XV isn't just any other game.
It's being directed by Nomura, the guy behind Advent Children and Kingdom Hearts. He's a very important figure in Square Enix and probably the only reason I'm even concerned about the company now.
#BelieveInNomura
Here are a few other facts about the game, revealed to us in bits and pieces over the years.
- It will be the darkest FF yet. (I believe this is a good thing)
- The guys behind Advent Children are handling the cutscenes
- The guys behind the action in Kingdom Hearts are working on the combat
- A world map will be available (Meaning more freedom. Goodbye linearity!)
- Vehicles, including Airships, will be available
Also,
- Yoko Shimomura is working on the soundtrack. I would've preferred Nobou Uematsu, but he's a freelancer now so I didn't expect him to work on this anyway.
- The game has been in development for 7 years. During this time, they released XIII and XIII-2. I bet they learned from their mistakes and are trying not to disappoint us like they with XIII.
- I also read somewhere that Square was trying to create something that would be better than FFVII. This might just be it.
- Switchable characters in a real time battle system will be awesome
- I'm not a graphics freak, but the game looks gorgeous
Or maybe I'm just overhyped. It has been 7 years of waiting after all.
My only concern is that all the playable characters are male (so far). Every FF has had a female character in the party. At this point, even if they include a female character, she would look odd amongst the 5 males.
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Oh and third person shooter mode + using mechs
There are other features of the game which lead me to believe that this will easily be one of the best FF games if Nomura doesn't suddenly screw it up just because some random idea popped into his head.