Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide seeks to raise Jill

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Final Fantasy XVI released last year, but Square Enix East always release major new content For THE game. THE second big DLC, THE Rising Tide, will beginning on April 18.

THE base game had A big to focus on Eikons, those giant creatures that Final Fantasy Fans to have summoned And fought through THE series. But A of THE most popular, Leviathan, was missing. GOOD, NOW that water snake gets A featuring role In THE Rising Tide, which see Clive And business journey has THE north to land of Mysidia. This understand Jill, A character that a few players And reviews wish had more has TO DO In THE original story.

During PAX East, I had A chance has cat with FF16 producer Naoki Yoshida And Downloadable content director Takeo Kujiraoka. I request them What makes THE Rising Tide special And What THE future of FF16 will look as. Below East A edited transcription of OUR interview through A translator.

GamesBeat: With THE Rising Tide And It is release event A little After THE original game, was there any of them particular back Since THE base game that You research has to integrate In THE DLC?

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Naoki Yoshida: With This release, And not just THE release of THE DLC, but updates that We to have foreseen as GOOD, We have has been get a lot of back about gameplay problems, about things as more configuration choice Or cinematic fixes Or quality of life things. We obtained A plot of back on that. Were using THE Rising Tide Downloadable content as A opportunity has address a few of those problems, a few of THE back We have got Since THE community, as GOOD as presentation new content with THE Downloadable content as well.

Takeo Kujiraoka: We have Also used This as A opportunity has update A plot of THE Eikon abilities as GOOD. We obtained A plot of back about manufacturing A plot of THE abilities Easier has to use, feed them up, maybe addressing those that were not used as a lot by players because they were difficult has to use And manufacturing them Easier has to use, manufacturing them more accessible has players. We have do A plot of adjustment of these abilities. Again, No nerve-racking, but especially THE abilities For Ramuh And Bahamut, For example, We have amended those A plot, update those. There are A plot of new aspects that should please A plot of action game players out there.

GamesBeat: With THE Downloadable content socket place In A area called Mysidia, that makes Me think of Final Fantasy IV. Are You just loan THE name, Or will there be other specific reminders In Rising Tide?

Kujiraoka: Mysidia Also appeared In Final Fantasy II as GOOD, as THE name of A village. Both of those Mysidias, their stories were related has Magic. Because Mysidia In FFXVI East Also related has Magic, We decided has TO DO that remind And bring In THE name there, because We to have those similarities between THE old Mysidias And THE new Mysidia. Otherwise, However, were not bringing In A plot of different things Since Final Fantasy IV. There was just that light connection there, SO We research has TO DO A reminder.

GamesBeat: Typical American Final Fantasy fan, I neglected Final Fantasy II.

Yoshida: It is very unique In THE series. It is easy has forget Sometimes. But We just had THE pixels remaster that do he a lot more accessible.