PS5/PC game Final Fantasy 16 nearing the end of development - Starfield in trouble??

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/following-delays-final-fantasy-16-is-near-the-end-of-development-producer-says/

Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida has again said that the game is near the end of development.

As spotted by Twitter user @alverich_ff14, an interview with Yoshida can be found in a free magazine given away at Uniqlo stores in Japan.

The interview is mainly focused on the Final Fantasy series in general, which is getting a special Uniqlo clothing line, but ends with Yoshida’s comments on the upcoming 16th game in the series.

“Development of the latest title, Final Fantasy XVI, is in its final stages,” Yoshida said (as translated by VGC).

“Final Fantasy XVI aims to integrate the story and the gaming experience into a single player game. Unlike online, which portrays multiple players simultaneously, Final Fantasy XVI focuses on the individual.

“This makes the story more immersive. It’s a very dense story.

“As an adult, I learnt about society and said to myself ‘reality is not as easy as a video game’. I hope that those who once left Final Fantasy will remember how exciting their passion for video games was back then.”

Yoshida also claimed in October 2021 that Square Enix was putting the finishing touches on the PS5 RPG.

Speaking during a TGS live stream, Yoshida reiterated that Final Fantasy 16’s main design was complete and claimed that the development team was currently finalising the remaining side quests set to appear in the game.

Great news. Square-Enix did a great job with FF7 Remake, and this next one is being developed by the team behind the massively successful FF14 Online. Thoughts, SW? Are you hyped for FF16? And will this take the hype away from Starfield?? It already has more gameplay footage 🤣

Cool, hope it's good. First time in over a decade I've had interested in anything FF.

Very nice. Definitely a game that I’m looking forward to. Starfield will be fine though. I would imagine that both games will cater to enough different people.

I've never seen a need to compare FF games to Bethesda games. The two games are very different in nature. I'm excited for FF16 due to who is behind it. FF14 is a brilliant MMO.

There is room for both... and I look forward to both.

BGS has shown they will support and stick with their games regardless of public reception or popularity. If you are a fan of either of these games you dont need to worry about the other one.

The first trailer looked good enough. This might be the first FF game that i purchase. But if we see more and its more j-pop style characters with cringy as fk dialogue, i am out (don't think this will be the case with this one, tho).

Yeah because the last 4-5 (besides FF7R ) has been super great games…🙄🙄

Also pretty sure they are going to be two very different games…

FF7 Remake is why I have a PS5, and I did mostly enjoy my time with FF14. (Stormblood and Endwalker are bad) so I’m interested, at least. Letting us have the pixel remasters on console would be a good way to build goodwill ahead of its release.

@SolidGame_basic: No. You want to think that, because you won't be able to play Starfield on a console.

Let's face it, Final Fantasy will never be the same as the Squaresoft era, and the hopes of FF16 becoming a masterpiece is unlikely unless they surprise us.

Still waiting for the next trailer

One is hugely anticipated,the other is final fantasy 16

I'm manticore extradonaire so I will be playing Starfield on Xbox GamePass if it ends up being good 😎

I think you will like it so much that you will dye your hair purple for a week. I can see it.

Uuh, is FFXVI and Starfield even the same genre?

See, that's just it tho. This looks like the pre-ultra-weeb era FF. I could just wear some overly ornate armor for a week instead.

Tried to image search that old Sniper "sooo hardcore" + purple weeb hair pic, god damn it. Sucks that you can't Google old SW stuff anymore.

I have little interest in FFXVI mainly because it looks like FFXIV.

LOL FF and LOL Sh*tEnix!

FF hasn't really been good since FFX.

Heh..... I think you'd have to be fanboying pretty hard to think FF16 will do anything to Starfield hype/sales.

FF15 kinda killed my anticipation for entries in the series that aren't part of FF7 Remake. Let's just say, if FF16 comes out and is good, it will be a pleasant surprise.

BULLS**T.

The amount of cow fanboyism you display on a daily basis says otherwise. You are one of the biggest cows in System Wars.

Lmao...actually these threads are hilarious. Does anyone even care about ff16 releasing? Actually scratch that, they are doing well in the MMO scene. Either way, starfield is way more exciting than ff16. Did you see, Bethesda is even launching an event to make the announcement.

@dabear: of course I'm a manti, typing with my XSX on the table as we speak 😊

Well I think the time you wore Bayonetta heels takes the cake for me.

Yes, it does suck! Can't find anything anymore lol.

Bringing Starfield up just because of your petty exclusives war. Insecure much?

They're not even the same type of RPG, or on the same console. And Starfield will come to Gamepass. How could they possibly impact each other?

@SolidGame_basic: LMAO. Bro, if you own an XSX, you are the silliest person in SW. You paid $500 for a product that you hate, and hated before you bought it.

I don't believe you. What is your gamertag?

Doubt we see FF16 until Q2 2023 at the earliest. Either way I don't see the two really impacting each other.

@dabear:

@SolidGame_basic: I still don't believe you. Gamertag.

Final Fantasy hasn't had a great mainline title since the PS2 days, so I'm not particularly excited about this one.

Then again, Bethesda hasn't released a functional and engaging RPG since the PS2 days, so I'd prefer FF16 to Starfield.

@Planeforger: well said, well said

@SolidGame_basic: Don't forget FF16 also has the Devil May Cry guy working on the combat system. It has a talented dev team behind it, which makes it promising.

@Jag85: did not know that actually. That’s awesome!

Yes, Starfield is in trouble for sure. The two games are exactly the same and whatever one comes out first will spell doom for the other. DOOOOOOOOM!

The only way Starfield will make it out of this alive is if it happens to be a different kind of game with different gameplay mechanics that scratches a different itch for gamers than FF does.

But if not. Then doom.

Yeah, Starfield is in trouble because of a niche JRPG that most gamers have never played. :roll:

Yes Final Fantasy is a niche franchise 🤣any other nonsensical fanboy remarks for today?

Final Fantasy 16 looks a whole lot more promising than Starfield.

With Starfield we are still grappling with mostly vagueness, FF16 has a similar issue, but at least with FF16 we know enough things to hint it will be really good.

The FF14 producer and DMC combat designer is on board with FF16. That alone has piqued my interest. The artstyle and aesthetics look cool too.

What exactly should I be hyped for with Starfield? We know so little about the game and the Bethesda's history has been very meh.

Here is the last game of the FF16 key devs,

• https://opencritic.com/game/11626/final-fantasy-xiv-endwalker (93)
• https://opencritic.com/game/6629/devil-may-cry-5 (88)

And here is the last game of the Starfield dev

• https://opencritic.com/game/9325/fallout-76-wastelanders (63)

His name is Ryota Suzuki (also credited as "Oni Suzuki"). He was a game designer for a number of Capcom games, including Devil May Cry 4 & 5, Marvel vs Capcom 2 & 3, Dragon's Dogma, etc. This is a good sign that FF16 should have a solid combat system.

no wonder Conan is excited

Yeah, pretty hyped for the combat in FFXVI given the pedigree of the guy working on it.

OPTIMISTIC sir. 😂

Still need to see more.

But yes, the combat is a big part of that. As much as I love a good action game, don't think FF needed to go that route to improve. That said, if they're gonna go with action, at least it appears they're doing it right. What little we saw in the trailer looks promising and knowing who's behind it, could really be a win.

Also from what little dialogue we heard, seems the VA and writing lean more towards what we got with FFXII. Decent by game standards, insane by JRPG standards. Didn't make me auto-cringe every time a character speaks.

Speaking of characters, 1 dumb FF haircut aside, they didn't look cringe factory either. I'm sure at some point we'll encounter a character made entirely of belt buckles, zippers, and spikey hair, but at least they're not leading with that. Anti-Nomura so far, yes plz.

Maybe the most important factor here, seems Yoshi-P and team have a firm grip on this games development. Something this series hasn't had in like two decades lol, at least on the non-MMO side. So hoping for a more consistent and focused game in the end.

Hope to see more footage, a solid release window, and for this game not to spiral into typical SE dev hell.

Now you have my attention. Seems like I might give FF another chance.

I'll be interested in checking out Final Fantasy 16. It definitely looks promising. Starfield on the other hand, I'm not familiar with at all.

@ConanTheStoner:damn, haven’t seen this in a while.. that combat!!

Not a fan of FF so I'll wait for Starfield.

Another day, another...

:P

@SecretPolice said:

Another day, another...

:P

Doesn't it upset you to know this is coming to PS5/PC?

@SolidGame_basic said:

@SecretPolice said:

Another day, another...

:P

Doesn't it upset you to know this is coming to PS5/PC?

Eeeeewww. :P

@SecretPolice: do you need me to call the waaaambulance for you?

@moistcarrot: Correct.

Except FF7 Remake which was phenomenal, the rest have been garbage since FFX.

I expect another Sony exclusive monetization bait and switch even more egregious than overpriced GT7 MTX being packed into an already over-priced $70 game, and it will happen when Square Enix starts jamming NFTs in FFXVI. And of course I fully expect those weeby Frisco gen-Zer gaming journalists to totally let this slip by them when they dole out their evangelized 11/10 praise of "Sony can do no wrong" reviews that totally won't be influenced when Sony/S.E. flies them to Tokyo for review bootcamp.

Color me interest.