Closing Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has requested that followers chorus from putting in or creating offensive or inappropriate PC mods.
Originally launched for PS5 in June 2023, Closing Fantasy 16 made the leap to PC on Tuesday with the bottom recreation priced at $49.99 / £44.99 by way of Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer.
Forward of the discharge, the sport’s producer Naoki Yoshida spoke concerning the recreation’s modding potential, and what he would, and wouldn’t prefer to see.
“If we mentioned ‘It’d be nice if somebody made xyz,’ it’d come throughout as a request, so I’ll keep away from mentioning any specifics right here!” Yoshida informed PC Gamer. “The one factor I’ll say is that we positively don’t wish to say something offensive or inappropriate, so please don’t make or set up something like that.”
PC video games normally have been topic to mods for many years. Whereas a few of these may be so simple as the favored Fallout 3 mod which sped up the gradual begin to the sport, others, as has turn into widespread in recent times, embody character fashions being ripped out of video games and changed.
Over 7.6 million mods have been downloaded for Closing Fantasy VII Remake on modding platform NexusMods. These embody giving Cloud his outfit from Introduction Youngsters, eradicating Tifa’s gloves, and a self-explanatory mod named Aerith Horny Costume.
Whereas a few of these may be light-hearted and innocent like changing the costume on Resident Evil 2‘s Mr X in order that he pursues the participant in solely a speedo, others delve into the realm of express content material.
Whereas some console video games have experimented with mods, corresponding to Fallout 4, these have been restricted to Bethesda‘s personal system, reasonably than the PC platform which has unfettered entry to tens of millions of mods.
A free demo of the PC model of the sport is now accessible. The demo permits gamers to play the opening part of Closing Fantasy 16 and carry over their save information to the total model of the sport.
VGC’s Closing Fantasy 16 overview known as it “an unbelievable motion recreation that doesn’t fairly ship the RPG heritage”.
“Closing Fantasy has by no means performed higher, and 16’s forged is destined to be fan favourites. We simply want that when they’re exterior of the Hollywood blockbuster-tier adventures of the principle quest, they got some extra attention-grabbing adventures to pursue.”
