http://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-xv-s-map-is-one-giant-connected-land/1100-6424803/
But does that mean there will be no airships--a franchise staple--in Final Fantasy XV?
"To be completely honest, that’s still to be determined," Tabata said. "But the development team does understand that this is something everyone is looking forward to. It is a huge technical challenge; as mentioned earlier, all areas are connected. We are trying to tackle that challenge. So at the moment we can’t say yes, they will be included, but we do want to and we’re ready to take on that challenge and see what can be done."
Keep in mind, some of this is me ranting and venting. I think I need 'emergency venting' ie Aliens.
It sounds very positive that they're really on board to make using an airship possible , but we all know how deceptive SE can be. And they're masters at it.
Considering Kitase and Nomura already left development of this game(at the same time no less), I'm guessing that based on this information IF there is fully controllable airship, it will not be story-relevant :(
I know it's not definitive that there won't be airships, however I must express my anger here:
FFS! There were frickin airships dropping off enemies in real time in the FFXV demonstration. There can be several fully rendered monsters on the screen at once along with monsters much bigger than an airship. How the hell is this a huge technical challenge for them!?
I think they're honestly trying to find the most gentle and polite way as possible to tell us eventually that there isn't a fully controllable airship in FFXV.
They couldn't even meet the 'challenge' of leaving character switching in the game, which now without it makes combos seem less strategic and more random based on whomever is closest to you.
