Square Enix has finally confirmed that the update for Final Fantasy XV’s 13th story chapter will be made available worldwide on March 28. This announcement was publicly made by the game’s lead director Hajime Tabata while the latest Active Time Report stream, as was reported by Gematsu.
Chapter 13 was in the midst of a lot of discussion in the time following Final Fantasy XV’s release as it completely shifted the game from an open-world to linear format. Additionally, it seemed to very blatantly gloss over a large number of rather important narrative threads without any form of explanation.
Although a lot of players speculated that Square Enix had rushed this full section of the game, Tabata previously stated that this was absolutely not the case. Nevertheless, he had promised to address all such fan concerns. He says,
The direction of chapter 13’s content was a deliberate decision made by the development team, that said, the amount of stress inflicted on the player while running through this chapter was greater than we had anticipated. We believe resolving this issue will naturally lead to a better gameplay experience.
The update will be releasing alongside Episode Gladio, which is “an original episode that unfolds from the perspective of Gladio, who was not playable in the main story of Final Fantasy XV.” It will have “fresh controls with Gladio-like action different from Noctis.”
In addition to all this, Square Enix has also confirmed an update for February 21 that will include numerous new features and content. It will also be introducing PS4 Pro support which will allow the game to run at a steady 60 frames per second, add limited time quests, raise the level given cap to 120, increase the total amount of photos you can take, and let you listen to music while riding Chocobos. Isn’t that just awesome!?
