[02/12] FFXV is now playable from start to finish

[Linnaete]

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...oh, but you can't play it yet!

Satoshi Kitade, a programmer on the game team, made a significant post today on the Japanese side of FFXV's Official Forums. There he corroborates with earlier statements that the game has now reached pre-beta stage.

This essentially means that the team can now effectively play through the game from start to end, can take a wider look at the overall look of what the final product may look like, and be ready to make adjustments and polish before it can go gold presumably later in 2016. In addition, the first half of the game is more or less completed.

“We’re at the point where we can play the game in its entirety from start to finish...[f]rom this, everyone on the development team can get an overall view on the game.

"The first half of the game is finished with the quality of a final product, and you get the sense you’re playing it in its final form.”

As for a release date, it will be announced in a special March event (the date of which hasn't yet been disclosed either!). They have also emphasised in recent Active Time Reports that the game will be a 2016 release.

Nova Crystallis

 

[greenyxi]

Grand news. People will always be cynical about the release date, because they love to whinge, but I'm very happy with the news. 2016 Christmas, here we come!

 

[Rey]

I was on the official forums lurking this morning and was very surprised by this news. There is no way the release date is going to be pushed to 2017 now since development is going very well according to Kitade Satoshi. Now that they have the game in playable state, I am glad they know the vision they want and it will be the vision they strive to go for until release. If a pre beta version of the game is in high quality, then truly congrats to them because these types of stages (beta, alpha, etc) have many problems. They say the game is already high quality stuff and that is surprising! Final phase of development means that we will see a lot more of FFXV in the coming months. I cannot lie, because I'm excited.[FONT=&quot][/FONT]