To complete Final Fantasy XVI to the fullest extent, plan on spending between 70 and 80 hours. This was disclosed in an interview with the game’s director Hiroshi Takai and producer Naoki Yoshida for Famitsu, which was translated by Twitter user @aitaikimochi.
While it takes about 35 hours to complete the base game, you could easily spend twice that long exploring all of Final Fantasy XVI’s other features. Entire Clive’s way of life will be visible, and Takai estimated that it would take 35 hours to complete the game. “It may be double that amount if we include side stuff.”
The newest Famitsu magazine has new(?) bits of game info for FF16 from the previously released interview with the devs.
Takai says there will be a leader board that you can compete with players around the world, allowing for endless gameplay. Here’s my translation:
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— ☆オードリーAudrey☆ (@aitaikimochi) March 17, 2023
Even though there is a lot to accomplish if your goal is to complete the game with a 100% completion rate, Square Enix designed the game so that even the most time-crunched players may finish it in a decent amount of time.
Yoshida stated that “when the game development was just starting out, I had the idea in mind that gamers these days are really busy with other things, so I wanted them to be able to at least aim to complete the story.” “When the game development was just starting out, I had the idea in mind that gamers these days are really busy with other things. “I thought it would make sense to make the game something that you can complete in approximately 20 hours, but more and more just got packed in,” the developer said.
On the other hand, there is, even more, to look forward to as a result of the New Game Plus option. “Not only that, but we also included an outrageously difficult New Game Plus mode that allows you to carry over all your stats called the ‘Final Fantasy Mode,'” Yoshida explained. “Not only that, but we also included an insanely difficult New Game Plus mode.” The amount of time spent playing the game could potentially increase as a result.
Although it has been in production for some time, Final Fantasy XVI will finally be released for the PlayStation 5 on June 22, 2023.