantasy XV
There's plenty of great reasons why Square Enix's upcoming RPG is simply Noct to be missed.
It's been a long time coming. After a 10 year development cycle, countless months (or perhaps years) of speculation and even a complete redesign, Final Fantasy XV will (finally) be released this November.
In turn, this is about the time when hardcore Final Fantasy fans will be getting nervous. After the less-than-stellar reception that the Final Fantasy XIII series received, XV is, for many, the game that has the reputation of Final Fantasy laid squarely on its shoulders.
Ostensibly meant to be the new generation of FF games; Final Fantasy XV is the game that says "Hardcore fans, we know and love you", while simultaneously also trying to pull in a new generation of RPG lovers. In short, it's got a lot to live up to.
From what we've seen so far, the gaming community is divided. In some ways, XV looks like a stark departure from classic Final Fantasy games, but on the other hand, many are looking forward to XV bringing new, fresh ideas to the gaming community (which, if you really think about, is what the Final Fantasy series has been doing for basically twenty years now).
These innovations are just the start; there are plenty of reasons to be excited about Final Fantasy XV, regardless of whether you're a fan of the series of not.
7. Ridiculously Epic Summons
Just look at it!
Yes, that is a ridiculously massive, bearded lightning god raining down ludicrously-pretty lightning death rays on poor, unsuspecting enemies far below.
Basically, Square Enix has went absolutely over the top on the summons in XV. A series mainstay for practically every Final Fantasy ever released, summons were, naturally, an absolute necessity for XV. Thankfully, Square Enix appears to have gone above and beyond this time.
In XV, summons shall be known as 'Archeans' and are tied deeply into the mythos of the world itself. Due to their massive size, you'll be limited to summoning them in open-aired locations. To unlock each Archean, you'll be expected to best them in battle (which, given their size, has all the markings of a great boss battle).
Archeans so far confirmed for the game include classic summons Ramuh, Carbuncle, Titan, Leviathan and Ifrit. It's assumed that there'll be others tucked away for you to find in XV's sprawling open world too.
But seriously, just look at how awesome that summon is. How can you not be excited?