Square Enix has released the complete (I use that term loosely) edition of Final Fantasy XV. Dubbed Royal Edition, the game includes the core game along with previously released DLC since the launch of the original game last year. Additionally, PC players can finally experience the latest number FF game as Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition is also now available.
Here’s a handy list of added content in the Royal and Windows Edition:
- Expanded Map: Insomnia City Ruins featuring all-new side quests and enemies
- Fully-controllable Royal Vessel boat expanding the world of Eos allowing players to explore the area between Cape Caem and Altissia.
- A new accessory that can activate the new action “Armiger Unleashedâ€
- New first-person camera mode
- More than a dozen pieces of downloadable content* including weapons, Regalia car skins and item sets
- All current season pass content: Episode Gladiolus, Episode Prompto, Episode Ignis and Multiplayer expansion which requires internet connection (obviously) and a Xbox Live/PSN+ subscription
- Cosmogony stories scattered throughout the in-game world allowing players to discover more about local myths and legends
- New quest rewarding players with a strengthen Regalia Type-D
- New trophies/achievements
If you picked up the original game with the Season pass, all additional content on the Royal Edition is available on the Xbox Store and Playstation Store.
PC owners who decide to pick up the Windows Edition can look forward to:
- High-resolution options and visuals compatible with native 4K (3840 x 2160), graphical options can also be configured to support up to 8K
- HDR 10 support
- Mod Support
- Tobii Eyetracking Integration
- AlienFX Integration which features lighting effects tied directly to in-game action on Alienware peripherals
Furthermore, Square Enix released a free update for the multiplayer expansion which brings the following:
- Comrades Quest (Beginner – Intermediate): Players can now earn exclusive avatar items through a new Comrades Quest where they take control of Noctis, Gladiolus, Prompto and Ignis and complete a thrilling series of Escort, Defense, and Hunt quests in medley form
- Chocobo Breeding (Intermediate – Advanced): Up to 10 wild chocobos can now be raised, used to develop new power routes and pitted against ferocious foes at the Caem Colosseum after a sequence of events at Cape Caem are completed
- Royal Sigils (Advanced – Master): Players can now unlock an extremely challenging multiplayer quest after completing a sequence of events at Galdin Quay and collecting the six remaining Royal Sigils
- Hidden Harbor: A new outpost is now unlocked after completing a sequence of events at Galdin Quay, functioning as a “mini-Lestallum†complete with Mission HQ, Power Station, Glaive Barracks, a Remodeling Station and new Chocobo Stables. The new mini-outpost Norduscaen Garrison can also be unlocked
- Higher Avatar Character Level Cap From Level 50 to Level 99
- Higher Weapon Level Cap – *From Level 99 to Level 120 (requiring special Meteorite component)
- Ability to Dismantle Armaments – *Available after obtaining the Engine Schematics
- New Guest Chefs at Camp Including Libertus, Gentiana, Cor, Aranea and Iris
- Exchange Gil for Meteorshards *- Visit Navyth at a certain outpost
- New Hunt, Escort and Defense Quests
- New Armaments, Weapon Abilities, Remodeling Components
- New Avatar Items m odeled after FFXV familiar faces
