Producer of Final Fantasy XVI Naoki Yoshida is dissatisfied with how the series has adapted to industry trends. This was revealed in an interview with the Japanese website Comic Days, where he stressed that the series still has issues in this area.
“We want the world, especially the younger generation, to play the game, Also, the mainstream games nowadays are intuitive games where you press a button and the character shoots a gun or wields a sword, and the traditional RPG style of turn-based command fighting is no longer familiar to them,” Yoshida said, according to VGC.
When Final Fantasy began experimenting with real-time combat systems, some fans were not content. Despite the opposition, Square Enix Studios persisted in going in that direction, which Final Fantasy XVI enthusiastically embraced. According to Naoki Yoshida, the younger generation dislikes traditional turns, so they decided to focus the combat on the action.
“It is also a fact that people are becoming less familiar with the old-fashioned style of RPGs, where you fight by selecting turn commands. That’s why the battles in Final Fantasy XVI are very action-based. We want to make people all over the world think that Final Fantasy is a great game.''
“Of course, I don’t think we’ll be able to satisfy everyone’s demands, so I’ve told everyone on the team that the first thing we need to do is to make something we think is fun, and make sure it reaches the people who like it.”
“RPGs originated with tabletop RPGs, and I think that gaming RPGs were invented by replacing the tabletop discussions with commands in video games," he added.
Final Fantasy XVI is planned for the PlayStation 5 and will be released in the summer of 2023, though no specific date has been announced.
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