Hajime Tabata, a co-director of the upcoming Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - and Final Fantasy XV - took to Reddit to answer some of your questions today via the ever popular Ask Me Anything (AMA) forum.
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Combat Trailer
While Type-0, the PSP remake was the order of the day, obviously a lot of folks wanted to hear about XV. He kept the expectations under wraps, but noted that "We're doing our best to keep things going and release it as soon as possible. Please try out the demo and I hope you have fun playing it!"
But onto the main event! According to Tabata-san, the full experience of Type-0 will last "40 hours." Though he noted, that "the real fun starts from the second playthrough since you get some new events, so you'll probably be able to play for over 100 hours. Take your time to get the full experience and have fun!"
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While no sequel has been announced, "I would love to work on one if Type-0 HD does well." He remarked. Nor is any PC version in the works, though he is "greatly interested in Steam." Several other FF titles have made their way onto the distribution site in recent months.
Like all of us, though, "I want to know when Valve's going to release Half-Life 2 Episode 3." Oh, don't we all.
Tabata also says that while multiplayer was toyed with in the original release, "trying to include that in the HD version would require creating a system to match players over a server and we felt that it would be difficult to include that in the HD version. I'm sorry."
"All of the sidequests and rewards remain in the game and are obtainable, so don't worry. We calculated the speed of the party characters, and increased their speed for the HD version. We also improved the controls for characters where we felt they could be improved. There aren't any tedious trophies/achievements in the game. We used FF13 as an example for our trophy/achievement list. 4) The two bonus costumes from the PSP version are still in the game, and we have also added a new costume specifically for the HD version."
When asked about his own personal favorite Final Fantasy game, "My favorite Final Fantasy.. Well, FF1 was the most memorable, while FF7 was the most influential to me. But overall, FF6 has to be my favorite. I looked at previous FF games for my research on developing FF15 and FF6 really stood out to me." That's good, that's very good. Six remains one of the finest examples of the genre.
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is out on March 17 for Xbox One and PS4.
You can read the full AMA HERE!
