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[robotrock]

Bet on XV-2

Gotta make as much bank as possible on that 10+ year dev cycle

 

[texhnolyze]

I don't see sequels happening unless XV is a huge VII-level success.

Was XIII a huge VII-level success?

 

[Toki767]

I don't see sequels happening unless XV is a huge VII-level success.

Or unless it's like XIII where they spend so much money on it that they need to put out cheaper sequels to recoup the costs?

 

[120v]

i don't remember the exact interview but i remember it being more or less confirmed there's going to be FFXV direct sequels

... which i wouldn't like. i liked it when each FF was pretty much its own standalone epic. i don't mind direct sequels, just give them to us later down the line

either way i expect at least one more main-numbered, offline sequel before the gen ends, as i don't see this gen ending until 8 or 10 years

 

[quesalupa]

Steady stream of XV sequels (probably 2 of them) and then throw XVI at the end of the gen. XVII will be an MMO to start off the new gen and people will be pissed because the first FF on new consoles won't be single player.

 

[threelights]

After FFXHD sold more than LR, I don't know. I think they'll just keep doing these remasters. Like FFXII and stuff, since those are guaranteed to sell.

I don't think it'll be a matter of XV-2 or XVI, but a matter of XV-2 or remasters.

In which case I'd prefer XV-2.

Also, something like XV-2 could be done at the same time as XVI, considering they'd reuse a bunch of assets for XV-2.

 

[Koozek]

FFXVI, then FFXV-2 (or some kind of bigger Story DLC) and after that the real FFVII remake.

Also:

Source: https://twitter.com/rpgsite/status/551351886192730112

Agni's Philosophy will be re-tooled into FFXVI, I just have this feeling.

 

[zennyzz]

Dissidia's in th works.

Tabata clearly wants to and has put work into Type-1

There's clearly going to be asset reuse from XV, whether its a sequel or a new game is anther matter.

We haven't had a Crystal Chronicles in a while.

 

[Trago]

It would be sweet if we got 3 stand alone entries in the series this gen. The XV, XVI, and XVII generation.

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

Ideally they would focus on an Ito directed XVI.

Yup, this would be ideal.

 

[AlfredX1990]

From what I've heard on the past... both?

From what I remember in the past FFXVI (originally XV) has been in production for a while now and apparently it has a more classical battle system

At the same time FFXV is also planned with sequels in mind

So probably we will see something like this FFXV, FFXVI, FFXV-2

Will find sources as soon as I can

 

[Cloud Strife]

Hopefully XVI, and HOPEFULLY they aren't botching XV's story and saving elements for XV-2/Noctis Returns or whatever. Would love XVI to be Agni's Philosophy.

Yeah right. It's SE, "a world of the versus epic".

 

[DNAbro]

FFXVI, then FFXV-2 (or some kind of bigger Story DLC) and after that the real FFVII remake.

Also:

Source: https://twitter.com/rpgsite/status/551351886192730112

Agni's Philosophy will be re-tooled into FFXVI, I just have this feeling.

Woah never seen this

 

[Turin]

I guess I would be curious to see what changes might be made in an XV sequel. It'd be cool to see Noctis age into his 30's or 40's.

Ideally they would focus on an Ito directed XVI.

+1

 

[TheGreatDirector]

I'm pretty sure XVI is coming sooner than most people anticipate. They've probably been working on it since the 2013 announcement of FFXV. I doubt they'd want a repeat of last gen and skip out on giving another mainline singleplayer FF that isn't a sequel.

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

We already know they have assembled a team to work on 16(unfortunately toriyama is apart of it )

Seriously? I despise his design philosophy.

Toriyama believes his strength is in directing games that are very story-driven He also thinks that it becomes very difficult to tell a compelling story when the player is given a huge amount of freedom to explore

Which he's done by making games with some of the worst stories in the entire Final Fantasy series. Hell of any RPG I've played.

 

[Stereogatari]

So GAF, i wonder if this gen we will finally have again 2 Mainline Offline FF after the XIII domination and the Online XIV of the past gen.

images are only for illustration purpose.

What do you want? What do you think will happen? What are your bets?

You nailed it. Agni's Philosophy pleasw.

 

[Flarin]

My inner child says XVI. Would love just new stuff.

My inner businessman says XV-2,3. Got save money on assets and systems. "A world of versus epic" for those that forgot.

 

[neptunes]

I believe Square-Enix has totally warmed up to the idea of using middleware, so I don't see why FFXVI couldn't be released this gen

It all depends how long KH3 takes to develop, as that is a perfect test for S-E using 3rd party middleware with one of their premier IPs

If development proceeds smoothly, or on time, I expect them to use middleware for all titles in future.

 

[Thoraxes]

I'd like a new title that has main party with more than one gender in it.

They obviously are going to reuse the shit out of the XV assets, so maybe we'll get a Stella Returns Final Fantasy XV or something. Hopefully with a more normal battle system.

 

[Aureon]

Ideally they would focus on an Ito directed XVI.

We've repeated this enough that i'm starting to believe it.

 

[Dennis]

This is it.

Roll on PS5.

 

[Elios83]

FFXVI with Ito and most of the FFXII team should be the answer.
Or FFVII remake as an alternative.
But it's Square Enix so....it will be FFXV-2 where Noctis and bros form a j-pop band or they work in a nightclub for girls LOL.

 

[AGITΩ]

Given the Dev cycle and the Japanese Industry overall struggling more and more Generation to Generation, I expect FFXV sequels to recycle assets, while another team starts/continues FFXVI production. Unless they want a 4-7 year drought.

 

[Joei]

If put my money on FF15-2. 15 was announced so long ago, although current development has probably only been in the past 2 or so years, that I bet they want to stick with that project. As for whether it would be desired? Who knows. We have to wait and see how 15 plays out.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

FFXVI, then FFXV-2 (or some kind of bigger Story DLC) and after that the real FFVII remake

Agreed.

 

[texhnolyze]

FFXVI, then FFXV-2 (or some kind of bigger Story DLC) and after that the real FFVII remake.

I wonder how long would it take to remake FF VII?
People are actually asking for a whole remake, not remaster, right?
I'm not seeing it will end well anyway. Fans will be split into two major sides, people who prefer original turn based combat vs the ones who wanted more modern gameplay (action or something like FFXV).

 

[Dark_castle]

Some here seems to have forgotten that last gen there was a major debacle in vanilla XIV that result a complete remake of the game and subsequently leading the company to find some ways to quickly recoup the loss. XIII-2 and especially LR was pretty much essential for that purpose. In a way, SE developed 3 mainline instalments, XIII, XIV 1.0, XIV:ARR.

That's not to say XV will definitely not have a sequel, but hopefully they learnt to make one (just one is enough) properly planned sequel from the get go with a self-concluding, standalone original instalment. Then, move on to XVI.

 

[zennyzz]

I wonder how long would it take to remake FF VII?
People are actually asking for a whole remake, not remaster, right?

Time, effort and money that could never be rescinded due to peoples expectations being wildly beyond what is fiscally or feasibly possible.

It's essentially a money pit waiting to happen.

But folks are still going to cry for it 24/7

 

[Epcott]

This gen: XV, then XVI based on Agni's Philosophy, and FF X DQ.
Next gen: XVII, VII Remake for aniversary, XVIII (new MMO)

 

[Inuhanyou]

This is totally untrue. We haven't gotten confirmation of any sorts that he's working on XVI.

Uhhhh...since when? Nothing points to Toriyama being involved in any capacity.

You are sadly misinformed.

What SE have mentioned is that they formed a Final Fantasy committee, much like a producer role, to guide & look after the franchise. Toriyama is part of the committee among others, Tabata, etc.

To answer OP's question, I'm hoping they explore the lore of Agni's Philosophy for XVI but I'm positive this gen will be a continuation of XV storyline.

I fucked up guys

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/10/1...ee-ensure-quality-future-final-fantasy-games/

Toriyama is not working on 16 specifically, he's just apart of a team of people to growth the future of the FF brand. Of course that falls under the umbrella of new releases, but i was wrong about 16 specifically. Disregard that

 

[Koozek]

I wonder how long would it take to remake FF VII?
People are actually asking for a whole remake, not remaster, right?

I'm talking about the actual remake that is apparently in works as part of a new FFVII compilation consisting of several smaller projects with the remake at the core, according to Verendus. See:

First, to get the important part out of the way, you lost the avatar bet. And yes, I was aware of a port of the PC version coming, although I did not know that last year. That's a more recent thing I learnt of a couple months ago through necessity.

And no, this isn't what I referred to a year ago. I think that should be apparent considering what I've said in the past, but let's clarify here for the last time. Firstly, for a little clarification since I haven't said this before, but the FF7 project doesn't necessarily refer to just one game. The core of it will end up being a proper home console game and that's going to be the main thing, but it's basically a visit back to the FF7 world again, and there'll likely be a few things surrounding that. A large part of their discussion is likely surrounding this point.

It may not necessarily just be games, but I don't know what it could be either. It's far too early to say and most of this stuff is in early planning stages, so I have no idea about the details for most of it. Nor am I always in a position to know. And to be fair, I don't really care about the extra stuff whatever that ends up being since I don't exactly think the original Compilation was any good. I imagine Nomura needs to be freed up before they start making any real progress with some of this stuff, although he's no stranger to juggling various works. But considering he's busy with KH3 at the moment, that's why my best guess in regards to the development timeline would be for this to kick into gear sometime after KH3 is completed. I have mentioned this point before. This last part is my assumption though. Kitase and him are basically the key people for it all.

This is obviously ignoring the massive elephant in the room, but either way, FFXV and KH3 come first since they're the priority projects at the moment. After that is when any substantial work will begin to happen with the other stuff.

 

[Inuhanyou]

SHE MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN - Nomura

 

[Irobot82]

Move on to the next FF. There has never been a good direct sequel to any FF game....ever....

 

[Josh5890]

Hopefully Final Fantasy XVI

 

[Northeastmonk]

It's been 8+ years and the game isn't out. I think once it ships I'll know more.

I expect they go back to a more romantic time period to be honest or at least a medieval time period. They've been in the future for so long.

SHE MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN - Nomura

This. It would be very enjoyable.

 

[zennyzz]

It's been 8+ years and the game isn't out. I think once it ships I'll know more.

I expect they go back to a more romantic time period to be honest or at least a medieval time period. They've been in the future for so long.

XV is one of the least futuristic FF though.

 

[LouisaFerre]

Even if we don't get a full boxed direct sequel to FFXV, there is going to be some extra content or expansion to get more out of those assets. After that, it's possible we'll see FFXVI if they're already working on it, but with XV not coming out until 2016, it'll at least be pretty late in the generation before XVI comes out. There's no real reason for this console generation to last as long as the last.

 

[Mory Dunz]

2016: FFXV
2017: KH3
2018: FFXV-2

pretty much.

 

[komorebi]

Expect sequels to try and recoup the losses from the 10+ year sinkhole. They could be really good, there's a lot of potential in FF sequels and even if they're hit-or-miss (like the XIII sequels) they'll still be fun.

 

[Joei]

I actually have a legitimate question: after Type-0 releases, do you think they could make sequels, ala Type-1 (?) Type-2, etc., depending on the reception, and essentially split Final Fantasy between the mainline entries and Type-line. I could swear I read that they wanted Type-0 to be a different take on the series before.

 

[Northeastmonk]

XV is one of the least futuristic FF though.

The way I'm thinking is that they go back via FF9 and bring back the castles and dragons.

It's a modern fantasy. It's taking place as if it was FF 2015/2016. Not really, but it's still a modern day FF.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

FFXII-HD, FFXIV with Ito at the helm and probably XV-2.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

I actually have a legitimate question: after Type-0 releases, do you think they could make sequels, ala Type-1 (?) Type-2, etc., depending on the reception, and essentially split Final Fantasy between the mainline entries and Type-line. I could swear I read that they wanted Type-0 to be a different take on the series before.

That's the plan or rather Tabata's desire to do so.

 

[zennyzz]

I actually have a legitimate question: after Type-0 releases, do you think they could make sequels, ala Type-1 (?) Type-2, etc., depending on the reception, and essentially split Final Fantasy between the mainline entries and Type-line. I could swear I read that they wanted Type-0 to be a different take on the series before.

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/ne...sy-type-0-its-own-series.html#~p6v26VABhZfg43

 

[Cameron122]

Final fantasy tactics ii

 

[Fbh]

The Last Remnant 2

But if we are talking FF, I'd love to see XVI, like the good old times no matter how good or bad XV turns out to be, the next one will have a new world, new character, new story, new gameplay mechanics,etc

But lets be realistic:
-If XV is a sucess then they will want to get as much money from it as they can and they will have a big fanbase that will buy anything with Noctis on it. So FFXV-2 ,FFXV-3, Lightning meets Noctis: FFXV

-If XV is recieved like XIII they will still want to profit more from the assets they just spent the las 9 years working on so FFXV-2 FFXV-3, FFXV, Lightning meets Noctis: FFXV

The only scenario in which I see them giving up on FFXV if it's an absolute failure in terms of sales. But come on, we have tons of people buying a PSP remaster for $60 just to get a demo. It will obviously sell a lot

 

[threelights]

I actually have a legitimate question: after Type-0 releases, do you think they could make sequels, ala Type-1 (?) Type-2, etc., depending on the reception, and essentially split Final Fantasy between the mainline entries and Type-line. I could swear I read that they wanted Type-0 to be a different take on the series before.

That's what Tabata wants.

If it comes to pass, I'll be okay with it. Type-0 is great.

I do wonder if the Type series will be on consoles or handhelds though.

 

[Illucio]

Nomura says there will be 3 story arcs, hence 3 games in the Final Fantasy XV series. I really hope not and we are getting a complete game all the way down to the story. I just want this game to be one amazing game all the way to completion filled with content and no sequels. The only way I'm okay with some sort of sequel is if they make a DLC story/small independent game like Sucker Punch did for Infamous: Second Son, and have it star Stella and show her side of the story and what she was doing during that time. But not a full blown game whatsoever, just some small side project for the fans. (This is a if scenario because we still don't know if Stella will be a party member or with the guys throughout the entire game, but indicating on how Square is making this look like boys just hanging out, I doubt we will see her in game as a permanent party member.)

Then I want Final Fantasy XVI to be next starring Agni Philosophy Luminous Studios Trailer's Agni. She had a great design, looked very strong, and the whole concept of magic in that world looks very interesting and is different enough to separate itself from the rest of the Final Fantasy game universes. Final Fantasy XV still has the same mythology as Final Fantasy XIII, so I can't wait to see XVI where they have a whole new mythology, belief, and history of a new world.

 

[zennyzz]

The way I'm thinking is that they go back via FF9 and bring back the castles and dragons.

It's a modern fantasy. It's taking place as if it was FF 2015/2016.

I'd rather FF not continue to be placed in the false moniker of future and past fantasies, when really none of them save the initial three have homogeneous settings. I'd like them to do the idea Agni's philosophy is going about.