In the past, producer Naoki Yoshida confirmed that you can pet the dog, Torgal, in FFXVI. Now he wrote this statement at the end of an interview between Yoshida, combat director Ryota Suzuki and the 4Gamer interviewer about how the development team built the game for players who are not gifted for action games. Players will be able to manually command Torgal and reward him for a job well done. (Thanks, 4Gamer!)
While the action difficulty hurdle is supposed to be quite low in FFXVI, to make it fun for beginners, more experienced action players can customize the game to make it harder. It’s by doing a lot of manual checks. For example, you can manually cycle through your summons, issue orders to Torgal, use items, and more. That way, you’ll have more to juggle in the middle of combat.
And FFXVI players do not want to control Torgal manually, his AI will perform the most optimal action in any situation you find yourself in. Also, Clive’s status doesn’t matter when giving orders to Torgal. This means that even if Clive takes a hit that would otherwise mess up your combo, you can command Torgal to attack before the hit lands. If Torgal’s attack passes, your combo will remain intact. You can also use this logic to add variety to your combos. If you do, Yoshida said he expects you to pet the Torgal dog a lot because his expressions are “so cute.”
Final Fantasy XVI is set to release on PS5 on June 22, 2023.