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Final Fantasy XV |OT| Reset Your Throne
- Thread starter Koozek
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Cactuar NPC's. That is amazing.
Sadly my phone can no longer download anything on it, so I'm missing out. :p
Yeah I had heard that. A few people I know already got the rewards, it's a grind, but doable.
Sadly my phone can no longer download anything on it, so I'm missing out. :p
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Here's all the new dialog from the Pocked Edition:
https://thelifestream.net/forums/showpost.php?p=777290&postcount=5101
Also someone apparently datamined the new Royal Edition trophies, quests, datalog files etc. from the PC Benchmark over the last few days and some of it was confirmed today through the new Comrades Update trailer:
[Spoiler warnings]
https://dizzymoogle.tumblr.com/post/170913525794/leak-about-royal-edition-spoiler
Other datamined stuff including datalog entries:
***UPDATE 1***
More datamined stuff including Versus-related data (thanks again to Mognet's Storm who's been talking to the leaker in the last days and collecting this info):
I assume the ninja village is related to the ninja characters that Roberto Ferrari once mentioned being scrapped and into which Umbra was supposed to turn into for his human form:
As a reminder here's Umbra's scrapped human form:
Also:
***UPDATE 2***
The person who did most of this datamining made a thread on Reddit with a lot of the new character datalog info in the Royal Edition:
https://pastebin.com/atqUNVTC
https://pastebin.com/CLJtvbze
One interesting update on Drautos/Glauca from that info:
***UPDATE 3***
Possibly new or maybe cut dialog in some of the chapters including in chapter 10:
https://pastebin.com/P0grZHWP
https://thelifestream.net/forums/showpost.php?p=777290&postcount=5101
Also someone apparently datamined the new Royal Edition trophies, quests, datalog files etc. from the PC Benchmark over the last few days and some of it was confirmed today through the new Comrades Update trailer:
[Spoiler warnings]
https://dizzymoogle.tumblr.com/post/170913525794/leak-about-royal-edition-spoiler
Royal Edition TROPHIES
Sea Captain/Maiden Voyage
Captained the royal vessel.
Whale Watching/Narwhal Watching
Encountered Bismarck.
Journalist/Pursuit of Knowledge
Filled 80% of the Datalog.
Offroad Racer/Speed Daemon
Posted excellent times in all cross-country test drives.
Power Within/The Power Within
Awakened to the True Power of Kings.
Tri-Headed
Defeated Cerberus.
Omega/Triumph Through the Dimensional Rift
Defeated Omega.
Blessed By All
Collected all the Royal Sigils.
Chocobreeder
Raised a chocobo to Level 99.
Beacons of Hope
Completed the Comrades quests with all four characters.
Royal Ed. Quest
For Regalia Type-D
Kings of the Off Road
Great Leiden Run
Duscaean Motor Challenge
Cross-Cleigne Safari
For the boat
Into Uncharted Territory
A Second Sea God
Quest photos probably related to the boat
Photo OP: Restaurant
Photo OP: Island
Photo OP: Chimney
Photo OP: Cape
Photo OP: Gate
Photo OP: Horizon
Cartanica Quest
Chocobaby Roundup
New quest for Ch 10
Caestino on Camera
There is also a quest to find lost chocobo chicks in the dungeon (Fodina Caestino) and another to take photos in the same dungeon (Fodina Caestino)
Three missing bases of Lucis
Relics of the Empire
Relics of the Empire: First Base
Relics of the Empire: Second Base
Relics of the Empire: Third Base
New Quest for Ch 14
The Cure for Insomnia
New quest for Comrades
the four bros
the remaining royal sigils
ifrit rematch
chocobo ranch in cape caem
A Gift from Cid
Glaive out of Time
Crown City Without a King
Some hidden files found in Benchmark say:
Iris Event, Ardyn Event and Weshkam event. (All for Comrades)
Sea Captain/Maiden Voyage
Captained the royal vessel.
Whale Watching/Narwhal Watching
Encountered Bismarck.
Journalist/Pursuit of Knowledge
Filled 80% of the Datalog.
Offroad Racer/Speed Daemon
Posted excellent times in all cross-country test drives.
Power Within/The Power Within
Awakened to the True Power of Kings.
Tri-Headed
Defeated Cerberus.
Omega/Triumph Through the Dimensional Rift
Defeated Omega.
Blessed By All
Collected all the Royal Sigils.
Chocobreeder
Raised a chocobo to Level 99.
Beacons of Hope
Completed the Comrades quests with all four characters.
Royal Ed. Quest
For Regalia Type-D
Kings of the Off Road
Great Leiden Run
Duscaean Motor Challenge
Cross-Cleigne Safari
For the boat
Into Uncharted Territory
A Second Sea God
Quest photos probably related to the boat
Photo OP: Restaurant
Photo OP: Island
Photo OP: Chimney
Photo OP: Cape
Photo OP: Gate
Photo OP: Horizon
Cartanica Quest
Chocobaby Roundup
New quest for Ch 10
Caestino on Camera
There is also a quest to find lost chocobo chicks in the dungeon (Fodina Caestino) and another to take photos in the same dungeon (Fodina Caestino)
Three missing bases of Lucis
Relics of the Empire
Relics of the Empire: First Base
Relics of the Empire: Second Base
Relics of the Empire: Third Base
New Quest for Ch 14
The Cure for Insomnia
New quest for Comrades
the four bros
the remaining royal sigils
ifrit rematch
chocobo ranch in cape caem
A Gift from Cid
Glaive out of Time
Crown City Without a King
Some hidden files found in Benchmark say:
Iris Event, Ardyn Event and Weshkam event. (All for Comrades)
Other datamined stuff including datalog entries:
Research Log: M.E. 745-X-24th
Our expedition into Taelpar Crag produced some curious fruit: the wreckage of what appears to be an armament of antiquity. I have read many reports claiming the lost civilization of Solheim constructed magitek weapons to fell the gods, but to think that one would appear before my very eyes... Though it is damaged, I believe I can get it up and running.
Belle of the body shop at the Hammerhead Service Station.
Having lost her parents at a young age, Cindy grew up under her grizzled grandfather Cid's tutelage. She inherited his avid love for automobiles and quickly proved herself to be a more-than-capable mechanic. Her stellar reputation draws customers from all across the continent. No matter how terrible their automotive troubles, drivers come in for a tune-up and leave with a smile.
Melba Aurum was born into a prominent family in the old town of Keycatrich. She fell in love with Cid's son Mid Sophiar some thirty years ago, and the two were wed before long. Though she lost her home in the Great War, she gained something even greater through her marriage: a lovely daughter, Cindy. Sadly, however, time with her baby girl was cut short by a horde of daemons. The wicked creatures ambushed her car one night, claiming the lives of her and her husband and leaving Cindy an orphan.
Gift From Cid
Noctis receives a special delivery from Cid via Talcott: a mysterious key. True to form, however, Cid provides no specifics regarding its function, only noting it would provide access to "somethin' mighty handy." Eager to decode the meaning behind this cryptic message, Noctis and his friends set out to unlock the secret of the key. Head to the destination. The Regalia replica will not run out of gas. Ask Talcott to service the car when it is too damaged to drive.
- there's conversation with iris and gladio, looks like it could be on a phone because they did also put in new dialogue with iris in last update; looks like gladio hasn't told iris about what's gonna happen to noctis after he gets out of the crystal
- mentioned he found unused lines from early versions
- said some lines he found were been showing up in pocket edition videos, so maybe they'll be included (or they are part of unused dialogue).
- in the data, niflhem and tenebrae areas are named similar to the concept art of terraverde, implying it's the continent name.
- quest to upgrade to type d regalia involving needing to get offroad tires for cindy
- get parts that can enhance type d including damage later on
- race track things
- take the boat between galdin, caem, altissia
- can go fishing, bros prompt for fishing and shit. ignis gets a sushi recipe of his own design
- more quest things with prompto for photos kinda
- need keys to get around insomnia
- get files for the book thing with omega weapon
Source (thanks to Mognet's Storm!): http://www.mognetcentral.com/threads/final-fantasy-xv-general-news-thread.3288/page-667#post-58188
Our expedition into Taelpar Crag produced some curious fruit: the wreckage of what appears to be an armament of antiquity. I have read many reports claiming the lost civilization of Solheim constructed magitek weapons to fell the gods, but to think that one would appear before my very eyes... Though it is damaged, I believe I can get it up and running.
Belle of the body shop at the Hammerhead Service Station.
Having lost her parents at a young age, Cindy grew up under her grizzled grandfather Cid's tutelage. She inherited his avid love for automobiles and quickly proved herself to be a more-than-capable mechanic. Her stellar reputation draws customers from all across the continent. No matter how terrible their automotive troubles, drivers come in for a tune-up and leave with a smile.
Melba Aurum was born into a prominent family in the old town of Keycatrich. She fell in love with Cid's son Mid Sophiar some thirty years ago, and the two were wed before long. Though she lost her home in the Great War, she gained something even greater through her marriage: a lovely daughter, Cindy. Sadly, however, time with her baby girl was cut short by a horde of daemons. The wicked creatures ambushed her car one night, claiming the lives of her and her husband and leaving Cindy an orphan.
Gift From Cid
Noctis receives a special delivery from Cid via Talcott: a mysterious key. True to form, however, Cid provides no specifics regarding its function, only noting it would provide access to "somethin' mighty handy." Eager to decode the meaning behind this cryptic message, Noctis and his friends set out to unlock the secret of the key. Head to the destination. The Regalia replica will not run out of gas. Ask Talcott to service the car when it is too damaged to drive.
- there's conversation with iris and gladio, looks like it could be on a phone because they did also put in new dialogue with iris in last update; looks like gladio hasn't told iris about what's gonna happen to noctis after he gets out of the crystal
- mentioned he found unused lines from early versions
- said some lines he found were been showing up in pocket edition videos, so maybe they'll be included (or they are part of unused dialogue).
- in the data, niflhem and tenebrae areas are named similar to the concept art of terraverde, implying it's the continent name.
- quest to upgrade to type d regalia involving needing to get offroad tires for cindy
- get parts that can enhance type d including damage later on
- race track things
- take the boat between galdin, caem, altissia
- can go fishing, bros prompt for fishing and shit. ignis gets a sushi recipe of his own design
- more quest things with prompto for photos kinda
- need keys to get around insomnia
- get files for the book thing with omega weapon
Source (thanks to Mognet's Storm!): http://www.mognetcentral.com/threads/final-fantasy-xv-general-news-thread.3288/page-667#post-58188
***UPDATE 1***
More datamined stuff including Versus-related data (thanks again to Mognet's Storm who's been talking to the leaker in the last days and collecting this info):
I assume the ninja village is related to the ninja characters that Roberto Ferrari once mentioned being scrapped and into which Umbra was supposed to turn into for his human form:
As a reminder here's Umbra's scrapped human form:
Also:
***UPDATE 2***
The person who did most of this datamining made a thread on Reddit with a lot of the new character datalog info in the Royal Edition:
https://pastebin.com/atqUNVTC
https://pastebin.com/CLJtvbze
One interesting update on Drautos/Glauca from that info:
***UPDATE 3***
Possibly new or maybe cut dialog in some of the chapters including in chapter 10:
https://pastebin.com/P0grZHWP
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So, with
Bismarck... do you think there will be more to it, or will it just be a "sighting" out in the sea? I hope there is something more to it.
Nice!
Wonder what those "missing bases of lucis" are. Are they those you need to get flying Regalia or something else? Second sea god also seems interesting. It's then confirmed there is more to do in that "train section" with additions to Cartanica. Few weeks still to go!
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No clue. Btw, check my edit - added another batch.
Got a question about outfits/costumes that might be a bit of a spoiler.
I think its a spoiler but the royal edition trailer showed it off so I'm not sure?
I think its a spoiler but the royal edition trailer showed it off so I'm not sure?
Seems like theres some sort of time skip in the game at some point where Noctis' character design gets a badass upgrade.
Does any of the DLC that comes with the royal edition allow you to play with the Punished Noctis look from the start? It is so much better and might be the first FF male protagonist design I genuinely love.
Does any of the DLC that comes with the royal edition allow you to play with the Punished Noctis look from the start? It is so much better and might be the first FF male protagonist design I genuinely love.
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Yup, a timeskip later on. Technically it's the first thing you see in the game during the short cold open though.
No, none of the DLC lets you play as him, but you play as him in the last chapters of the game. However, they just showed that you can use his face and hair as a base look for your customized character in the Comrades Multiplayer Expansion after the update coming in March, so technically you can play "as him" in that DLC then :D
And yesssss, this is absolutely the best character design in the series. Old Gladio is great too though.
No, none of the DLC lets you play as him, but you play as him in the last chapters of the game. However, they just showed that you can use his face and hair as a base look for your customized character in the Comrades Multiplayer Expansion after the update coming in March, so technically you can play "as him" in that DLC then :D
And yesssss, this is absolutely the best character design in the series. Old Gladio is great too though.
It really does seem like the update/royal pack on March 6th has more to it than just what was in the trailer so that is nice.
Also from the leak (seriously, massive fucking spoiler that hasn't been posted here yet AFAIK. I mean it.)
Luna joins the party in Insomnia to fight a horde of demons.
Thanks! Hadn't heard about this. I'm a completionist for DLC in FF games so I have to do this I guess.
Is there a complete list of XV's various DLCs, like weapons, outfits, etc.?
GODDAMNIT.
Speaking of mobile tie-ins. Nothing ever came out of that Justice Monsters V one right?
More bouncy psychics fun times! :D
I've been trying to get the trophy for those three Prompto races and it's kind of terrible. I can't even get three stars on the first race...
I forgot about that. A quick search brought up that it was around for a few months before support ended for it on March 27 of last year.
I don't know but if you're wondering about other tie ins you might have missed, I think this and the assassins creed ones are the only ones.
Nope other than the fun of playing it!
Got around to fighting Aranea at camp. In whatever Tabata is working on, I hope his team has more people-sized bosses. I think they design those better.
I'm excited to see more of the Royal Edition because right now I don't know how to feel about it.
I guess we'll just wait and see.
Stuff like the new Regalia and Ghost Luna feels thematically inappropriate more than anything. I'm excited for new story content and to see more of the characters but I'm worried they're gonna fuck up the story on a thematic level in the process.
I guess we'll just wait and see.
Hmmm?
Ghost Luna shows up several times in the story. Even Ravus states in Episode Ignis "Even in death the Oracle does not rest."
Thematically, Luna showing up and/or helping has always been a thing.
Thematically, Luna showing up and/or helping has always been a thing.
The Regalia getting a "replica" made by Cid is again something that feels perfectly fine, I mentioned this before but it's like even after the Going Merry died in One Piece it still got to "live on" in a sense through the Thousand Sunny plus the mini Merry. With Cid being the oldest person alive familiar with the Regalia it feels thematically appropriate that he'd be the one to gift that to Noctis.
As for Luna, it's like PsychoNinja says, Luna appearing as a ghost is thematically consistent with what she did within the main game, as is the concept of dead royalty having magic powers that affect the physical world, ie the Lucii. And Luna being the Oracle plus Tenebrae royalty gives her that connection.
I mean the Armiger itself is called Phantom Sword in the Japanese version and any ability tied to it is noted as a "Phantom _____" for whatever they are, that includes the Trident of the Oracle.
As for Luna, it's like PsychoNinja says, Luna appearing as a ghost is thematically consistent with what she did within the main game, as is the concept of dead royalty having magic powers that affect the physical world, ie the Lucii. And Luna being the Oracle plus Tenebrae royalty gives her that connection.
I mean the Armiger itself is called Phantom Sword in the Japanese version and any ability tied to it is noted as a "Phantom _____" for whatever they are, that includes the Trident of the Oracle.
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Did she? The only instances I remember are chapter 12, which can be interpreted as a hallucination of Noctis, and Chapter 14, which can be interpreted as a hallucination of Ardyn. And even if they were real, she didn't have any lines in them nor did she interacted with Noctis, which is pretty important and different from having her as a party member for reasons I'll explain in the next spoiler.
What you explained is that they work with the lore and the rules of the world, which I have no doubts about. What I'm worrying about is the more abstract themes that might be lost in transition.
To explain, I'm not a One Piece fan, but the point of the Regalia is that it symbolize Regis's relationship with Noctis. Its death in chapter 13, on a thematic level, means the training wheels are off, that Noctis is losing his last tie with his s father to finally become a king. This point is enforced more by the rest od the chapter being about Noctis struggling with his demons, deciding to wear the ring, and canonicaly getting the last of the royal arms. The death of the Regalia was the stepping stone for Noctis to become the King of Light. Getting another Regalia after all of that takes aways from this, imo.
As for Luna, one of my favorite things about FFXV is how Noctis and Luna failed to meet each other as adults no matter how hard they tried. That's what make the final scene powerful, that in their death, they finally became together. Something they never managed in their life.
Noctis interacting with Ghost Luna, fighting along side her, having conversations, etc. gonna absolutely ruin the punch of that imo. The ending just loses most of its weight that way.
To explain, I'm not a One Piece fan, but the point of the Regalia is that it symbolize Regis's relationship with Noctis. Its death in chapter 13, on a thematic level, means the training wheels are off, that Noctis is losing his last tie with his s father to finally become a king. This point is enforced more by the rest od the chapter being about Noctis struggling with his demons, deciding to wear the ring, and canonicaly getting the last of the royal arms. The death of the Regalia was the stepping stone for Noctis to become the King of Light. Getting another Regalia after all of that takes aways from this, imo.
As for Luna, one of my favorite things about FFXV is how Noctis and Luna failed to meet each other as adults no matter how hard they tried. That's what make the final scene powerful, that in their death, they finally became together. Something they never managed in their life.
Noctis interacting with Ghost Luna, fighting along side her, having conversations, etc. gonna absolutely ruin the punch of that imo. The ending just loses most of its weight that way.
I agree with you on ch13 being about Noctis's loss, and true the regalia dying was one of the last pushes before he starting accepting his kingly responsibility, but I see chapter 14 as Noctis regaining what was lost or what was taken from him, and Cid giving him a replica regalia of his own feels like it goes towards that sense of regaining what was lost while retaining the growth he gained from the initial loss.
As for Luna, also true her being taken right as they were within reach was tragic, but her death also has her saying that she'll always be there to watch over Noctis, and given her calling extends through death I feel we don't lose any of that tragic sense by having her ghost interact with Noctis and doing stuff, imo it respects that while giving a fleeting moment for them to interact prior to Noctis's death. That and it would adress probably the most common complaint regarding her in that we barely see any interaction between the two.
As for Luna, also true her being taken right as they were within reach was tragic, but her death also has her saying that she'll always be there to watch over Noctis, and given her calling extends through death I feel we don't lose any of that tragic sense by having her ghost interact with Noctis and doing stuff, imo it respects that while giving a fleeting moment for them to interact prior to Noctis's death. That and it would adress probably the most common complaint regarding her in that we barely see any interaction between the two.
Just started Chapter 3 after 27 hours of playtime and man, these Magitek dropships are annoying as hell. I wouldn't mind them appearing every so often but every single battle I get in, a dropship appears. Go on a hunt and start fighting the monsters? Troopers drop down in the middle of it. Driving along and see a new enemy creature off the side of the road? Get out of the car, start attacking, dropship time. Every single battle since opening up the map at the beginning of chapter three has had a dropship appear. It's frustrating because all of my strategy and combo-ing just gets thrown out the window when they swarm me and the monsters I'm attacking and I just equip my Drain Lance II or Blade of Brennaere and start making wide arcing swings in between spamming Gladio's Tempest.
Just googled to see if the dropships ever stop or become less frequent or confined to specific areas only to find out they don't stop even after beating the game. That news certainly makes it harder to want to keep doing sidequests and farming/grinding.
Just googled to see if the dropships ever stop or become less frequent or confined to specific areas only to find out they don't stop even after beating the game. That news certainly makes it harder to want to keep doing sidequests and farming/grinding.
I really don't remember this being a big issue back when I was playing. But this is not the first I hear this complaint, did anyone notice an increase in Matitek dropships recently?
Well I just got the last trophy for Comrades. I'm still struggling with the missions where I have to protect a target, everything does so quickly!
I'll wait till the March update to tackle those along with the rest of the new trophies. Currently at level 42. I wonder if they'll up the max level to 99. I hope not but I think they will.
I'll wait till the March update to tackle those along with the rest of the new trophies. Currently at level 42. I wonder if they'll up the max level to 99. I hope not but I think they will.
Your point about Chapter 14 and the Regalia is valid. It convinced me that they can deal with the matter elegantly. It will be a matter of execution, then.
Still not sold on the Luna thing. The criticism about them not interacting always seemed to me like missing the point, and I'm not sure addressing it was the right move. I guess we'll wait and see.
Still not sold on the Luna thing. The criticism about them not interacting always seemed to me like missing the point, and I'm not sure addressing it was the right move. I guess we'll wait and see.
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More datamined stuff including Versus-related data (thanks again to Mognet's Storm who's been talking to the leaker in the last days and collecting this info):
I assume the ninja village is related to the ninja characters that Roberto Ferrari once mentioned being scrapped and into which Umbra was supposed to turn into for his human form:
As a reminder here's Umbra's scrapped human form:
I assume the ninja village is related to the ninja characters that Roberto Ferrari once mentioned being scrapped and into which Umbra was supposed to turn into for his human form:
As a reminder here's Umbra's scrapped human form:
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Interesting, apparently there is also some unused audio as well, btw there is also mention ofMore datamined stuff including Versus-related data (thanks again to Mognet's Storm who's been talking to the leaker in the last days and collecting this info):
I assume the ninja village is related to the ninja characters that Roberto Ferrari once mentioned being scrapped and into which Umbra was supposed to turn into for his human form:
As a reminder here's Umbra's scrapped human form:
Glauca and a forest boss mission.
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Got the Kings Knight items!
I have no interest in playing the game any more than getting the Noctis outfit and the other DLC, but Ive got to say, the way they handled 'playing with Noctis and the bros' was pretty cool. It kinda did feel like you were playing with them as thh played Kings Knight. Was fun. But yeah all deleted now.
I have no interest in playing the game any more than getting the Noctis outfit and the other DLC, but Ive got to say, the way they handled 'playing with Noctis and the bros' was pretty cool. It kinda did feel like you were playing with them as thh played Kings Knight. Was fun. But yeah all deleted now.
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Remember when Tabata in January last year said they were working on an unannounced expansion? I guess it was this Royal expansion all along?^^
I think we shouldn't get our expectations so high just yet. The data-mining leaks are exciting and all but most of it might end up as unused old material or things for future updates. I think at this point we should just assume that the Royal Edition will be just what they advertised along with one or two surprises.
Hopefully we'll get a second trailer (and a price tag) that clarify things soon.
Hopefully we'll get a second trailer (and a price tag) that clarify things soon.
Hey everyone, can you help clarify the whole FF XV experience for me please?
The digital edition is on sale on PSN at the moment pretty cheap, with season pass included. So I'm interested in buying it, however...every now and then I read about a huge patch that is released with drastic changes or improvements to this game, so I've held off from buying it. I usually don't play games a second time, certainly not epics like this, so if I play it I want the 'complete' experience.
In your opinion, is this game...you know...finished? Or are you expecting more big changes added to the game this year?
Also, what's with the royal edition? Should I just wait and get that instead of the digital edition?
Thanks for the help.
The digital edition is on sale on PSN at the moment pretty cheap, with season pass included. So I'm interested in buying it, however...every now and then I read about a huge patch that is released with drastic changes or improvements to this game, so I've held off from buying it. I usually don't play games a second time, certainly not epics like this, so if I play it I want the 'complete' experience.
In your opinion, is this game...you know...finished? Or are you expecting more big changes added to the game this year?
Also, what's with the royal edition? Should I just wait and get that instead of the digital edition?
Thanks for the help.
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Royal Edition/Windows Edition is the re-release coming March 6 for $50. It includes the base game, the Season Pass, and the Royal Pack which consists of new content like a new dungeon and new bosses, a new combat mechanic, a first-person mode, a drivable boat, apparently a bunch of new quests going by info datamined from the recent PC Benchmark, and assumedly it also has new, seemingly significant cutscenes in the last chapter, but it's not yet clarified if the story updates are locked behind the Royal Edition/Pack or if they come through a free patch for everyone like the other story updates so far.
The Royal Pack can also be bought separately to upgrade your base game with the new content from the Royal Edition, but the price hasn't been determined yet - I guess it will be $10-15. I assume you're talking about the Digital Premium Edition that includes the Season Pass, no? How much is that right now? Depending on the price you could buy that now and get the separate Royal Pack next month and it might be a bit less than the $50 of the Royal Edition.
I would wait until the Royal Edition is out before starting to play since it's only two weeks now and that will be the current best version of the game with new content. However they also promised more story updates throughout this year and also around 3 new pieces of DLC.
Thanks for the info! I'll probably wait a little while longer and go for the Royal edition then. I've got Monster Hunter World next on my backlog so that'll last me a while. Kind of astonishing how they keep adding stuff to this game. But I guess it's to be expected considering the era we live in.
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Here's a list of changes since launch if you're interested and at the bottom there are explanations from the dev team why they're working on this game for so long. It's basically a mix of wanting to treat this like a GaaS that makes fans play the game for longer and keep coming back and also surely a pride thing as the team has been aware of the negative feedback on the narrative issues and wants to improve the game as much as possible:
If you haven't followed the post-launch updates, these are the biggest changes so far (here's a complete official list, btw):
The Royal Edition/Windows Edition adds a new dungeon and new bosses in the last chapter, a new Armiger combat mechanic, a first-person mode, a drivable boat, and significant story changes to the last chapter.
Character-switching was added in the December patch.
There's off-road driving now since June:
And there's a new battle mechanic called Cross Chain (QTE combo attacks with the whole party) since July:
Source.
And you can now accept multiple hunts at once since the November patch. Then they added a Bestiary and Chapter Select in August.
Also a new playable section with Gladio in Chapter 13 (20min-ish, including a few new cutscenes), plus they increased the ring's power to make the whole chapter less frustrating (you can even skip Noctis' most-disliked section by finishing Gladio's new route and then when it switches back to Noctis it will skip the middle part.
Since September there are new cutscenes in Chapter 12 (explaining the gods' lore and extending a scene with Luna and Gentiana).
If you're interested, here's a bit of background on their decision to keep working on the game even a year after release:
They are aware of the narrative issues and the reception and want to improve it: