Square Enix recently showed footage of Final Fantasy XV running on the Xbox One to the press. The game looks absolutely stunning and appears to be quite vast. While the video only features walking and running, you can still get a good sense of the aesthetics. The release date for the game is still unknown but the company stated that a demo version of Final Fantasy XV will be available on March 20, 2015 for Xbox One. Be sure to check it out because it looks incredible.
Final Fantasy XV is set in a world similar to Earth. The land is divided between multiple nations including Lucis, Tenebrae, Niflheim, Solheim, and Accordo. Every country except for Niflheim once held a crystal, giving them substantial political power, but wars between them resulted in all but the Lucis crystal being lost. Under the protection of the crystal, Lucis develops into a modern, technologically-advanced society, while all the others regress to medieval times. The nation of Niflheim means to destroy Lucis by waging war against them and their allies. In this world, people who have suffered near-death experiences are gifted with magical powers from the Unseen Realm.
Final Fantasy XV begins as a truce is declared between Lucis and Niflheim, ending the cold war which has raged over possession of the world’s last crystal. On the day when an official treaty is to be signed, Niflheim invades Lucis and takes the nation’s crystal for its own before launching attacks on the other countries of Solheim, Tenebrae, and Accordo. Having escaped during the attack, Noctis and his friends now travel to retrieve their city’s crystal while trying to defeat Niflheim’s forces.
Source: Square Enix
Asher Madan is a games journalist, former News Writer (Gaming) at Windows Central. They contributed 182 articles to ICXM in 2015, focused on Windows and PC, and Xbox news: joined Future plc’s Windows Central in 2017 covering Xbox news, hardware, and reviews.