The DLC announcement too Final Fantasy XVI may not have come as a surprise to fans of the game. Locked doors and a few things that were touched on but not discussed further until the end of the credits. No big question marks, but room for expansion. The first DLC, “Echoes of the Fallen,” is already available. “The Rising Tide” is scheduled to follow in the spring.
GameSpot spoke to DLC director Takeo Kujiraoka about the contents of the season pass. He revealed that the difficulty level for the DLCs had been increased because this was feedback that they received immediately after the release of Final Fantasy XVI.
“We intentionally changed the balance of battles compared to the main game. In particular, we have increased the overall strength of enemies in the DLC,” said Kujiraoka. Anyone who has already completed the boss fight in “Echoes of the Fall” will probably agree with Kujiraoka. He goes on to say that the basic game was deliberately made a little easier.
“This is partly because we set the enemy strength a bit low in the main game to ensure that as many players as possible could reach the end. But the reactions of the players and the streams showed me that we could perhaps set the enemy strength a little higher,” explains Kujiraoka.
In addition, the DLC content will only become accessible shortly before the end of the game and fans will therefore already be familiar with the combat system. Do you welcome the increased difficulty of “Echoes of the Fallen” and what do you hope for “The Rising Ride”?
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