Final Fantasy XV - Exploring Insomnia before its fall

[@Pichuscute]

Man, I would have loved to see more of this city in the game. I would love to see more of FFXV's world in any capacity, but this city + Tenebrae are the things I wish we got the most.

[@Weiss_Fudder]

Insomnia, Tenebrae and Niflheim areas. It would be great.

[@Takodate]

Give me more Altissia, I need a proper vacation!

[@RatedRY]

@@Takodate I mean, Ignis DLC is all of Altissia isn't it?

[@emilianocastillejos1330]

​@@RatedRY barely, you just go on some rooftops and in like 3 small areas. You explore more of it on the main game. Hopefully in a couple of years they remake the game or have a sort of 10 year anniversary or something, because it def deserves to have it's problems fixed

[@luar215]

I know it’s a pipe dream but one day I would love a FFXV remake like how they’re doing FFVII rn. Spilt this story up into multiple games, might be a bit overkill but then they’d have enough time to properly tell the full story. Would love to explore Tenebrae properly

[@stephen2624]

THIS is what I always wanted from FFXV since it was first announced as Versus XIII, especially with the moon shining in the clear night sky. No ruins, no Starscourge, just the bustling city nights with the sound of the wind blowing and Yoko Shimomura's somber music.

[@OrganizationXIII]

Play Kingdom hearts 4 or Verum Rex Explore Quadratum

[@KenShinta174]

Yeah, I feel the same

[@zerogyoro4521]

​@@OrganizationXIIIMeh, never will be the same....

[@MemoriesLP]

Go on utube, pick some night city sounds, add some nomura songs. Thank god they did a game and not whatever you are asking for

[@TheOGRecipe]

​@@MemoriesLPFacts though. Bro wanted a sleeping simulator.

[@IamDoubleP]

This is what I always tell people about FFXV. The entire FFXV universe has an amazing story, but the game on its own just didn't tell it very well....the story part of the game was clearly rushed after Altissia.

[@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf]

The game was under contract to be released before the end of 2016 regardless of how finished it was. Realistically speaking, the game needed roughly another 3 or so years for a proper complete product. It makes me so mad at square dammit

[@venomshake8187]

@@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf Here’s hoping some time down the line we get a FFXV Remake haha doubtful but I’m hoping

[@maturejeans3592]

#releasethenomuracut

[@thepermanentshockedface9177]

@@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf I’ve heard people saying this and I guess this is to those who kept up to date with everything. I didn’t keep up to the date with how long and just played the game and to be honest I LOVED IT. Easily TOP 5 I’ve ever played. Though I could see some cracks as sometimes and figured if someone stuff was designed like this by choice or time constraint

[@ami-kun]

@@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf honestly & have someone motivated to work on it like nomura, tabata was just filled with stress & lack of motivation when working on this game

[@lilgoon24]

This game fumbled on so many things … what a beautiful city

[@Larxia]

Indeed. It's a very iconic and important gaming location for me, even if it seems ironic given how little of it we're shown in the main game... The city really symbolize the amount of hope I had for this game.

[@Yilue]

Man just imagine this is how the game luanched. Your noctis in insomnia for the first part of the game and you can do all of this. And you get to witness the fall of insomnia first hand. Would be the coolest thing but we got a cgi movie instead.

[@princessloveheartglitter]

OMG yes would've been much cooler if Noctis didn't have to leave for Luna and like you said, witnessed Insomnias destruction first hand, maybe even see his father die. Would be cliche, but a much better motivation for Noctis, would make a bit more sense with his random nightmares and wavering mentality during the game. And when he sees Luna die later in the game, that solidifies his goal for revenge and peace so it doesn't happen again.

[@princessloveheartglitter]

Also wanted more bonding time with Regis and Luna, maybe touring around Insomnia together before Luna and Noctis travel to Altissia together for their marriage? And then Luna gets dragged away by Ravus and then the main game starts as normal, just with slight changes.

[@richielek]

this game was meant for that, look at the earlier ffxiii versus trailer, we got the same city and the live invasion. from this video i can assume they had 60-70% completion on insomnia arc but it's really unfortunate they had to scrap everything

[@zerogyoro4521]

​@@princessloveheartglitterNot neccesarily watch his father death, more exactly being more close as much. If not will cut Nyx protagonism.

[@rayoflight1920]

Nyx is more interesting than Noctis, people crap on the movie but really I find myself more intrigued in Nyx, Libertus and Crowe, even Lunafreya version of the movie than the black clad quartet and their journey

[@wreday720]

Cutting Insomnia from the beginning of XV is like cutting Midgar from the beginning of VII

[@porterde08]

Good thing they weren’t cutting games to repackage them and resell as dlc later on, back then.

[@1eye1tear95]

​@@porterde08that's exactly what they djd

[@Datbombboody]

​@@1eye1tear95I'd argue that that's what ended up happening, not that that way the intent from the get go. ffxv was a massive project that took over a decade of development time and changed hands constantly

[@1eye1tear95]

@Datbombboody true that wasn't the intent but you can tell poor management and other mistakes turned this game to what it is now

[@alertcriminal]

it's insane that they put so much detail into something you never see, can only assume there is some cut content.

[@kaderbueno6823]

You can access this place in Ardyn dlc

[@ryanhacker5259]

This is so pretty. I love the opening of the game but I wish we got to live in this city for a little while

[@Larxia]

It was everyone's dream :( Seeing more of Insomnia when it was glorious

[@creek_blues]

The amount of content that was cut from this game is actually crazy. Like all the towns, cities and landmarks. And the fact that they exist in the game files

[@ThePhantomGamerForever]

It needed another 2 years before releasing

[@asakapala12345678]

I feel bad for people who put time on making and putting details on Pre desolated Insomnia..

[@KaraBraden-gu2ur]

This map is actually used in the game. The mod here puts Noctis into the founder’s day parade from the Episode Ardyn DLC. The signs, banners, and balloons show that this map is the open world for from Episode Ardyn. It’s wide and open cityscape with sprawling rooftops are meant to accommodate Ardyn’s moveset, who is quicker and more nimble than Noctis in gameplay.

[@ionutalexandru3645]

@@KaraBraden-gu2ur I am pretty sure the map existed before the dlc and they just touched it up a bit.

[@hitechLLX]

This is like the ghost cities built by some countries that end up never being inhabited properly.

[@deepSilent0]

This game had the biggest potential out of all of them...

[@Larxia]

And the biggest missed opportunities of all of them

[@jchea1764]

But people failed to appreciate it.. Just like XII..

[@mars9380]

If only they moved the released date for a year, we might get an acceptable game..

[@asterphyll]

@@jchea1764 WHat? Zodiac Age is literally the best FF game ever made, culmination of years of building these worlds. 15 is literal garbage compared to the genius that is 12. It was underappreciated because of the plot being very crappy and star wars ish. 15 is going to suck forever

[@djw_tekken8490]

Cap ​@@asterphyll

[@foufoustv2060]

Even 5 years later I still feels regret about so much waste potential

[@kerzonmendoza6023]

An unfinished masterpiece for me. Loved this game i only wished parts like these were incorporated into the game

[@alumlovescake]

I feel like even 10 or 15 years from now. Once in a while we will all think back to the hype, trailers, cut content cancelled content and missed potential

[@1chibanKasuga]

@@alumlovescake missing potential its all it has after you finished it

[@NTWoo95]

There’s another universe where this game probably had a 2-3 hour intro segment based around world building for Insomnia…

[@jordankelly4684]

Looks like Japan's architecture had a baby with london, minus the rain.

[@zero-jm7ok]

Coming back to this after playing FF7 Rebirth and seeing how much life was brought to the cities and towns that game made me realize how this one could have turned out if pre fall Insomnia was a thing.

[@Noushauga]

Playing FF15 after finishing Rebirth all i can say was wow Rebirth got a lot of inspiration from FF15. From the character bonding, the open world, the gameplay etc. i fully agree to the comment i saw that said "FF15 walked so Rebirth could run"

[@ivanaa.7997]

every day i find out about something that was supposed to be in ffxv/just didnt make it in at all and i get sad, i love the game but there was a lot of potential to be explored, its been years but its still a bummer to think about

[@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf]

I love the game to death but it pains me to think what it could have been

[@DreamerFromTheDepths]

If FFXV was completed properly I'd probably still be playing it today.

[@takaro0]

This Insomnia should have been the opening hours of the game. Spending time with the boys, grow the relationship with king Lucis, get to know the most prominent side characters. Spend some quality time with Luna. Showing a ''happy and simple time'', but with major political conflicts and betrayal in the background for us the players to witness, gradually building up to the catastrophic, yet epic invasion, where we have to fight our way out. Also, in the middle of it begin the drama with Luna where we even might have to fight her because of reasons we don't yet fully understand. I have accepted that I'll never get to play Versus XIII, but I'll never ever forget about it and the dreams of experiencing Nomura's full vision and the feelings I got throughout all of those 10 years of waiting. I will also always argue that Versus's development and the result of it, are some of the most tragic stories in gaming history. A decade of mismanagement, poor planning and terrible decisions. The ground floor devs did their best, I blame the higher ups, and even Tabata and the writer did tons of awful decisions when it came to mechanics and story and more.

[@OrganizationXIII]

Just wait for Verum Rex and Kingdom Hearts 4

[@takaro0]

@@OrganizationXIII Will Verum Rex be its own game? Not sure about that. I'm not much into the Kingdom Hearts games, not that I think they're bad I've only played very little of the first one, never kept on going. However, after watching the new direction of where KH4 is going that has made very curious about what they're going to do. If Nomura makes his Versus somehow within KH4 and beyond, that would definitely make me play the games asap!

[@Veltee]

@@takaro0 as far as i know, Verum Rex is it’s own thing. The box of Verum Rex in Toy Story’s world is seen to only have Square Enix copyright © and not disney’s. So KH is probably used for testing the reaction while also advertising it. In recent interview, he did say stella(the girl from Verum Rex ad) is a Verum Rex’s character and not Kingdom Heart’s. Also nomura is torn from choosing between KH4 or Verum Rex for his next project. And ultimately decide on KH4 because of KH3’s ending. I hate FFXV for what it was, the combat was bland the story has more hole than swiss cheese (talking about you ignis blindness why tf do i need to pay for DLC to know mf, also why did regis not warn noctis about ardyn what an ass dad, so much hole so little will to write them) and the only good thing from it was Ardyn. (Very evil villain i love it) I’ll never lose hope for Versus XIII’s return. But all hope seems to be lost. 😔 Personally, kingdom hearts is my favorite franchise of all so i do recommend the game for you.

[@takaro0]

​@@Veltee Yeah, I did look up everything I could about Verum Rex after my question, but that was a while ago now so that interview I've missed. Did he specifically say Stella? There's still a few things though that makes me question Verum Rex becoming it's own game or IP. First, it's connection to KH. 4 will apparently take place in the city where Yozora lives, so that makes me think that VR won't be its own thing, but instead at the most be a possible spin-off series within the KH lore and personally I'd much rather see it become detached from it. Second, I haven't seen Nomura really give a direct confirmation that there will be a VR game, as what he said was specifically that he wasn't sure if he wanted to do a Verum Rex game or KH4, but he chose KH4, for the fans, but as he will be using VR in this new KH arc, I don't think we can be sure that a VR game will even be made and instead whatever VR story that exists will be incorporated in KH. Even though Verum Rex isn't Versus with a different name, there's definitely enough proof that he hasn't let go of those concepts and will use at least some of them in the future. I'm right there with you. As the true Noctis once said ''My heart won't let go.'' lol I definitely agree with you on XV. The story, combat & general game mechanics are of very low quality. Versus conecepts was used in XV in the most shallow of ways, stolen and warped into something else entirely, so in that sense Versus as he first envisioned is forever lost, as he won't be able to use those characters that he first drew and the names he came up with, a story taking place in a FF setting. No matter how much I wish for a Versus game using everything the way they were supposed to be used, realistically that will never happen. The ones in control just won't allow it. Hell, if it was up to me, I'd just give him all the freedom and resources he wants. I'll let him take back and use everything from XV, use all the concepts about death because I don't give a F*** if it can't be sold in China etc and he can name the game whatever. I see Nomura like Hideo Kojima, I just want to see what the man can do when he's not held back. I'd just make sure his true Versus vision becomes realized. With Verum Rex though, now we've got every reason to see it as some kind of revival of Versus. Although they will be used differently, concepts of that vision will be used. For now, I don't dare to hope for anything more than that. Admittedly I'd rather him making that Verum Rex game, but I am happy for you and yes, I'll definitely make sure to have played KH1-3 (+watched the other games on yt) before 4 comes.

[@nunothedude]

Ure rigth it saddens me

[@mohammedalssamraey9581]

It looks like a dream so beautiful you never wanted to awake from

[@paulinagonzalez3398]

OMM

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Insomnia. City that never sleeps

[@Lucky-dw2cu]

This city looks sooo fukkingg good and well made. It felt like walking on yakuza games. Why did developer waste this already finished city?

[@Larxia]

" Why did developer waste this" FF XV as a whole :( so much missed opportunities

[@TheEvilLordExdeath]

This actually looks like the map from Ardyn's DLC. Or at least the final version. I did see an earlier version which was much bigger though it didn't look as flushed out as the Ardyn map.

[@f0r35ts3]

crazy how this is all there in the game/demo, yet we don’t ever get to see it in the full game. as much as i love FFXV, the game overall was so much less than what it could’ve been

[@alumlovescake]

I agree 1000% but this is actually from the dlc. Where you do see it. Sadly in Ep Adyran you only get to see a tiny bit and are forced into the objective

[@wiseguy240Winston]

13 & 15 suffered the same fate in that regard

[@djw_tekken8490]

THE GAME WAS SOO MUCH MORE THAN IT COULD HAVE FAILED OR MISSED

[@djw_tekken8490]

​@@alumlovescake still a great game and even if u or they say cut content what they gave is waay more than any content of a game pretty much 99% of games It was maybe just there is just way too much to make and the team was overwhelmed If i become a millionaire i hope i can pay tgem to make the game bigger fr

[@djw_tekken8490]

Thats cap tho so much less?

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

There was just so much they wanted to do but couldn't...damn it hurts...

[@ザックスファン]

こんな凄いの作っておいて、ほとんど登場しないの勿体なさすぎる…またやりたいし、どんどん拡張して欲しい

[@kirbyretrolandasia]

literally the most beautiful city I've ever seen and they snatched it from Noctis.....

[@The_Jedi_Exile]

This very seriously could have been the greatest game ever made. Not just RPG but full on Video Game Ever Made. I would have happily played it in 3 separate entries if that was what it took to realize the vision. Anything but cutting it out. So many timeless moments alluded to, teased, and even showcased. All scrapped. I guess FF7 Remake is hope for the future. If 7 can be reimagined for the more powerful hardware hopefully 15 can be Remade as the game it was intended to be.

[@keivkamijo]

This game still looks good after all these years

[@Sutanreyu]

Looks like a 360 game with better lighting. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@fadhil4008]

Unless the PC version sucks

[@Elvariel369]

You said it. Looks. But only that. Looks 😂

[@hackerwolf1995.]

This game took legit 10 years to develop, but i could've waited 20 years to get what we got + everything that was cut from the main game, i would also pay for that

[@kingdomheartscomments8742]

Actually, it took 4 years to develop, it was mismanaged during 6 years lol.

[@OrganizationXIII]

FF VS 13 is what I wanted! Now we are getting Verum Rex!

[@zaymclemore]

Vermont Rex nor Kingdom Hearts IV isn't going to be versus. It's just reusing some concepts.

[@djw_tekken8490]

@@OrganizationXIII imagine they did versus 13 and it is an huge trash game? Ever thought about why they changed it?? I could have been worse dude

[@TheEvilLordExdeath]

@@kingdomheartscomments8742 It was three years. Not four.

[@ishmael.01]

Even in the safety of the crown city’s walls, noctis can’t walk anywhere without tripping over his homies lol

[@hackerwolf1995.]

Bro I'm telling y'all, you can fit an entire Grand Theft Auto game there, the city is so well made, why can't we see more of it on gameplay, i would love to check out other areas like the opera house or the industrial district with that level of details while destroying demons or empire soldiers (or being destroyed, depends on how bad my gear is)

[@Larxia]

Nah not GTA lol It might seem bigger in video than it is I guess. Once you start going away, things start to be lower detailed and then just background. It would be big enough for a city in this game though, because it's definitely bigger than any other cities from the main game (that's not hard), or for a yakuza game with more freedom, but it's definitely not on the scale of something like GTA, at least not in its current "available" form. If the WHOLE insomnia city was modeled and explorable, in that case yes.

[@TomTomToHell]

@@Larxia Yakuza was a good example. That was exactly what I was thinking.

[@djw_tekken8490]

Ffxv map as a whole is bigger than gta

[@djw_tekken8490]

But what he meant is right thats just huge

[@djw_tekken8490]

And u cant even explore everything...

[@EonHSD]

For me FFXV will forever be the very definition of flawed masterpiece. You are angry at what could've been and you see all of it's misses but in the end I still cried and I still loved every hour of it.

[@RadityaRasyid-ym2nx]

To be honest, I'm not angry with it since the game already gave me a good cry. In fact, It keeps me wonder how many times more beautiful the game would be if it was truly completed to begin with? because even with its flawed state, the game is still feels great to me.

[@AJGress]

The design of the city is actually amazing, and it's so detailed too. Looks like a mix of Japanese and European cities. Who knows, if they fully developed it it might've even rivaled Cyberpunk's Night City in terms of design

[@david_bytes_]

2:43 From the trailer of Versus XIII. 😱

[@delsinlockhart]

At some point Insomnia was meant to be playable and explorable in the 2013's trailer of FFXV and im still mad at them for not allowing this to happen

[@yozora1378]

Holy shit, the amount of details they made this city and making it unexploreable are insane, this reminds me of someone who also made a mod to explore Shibuya on KH3

[@Applelassiytb]

Imagine if the game was not rushed and got develop well i can imagine this one scene when you're playing the game: Player: walking around the city. Npc: *WOW ITS THE PRINCE*

[@crazyfire9470]

Rushed? This game was in development for a decade

[@thatbloomer5642]

​@@crazyfire9470it took them too long to decide and plan on what this game's going to be about. By the time they knew what to do, they don't have much time left to realized what they were planning.

[@Ashi8No8Yubi]

This is super awesome. I hold such a special place in my heart for this game

[@jaidynrose5662]

I'll be real as a ffxv fanboy I even admit that this game had a lot of missed opportunities

[@lightningcore4187]

Imagine showing this to someone 20 years ago?

[@eirgo_s]

ah yes, that's the reason this game took a quarter of my storage. Fully rendered cities but cut from the gameplay.

[@alienpollentes7423]

Man what a waste. Wish they let us play Noctis' teen years in this city and surrounding areas. How the 4 guys met and running around doing side quests interacting with the town's people. The ending would've hit harder seeing our starting city turn into ruins in the end.

[@RadityaRasyid-ym2nx]

Imagine the feels we get in the ending if that's included.

[@jessypony4665]

Thank you for visiting Insomnia !!!!! This was and is still my favorite game, thanks a lot !!!!

[@OmarO_721]

FFXV’s entire slogan was a “fantasy based on reality”. Insomnia had perfect modern fantasy vibes, with real world and fantasy elements perfectly merged together. But without Insomnia, I feel like the whole modern fantasy vibes was just not felt.

[@zacatkinson3926]

I loved XV considered it be more than a game but a life experience I do think one day me with get all this cut content in a complete edition one day

[@SunnyTacos]

So much potential 😢 Starting in Insomnia chilling with the boys, getting to know more about the relationship between Noctis and Luna then finally moving with the plot would make the story much, much more complete, I'd actually feel something when it was destroyed or when Luna kicked it, in the main game she appeared in like 3 cutscenes and Insomnia only in the beginning, so when it all went down I was like "ok, what was her name again"

[@grialevla]

How unfortunate that the game collapsed under it's own ambition. I hope they will make a proper remake one day.

[@jvirtus1523]

Im playing ff15 royal edition after playing the first patch edition back in 2016. It has alot of potential and I love the combat and side quests that I don't get bored of. They could have added a dlc to add more to the story but it is what it is. Still a great game especially playing it on ps5. It was hectic on the ps4 lol.

[@noideakun]

As my first final fantasy, it did a great job, it holds a special place in my heart

[@Larxia]

It's a special game! 💖

[@alexkrom99]

I also wanted to explore Tenebrae, i was expecting to go to a very stunning place but instead was just a destroyed thing.

[@marcuscarana9240]

I love FFXV but man the amount of potential unused. Still one of my most beloved game. I call the the best "flawed and very imperfect" game I have ever played in my journal.

[@madeIeine]

Silent Hills (P.T.) and FFXV are the games that are different, one is horror and canceled, the other is adventure and half-baked, but got a same treatment: both companies made them dirty!

[@Raftrunner]

What a tragedy about what FFXV could have been. Had the potential to be one of the best games of all time

[@seadragon_kanon]

The throw out part like insomnia and tenebrae, so much sites they can make a good place history and they do nothing , so much potential lost. I have the royal versión is a shame so many years of development for be the most short FF ever

[@dimmkah]

I will never not be sad when I look back and see how much was haphazardly cut from this game. It's all there buried in the game files, they just didn't put it into the actual game.

[@nycobstacleclimber2961]

It hurts me I never get to see this in my game it actually do

[@Larxia]

Yes :(

[@ForganMreeman-0]

You can in Episode Ardyn, but will not be as peaceful as this tho

[@destroyermcw626]

@@ForganMreeman-0The one I didn’t start yet cool

[@ForganMreeman-0]

@@destroyermcw626 Start it, Insomnia is a Beautiful Place, especially when there is populated in Episode Ardyn

[@Sebtuseb_el_zorro_con_traje]

They modeled an entire city that we will never manage to see

[@niezzayt3809]

What's more crazy, this is using their own home-baked Game Engine. Which means a Game Engine created by Square Enix themselves. Not Unreal Engine, or anything you can buy. Obviously there were its own technical limitations

[@uptoCHINAtown]

If this is what we got, I might have actually, oh you know, CARED about what happened to the city. (Of screen, btw). This game had so much potential.

[@Kumiko026]

God that looks beautiful. I wish we could have explored Insomnia.. would have spent days here before I left the city

[@dy3531]

Stand tall my king

[@igorluisk2]

Even with all fails i still love this game, of course they over promised, even today consoles would struggle to deliver their false promises. But still a great game to me at least and has some great moments, square enix and even fans just need to learn what to promise and what to expect to not let anyone down.

[@DS-tr6xn]

Imagine to build this all and then your chef says the player will see none of them at all and everyone in your team is like hey best idea ever best final fantasy ever

[@noodllz7319]

This game means so much to me 😔🤍

[@rexalice1]

もしも日本の都心に幾つかの歴史的建築が現存した上で現代的なビルや商店と共存していたら、このような光景が存在していたんだろうな。アメリカからの無差別な空襲であらゆる歴史的建物が破壊されたから、日本は京都以外に伝統的な街並みが残っておらず、東京には大きなビルか中くらいのビルか、あとは安い作りの建物がならぶだけだ。

[@davesinsanestudio8072]

Ah. This just made me even more excited for KH4.

[@math001]

Man this was supposed to be the Final Fantasy to finally put an end to 7. It's like everyone and everything just found a way every single time to make sure it wasn't meant to be.

[@TheMindofagenius1]

What's even more impressive is that distance on the warp! xD

[@Larxia]

Yeah lol I edited the values with cheat engine to make it like what I wished it was if we could have explored Insomnia in the main game. Being able to freely warp around buildings would have been great

[@TheMindofagenius1]

@@Larxia aaaah yeah that makes sense xD It actually looks REALLY cool tho! The city is brilliantly designed and it IS just a shame we couldn't play in it in the earlier stages.... Thanks for the video too btw! Looks great👍🏻

[@Larxia]

@@TheMindofagenius1 Glad you like it!

[@NieR6991]

it is not too late square enix T^T you can make alternative universe or something i would have loved to have quests in a normal insomnia situation (since they have Ardyn's episode all done and ready)

[@RyotoCZ]

This is so sad... We could have about 3 chapters and maybe even something more in this city alone.

[@crymeariver221]

Ill never understand Square Enix decision with the 13 series. They were developing both 13 and this game when it was under the versus 13 title. How a game that spent more than a decade in development ended up being rushed is hilarious to me. So much potential.

[@Larxia]

Sadly... 😞

[@anaheim4854]

kind of insane that they fully modeled this city with animations here and there and it just didn’t get used.

[@Larxia]

It's used in Episode Ardyn

[@ZerogGames]

I thought I was already crushed after reading the Dawn of the Future novel, but this breaks my heart even more. FFXV really could have been legendary if they had just given it way more time to cook.

[@axsprime]

A look at what could have been... it doesn't get any easier...

[@apaleguy]

It's so sad what this game could've truly been. I hope one day we get to see this game original vision get made. I know Nomura still holds Versus 13 dear to him, look at Verum Rex. It's insane how much assets and scenes were build for Insomia to never be utilized or care for, I'll probably end up getting this game on PC just so I can get the experience I've always wanted and not the rushed product we got delivered to us.

[@Larxia]

Very true indeed. If you're interested about visiting Insomnia, I'm also working on a mod for Kingdom Hearts 3 where I'm expanding on what could be found in XV. I'm expanding the area, making the city larger with more places to visit, as well as recreating places from VS XIII trailers, such as different interiors in the citadel (the crystal room, the conference room), as well as Caelum Via (the tower from VS XIII trailer) and its surroundings. It's still a work in progress, but you can see some stuff on my channel about it. My goal is exactly about that, I'm trying to piece together things and recreate what is missing, so people can finally explore a proper version if Insomnia, something that has been kept from it for too long =( Here is the most recent video showing caelum via: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnrZnWmmg8psl5I And here is a bigger trailer but it's more dated now: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIHJamRobcmUmKM

[@radiantblog]

Beautiful and somehow so sad

[@GermanGDragon]

We need a remake of this game. With ALOT of changes it would be the best FF ever.

[@olima7015]

So much detail, so much to explore.. 2:16 there is Luna on a screen on the building which I find strange because this must be the map from Ardyn's DLC which played before Luna was born. Maybe someone can explain?

[@TheReterded]

I think that might be Stella it looks like her 2013 design before being scraped. Makes me sad this should of been part of the base game.

[@Larxia]

I don't think that's Luna, but like Killerxkoed said, it does look a bit like Stella. There's another poster similar in the insomnia ruins from the royal edition: i.imgur.com/u4sqTtJ.jpg

[@hackerwolf1995.]

Well basically: That's not Luna but it's something like: Ardyn stayed locked on that weird shaped island you can see through galden (Noctis is also locked there) for centuries or something. And he gets rescued by the empire with the mission to destroy insomnia to allow the empire to go through the blockade, that's when the city falls. By that time Noctis was on his way to galden to get the boat to Alissa, as far as I know Luna was in the city when all that shit happened but escaped, you can see that through a cutscene on the base game and on the movie Kingsglave. So that happened during the main base game, but you're right Luna wasn't born back in Ardyn's days By the way i think that's just propaganda, that lady is no one

[@NemesisSP]

@@hackerwolf1995. Actually, there is no doubt that that's Stella. Back in mid 2011, Motomu Toriyama mentioned that FFXIII-2 was originally going to have more FMVs, but it was decided that they'd forgo that so that Versus XIII could have more FMVs. It was then announced that Noctis and Stella's meeting had been redone as an FMV since they decided it would more fully enhance the emotions of the scene. We do actually have that board in full. i.imgur.com/vET1xse.jpg If you look at the official Stella image from the 2013 trailer, you'll notice she has the same earrings, as well as the same effect on her eyes. i.imgur.com/KX9iJjs.png And if you look at the background, it's very obviously the party hall. i.imgur.com/6qk1CEl.png Now, taking this into account, there's no way this isn't Stella. The more pertinent question is if it's from the finished FMV we never got to see but heard of or is it a completely new scene made because, as Tabata himself mentioned, they knew people would be pissed about her exclusion and made a new version to be used as an easter egg. We do know a few previous FMVs were used as easter eggs, namely the wideshot of Altissia, so I wouldn't be surprised if they did indeed do this. We do also know that at one point Stella's model was actually used in the making of Kingsglaive, so it's not that hard to imagine it could be either option. www.gamekyo.com/images_1/61c9fedb688b5730f7ff9419cedb955120190425095719.jpg

@@TheReterded OMG She is

[@vickyaleeg]

Insomnia before its fall looks amazing😢 I'd like to can even live there❤ it's beautiful but at the same time is sad, so the game would be more exciting😢

[@strider4life696]

Wow, Quadratum looks awesome

[@travelerwatanabe]

We should've spent a few extra hours at the beginning of the game, being able to explore Insomnia.

[@nintandao64]

Insomnia should’ve been the opening area to learn the game and given us time to get attached to the people, esp Regis before everything went to shit. Exploring the actual first zone with the bros after learning about the events of the movie made everything feel out of place. We’re on this chill road trip and insomnia effectively just got bombed to shit

[@neokkri]

FFXV is the definition of the biggest "wasted-potential" Even after having IX, VII, & VI as objectively the best FFs; If XV were to be released that included all content from its three DLCs, Kingsglaive Movie, Brotherhood Anime, and full-on novel, IX, VII, & VI would be miniscule in comparison to having a fully-released XV. The lore, world-building, character complexity, villain of XV is just on a different scale and it genuinely can't be compared. Sadly, that ain't the case.

[@farhanzaman436]

Kinda reminds me of a couple cities in North America while also being like Tokyo, London, and Paris

[@kamitorings]

every time i look at XV i just get sad because of all the potential it had..square enix pretty much killed a perfectly good game due to their incompetency and lack of direction. very sad.

[@TheAzurefang]

Amazing how much better this game was than XVI

[@ben4906]

Hoping one day we get the FFXV Remake we deserve

[@IPreferStealth]

I don't think we need a remake, I think we need a sequel.. Cuz FFXV was a masterpiece itself imo....

[@sandwich4916]

Versus XIII Remake*

[@Elvariel369]

No thanks. It's better to forget garbage like that. What they should have done is retake FF Versus XIII. But they f*cked up. That sh*t is a mock to FF fans.

[@gektoast4968]

Damn that city looks incredible

[@Hayashi-_-Game]

Well... XVI is coming, XV will be forgotten by Square Enix. Hopefully I live long enough to see XV remake someday.

[@patrickbalmes801]

Why would they forget about xv just because xvi is coming

[@destroyermcw626]

@@patrickbalmes801Yeah that’s like forgetting X and X-2 or IX or FF7

[@MrRemmington]

Not that the game didn't already end with a gut punch. But the fall of Insomnia would've hit harder if the game started with you in it. Noctis and maybe the others going about their business in the city as a sort of lead up to the eventual leaving of the city and then the fall. It would've been something else.

[@xyzxyz-ib6fb]

Wow Insomnia city would be nice to explore it in epic Square Enix gaem... oh wait

[@RadaSmada]

The fact that this wasn't in the original when most people played it is so fucking depressing

[@lucacarollo1460]

The movement animations is so cool, way better the newest one...

[@SeriousDragonify]

This is like if Rockstar cut LS and only gave countryside in GTA 5. All that work thrown into abyss left in gamefiles to never be in game again...

[@Larxia]

lol that's actually a really good comparison yes.

[@orangsederhana3835]

imagine 20 years later they remake this game with graphic in that era. i hope even we not there, they make npc alive doing daily activities. fill the emptiness.

[@zack01598]

The FF XV feeling is indescribable and the fact that we missed out on the true vision leaves a deep scar in most of us. I love FF XV.

[@RogueSeraph]

FFXV had such a good story and lore but it was so badly executed it still frustrates me so hard. Imagine if you got the first 2 or 3 Chapters in the game playing as Nyx in Insomnia, on the 3rd or 4th Chapter the Empire invades Insomnia, you manage the fight through the invasion with Nyx and at the end he sacrifices himself to get the Ring of the Lucii out of the Empire's hands in hopes it reaches Noctis. After that you play as Noctis as you normally would but with the story and lore of the world told properly without it being cut into DLC's that flesh out the characters. And less outposts and more actual cities or small villages populated with NPCs to feel alive instead of an empty map with several small outposts with a handful of NPCs. This game could've been a master piece.

[@willowkaiser4036]

This game just... needed more time to bake overall

[@Sutanreyu]

So much cut content... I feel like the game was supposed to be completely different.

[@charlielainez1148]

This was my first ff game and it was my favorite one

[@markdesselle5572]

Its criminal that all of this is unused. Think of all the work that went into it just to be scrapped. Silliness. Would have given the beginning more depth.

[@Larxia]

It's not really unused as this is all in the Ardyn DLC. It's just not how we wanted it to be used