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Gamers have been waiting to play Final Fantasy XV for a long time, but a chance to sample the gameplay is coming soon. A downloadable demo for the next numbered Final Fantasy will be available in 2015, and lets players see some opening sections of the game in action.

Square Enix is calling the demo Episode Duscae, and though it focuses on the early parts of the game, some elements of the progression have been altered in order to make it more suitable for a demo experience.

Some players will be able to get Episode Duscae for free thanks to a voucher included with Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, which releases on March 17 in North America. A representative from Square Enix could not confirm that the demo will be available the exact same day as Type-0 HD, but it will be coming to both PS4 and Xbox One when it does release.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/09/17/final-fantasy-xv-demo-episode-duscae.aspx

 

[wmlk]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/09/17/final-fantasy-xv-demo-episode-duscae.aspx

excite~!

 

[jbug617]

there we go.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Square Enix is calling the demo Episode Duscae

Of course they are.

 

[omnislayer]

Wut. Is this real life?

 

[Exentryk]

Holy Shit!

 

[Mr.Marston]

WHAT!?

 

[Coffee Dog]

Hopefully its as cherrypicked and misleading as the FFXIII demo!

 

[Wilsongt]

kljadfja;djfalsdj

STEALTH TYPE-0 RELEASE DATE!

 

[Mr. RPG]

Please be excited for the game's release in 2016.

 

[Rabbit Clock]

Early 2016 then? No? Of course not.

Hopefully its as cherrypicked and misleading as the FFXIII demo!

The XIII demo was a run through a straight corridor. How is that misleading?

 

[Skilletor]

And with this I get on THE MOTHERFUCKING HYPE TRAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

 

[entremet]

They really need to get a release down.

 

[Antilurker77]

A representative from Square Enix could not confirm that the demo will be available the exact same day as Type-0 HD

So it's never coming out.

Spoiler

/s

 

[RespectThySole]

Boom?

 

[Vidpixel]

A demo in 2015 for a game announced in 2006.

 

[kuroneko0509]

:O :O :O :O :O

 

[jonno394]

One more reason to buy 0-HD

 

[burnfout]

This game excists huh?

 

[Sn4ke_911]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

 

[Nibel]

YAAAAAAAAAS!

Is this a first for a FF game?

 

[Mr. RPG]

I swear. This game better not play like Kingdom Hearts. I swear Nomura. I freaking swear.

Spoiler

It's going to be a Kingdom Hearts clone isn't it..?

 

[Raitosaito]

Going to be like the 13 demo in japan where everyone is disappointed.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

 

[JayEH]

Woah, it lives.

 

[Zalman]

WHAT

 

[aember]

Some players will be able to get Episode Duscae for free thanks to a voucher included with Final Fantasy Type-0 HD,

So it's like the Resident Evil 6 demo included with copies of Dragon's Dogma?
I'm okay with this as long as they don't put a sticker or whatever that takes up a chunk of the box indicating the demo voucher.

IIRC that demo was also available only 3 or so months after the game [Dragon's Dogma] launched.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Some players will be able to get Episode Duscae for free thanks to a voucher included with Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, which releases on March 17 in North America.

I do not like the sound of this.

 

[watershed]

That's kind of cool. So we can look forward to a demo of a game in development since May 2006 in March of 2015, maybe.

 

[Josh with a J]

I'll believe when I'm playing it. I've been hurt too much by this game already.

 

[Mr. RPG]

YAAAAAAAAAS!

Is this a first for a FF game?

No. Dragon Quest VIII included a Final Fantasy XII demo.

 

[Blooddimond]

Wat.
WAT

 

[KZObsessed]

Omfg

 

[Citizen_Insane]

FUCK. YES.

 

[Bladenic]

This better not be the only thing we get titled Final Fantasy 15 in 2015...

 

[Hamlet]

YAAAAAAAAAS!

Is this a first for a FF game?

There was a Final Fantasy XIII demo bundled with the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Bluray.

 

[Tailzo]

Going to be like the 13 demo in japan where everyone is disappointed.

What did that demo show?

 

[Skilletor]

YAAAAAAAAAS!

Is this a first for a FF game?

Nope.

7 had a demo with Tobal.
8 had a demo with Brave Fencer Musashi.
12 had a demo in the Playstation Mag, IIRC.
13 had a demo with Advent Children Complete.

 

[SaintGalgo]

Some players will be able to get Episode Duscae for free thanks to a voucher included with Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, which releases on March 17 in North America

Wait a second...

 

[ZeroX03]

Some players will be able to get Episode Duscae for free thanks to a voucher included with Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

Paid demo with a stupid name. You're all class, SE.

That release date seems nice though.

 

[wmlk]

I do not like the sound of this.

Paid demo, or you get the demo with a full game at a premium.

Sounds good to me. Just what everyone wanted.

 

[jabuseika]

Guys, all we're getting is a Demo...

 

[Trickster]

The demo will actually be all they've created so far

 

[HeelPower]

My heart..

omg I couldn't believe this..

 

[johnsavage]

 

[Ganon Dragmire]

hahaha

 

[duckroll]

Oh, looks like an announcement has been made early!

 

[Wilsongt]

From the XV thread, this was tucked in there.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/09/17/final-fantasy-xv-demo-episode-duscae.aspx

Some players will be able to get Episode Duscae for free thanks to a voucher included with Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, which releases on March 17 in North America. A representative from Square Enix could not confirm that the demo will be available the exact same day as Type-0 HD, but it will be coming to both PS4 and Xbox One when it does release.

 

[Prompto]

Yes!

 

[Diprosalic]

Final Fantasy XV Demo Coming In 2015 or as SE will call it Final Fantasy XV.