As Square Enix continues to unveil new Final Fantasy XVI clips, an element of one has sparked heated debate among gamers.
In just a few weeks, Final Fantasy XVI will officially be available exclusively on PS5. Highly anticipated by fans of the license, the title has recently enjoyed great notoriety in the media, which was able to get closer to the game in advance last month. Since then, Square Enix has continued to share some small extracts of the adventure on their social networks, and the last one has not finished reviving a very heated debate with the players
A new clip from Final Fantasy XVI is in discussion
The video in question allows us meet Torgal, the canine companion who will accompany Clive on his expeditions. Presented as a “strong ally in exploration” by the studio, will allow players to find their way with a single button. The problem is that two elements present in the extract immediately caught the attention of the players. The first is none other than the presence of large visual cues that some say break the immersion who is precisely supposed to fight Torgal’s presence.
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The second, more important, is then the narrow passage through which the hero must squeeze to go to the next area. In effect, For many, this kind of technique intended to hide loading times should no longer exist. in games at a time when consoles are now equipped with an SSD. This seems to upset fans even more given that Final Fantasy XVI will release exclusively on PS5, which means Square Enix doesn’t have the cross-gen excuse to justify such a step.
Loading, staging… What’s the point?
Even more surprisingly, as one user on Reddit pointed out, it makes less sense because we can see the next area through the crack. In other words, this theoretically means that it has already been loaded by the game, and that the passage in question is not intended to hide a loading time. What interest then? As Naughty Dog Developer Kurt Margenau revealed, this can also be used to temporarily lock the reader in an areaor on the contrary to prevent him from coming back later.
So for us a tight step is more for dramatic effect, wanting to close it well before you take it out into an open space, or making sure you enter the next space at an exact angle, you probably have a scene lively that you do what it takes to transition. at the end of compression.
— Kurt Margenau @ GDC (@kurtmargenau) October 23, 2022
Moreover, it can also serve the staging, for example by creating a dramatic effect linked to the claustrophobia of the moment which then leads to a much more open place. In short, in the current state of things, it remains very difficult to determine exactly why Square Enix was able to resort to this approach. But in any case, players are visibly more than tired of seeing this technique being overused In games recently, the Callisto protocol, for example, has also come under heavy criticism for the same reasons.
As a reminder, Final Fantasy XVI will arrive on June 22, 2023 exclusively on PS5.