Don’t Expect Final Fantasy XV’s Demo To Be a Roadtrip

<p>If you pre-ordered <em>Final Fantasy Type-0<&sol;em>&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll likely be one of the first to cruise <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;final-fantasy-xvs-roadtrip-campfires-titans-cid&sol;">Final Fantasy XV<&sol;a>&&num;8216&semi;<&sol;em>s demo&comma; but don&&num;8217&semi;t hold your breath on experiencing the game&&num;8217&semi;s bromance road-trip to behind the wheel – at least&comma; not yet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking with Polygon in a translated interview&comma; game director Hajime Tabata claimed that he didn&&num;8217&semi;t want players to feel like the series had suddenly become a driving simulator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Originally we were planning on making the car be available to drive throughout the world and throughout the demo&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Tabata said&period; &&num;8220&semi;But we didn&&num;8217&semi;t want people to mistake it and think &&num;8216&semi;When did Final Fantasy become a driving game&quest;'&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Instead&comma; Tabata and his team decided that exploring the game&&num;8217&semi;s seamless world and the characters in them will be taking center stage as the focus of the demo&comma; also known as Episode Duscae&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;ll be able to experience the starting point of what an open-world Final Fantasy would potentially feel like&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Tabata continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;ll really be able to experience that seamless Final Fantasy world within the demo itself&comma; but then if you play it&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll still really get a sense that it&&num;8217&semi;s a Final Fantasy game&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll get that balance within the demo&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; Tabata said that he hopes that <em>Final Fantasy XV<&sol;em> will show the &&num;8220&semi;extreme improvement and evolvement&&num;8221&semi; the series is known for&period; As such&comma; Square Enix intends the demo to be as &&num;8220&semi;playable and accessible to people who know the franchise&&num;8221&semi; and not thrust such big changes onto gamers too fast&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The demo for <em>Final Fantasy XV<&sol;em> will be available to those who own<em> Final Fantasy Type-0<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s HD<em> <&sol;em>on &&num;8220&semi;day one&period;&&num;8221&semi;<em> Type-0<&sol;em> is set for launch <strong>Mar&period; 17th<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2015&sol;1&sol;16&sol;7557885&sol;final-fantasy-15-demo-car">Polygon<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;