“In the sense that the world is seamlessly connected, then yes, that’s right,” responds Tabata. “That’s how the story will be told, as you ride a car and go on a journey.”
The interviewer also mentions that the trailer’s style and the way the characters were shown, gave off the vibe of a
road movie, which is basically where the main characters leave home to travel from place to place, and are often placed in situations that are different from their everyday lives. In
Final Fantasy XV‘s case, Prince Noctis is on the run and will go on a journey with his buddies.
“Exactly. We’re designing it to be a road movie that you can experience as an RPG. You’ll feel the romance of going on a trip, and such,” Tabata says.
4Gamer then mentions that the trailer and demonstration footage both focused on male characters, and that they get a feeling that it will be like a trip with guys. Meanwhile, they point out, we’ve only seen female characters in cutscenes.
“The party will only have male characters,” replies Tabata, “and that hasn’t changed since its previous form of [
Final Fantasy Versus XIII]
.”
4Gamer asks if the road movie-style is also something that the game inherited from the days
Versus XIII.
“Yes, we’re making
Final Fantasy XV to have a strong road movie vibe to it,” explains Tabata. It’s a part of the game in which we’re placing great importance.”