Love is a central theme throughout many of the entries within the Final Fantasy universe, and XV will be no exception, although Tabata says it might not be as straightforward as the typical love stories we’ve come to expect.
“Another big relationship is the bond of friendship and then of course, the bonds of love are the third element we are going to cover,” said Tabata, “It’s not going to be a love story, that’s not the main focus of the game, but it’s has those elements of love and romance within the broader story of Noctis’s growth as a person.”
“One of the important threads of the story in Final Fantasy XV is that tale of how Noctis goes from being a young prince in waiting to becoming the kind of the country,” Tabata said, “That tale is a really big part of the game.”
Tabata commented that Noctis will have a deeply personal journey throughout the narrative, stating that he is “growing and developing as a person” which, in Tabata’s words also “puts you in a place to experience that emotional journey with him.”
Tabata said that the direction of the narrative and character development in Final Fantasy XV are natural and intertwined, “We are really trying to aim for something where the gameplay and storytelling are really one in the same.”
Tabata also stated that games like The Last of Us were drawn from as example in regards to how narrative and gameplay interact with each other,
http://www.examiner.com/article/fina...the-last-of-us
Okay, Tabata, sis. y'all better not lying with that cause TLOU is the narrative peak of last gen.
