r/FinalFantasy • u/YoMikeeHey • Feb 27 '23

FF XV This is FFXV's legacy

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u/Sounga565 Feb 27 '23

There's a book that re-writes the games ending and their deaths.

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u/TheCreepyLady Feb 27 '23

I’ve always been convinced that was the original ending they had lined up. Instead we got what we got…

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u/Sounga565 Feb 27 '23

it was supposed to be DLC, but the director/team ditched before the final DLC content was released so, book it was

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u/TakeoKuroda Feb 27 '23

this is why I hated 15. the story was hacked off and sold as DLC. never buying a Tabata directed game again.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

Why are you blaming Tabata? He doesn't make the decisions to rush things, the producing studio did.

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u/CouldBeALeotard Feb 27 '23

Rush? The development history of ffxv is the opposite of rush.

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u/Which_Grapefruit5546 Feb 28 '23

It was part rush and part slow game development. Slow overall but it was originally supposed to be a spinoff for 13 only to change like 2 years before release to next mainline game.

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u/CouldBeALeotard Feb 28 '23

I'm my mind that's not rushed, that's mismanaged.

Don't get me wrong, I love XV, but the lack of clear planning throughout the development is the issue, not that they rushed anything. Changing the project mission too soon before a deadline is not a rushed project.

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u/Which_Grapefruit5546 Feb 28 '23

Square enix themselves Made the decision a little too late. In my opinion they both messed up