FFXV's Airship is a Carship?

It's almost so utterly ridiculous that it's fantastically brilliant.

It all makes sense how they were able to get an airship implemented so quickly.

It's so a batmobile.

They're doing their best at making this game a typical man's wet dream, aren't they? A bro road trip, cool looking dudes with sunglasses, a freaking carship...

The only question is: is this the only one you get or is this like The Tiny Bronco and it'll be shot down at some point and you replace it with the Highwind?

It's pretty cool though. I expect you'll have full control over the damn thing as well, like you do the car. And we saw a boat too. A very creative solution to the problem they faced!

There might very well be an 'upgrade' to the carship. That would have precedent. I would also expect a fuel system, to make sure that you can't just abuse the flight system and fly around everywhere. You might end up using more fuel flying than regular driving.

There's a possibility that the car only become's a carship after Cidney has spent time hammering away at it.

Originally Posted by Formalhaut

There's a possibility that the car only become's a carship after Cidney has spent time hammering away at it.

Yeah, I definitely don't think it starts out as a carship. Most of the time it looks like a regular car in the trailers, in that final scene it's all wide and bulgy before the wings even start folding out. I expect it to be a relatively late game thing as per most FF games; just something to help with all the backtracking and optional exploration.

Originally Posted by Fox

Originally Posted by Formalhaut

There's a possibility that the car only become's a carship after Cidney has spent time hammering away at it.

Yeah, I definitely don't think it starts out as a carship. Most of the time it looks like a regular car in the trailers, in that final scene it's all wide and bulgy before the wings even start folding out. I expect it to be a relatively late game thing as per most FF games; just something to help with all the backtracking and optional exploration.

That makes sense. In most Final Fantasy games, especially the later ones, the airship is very much a later game invention. Heck, FFX's airship is pretty much designed to help you backtrack (which in this case, is pretty much dark aeons and Jecht spheres).

This is honestly awesome like I can't think of a downside to this.

What about the boat though?

I BET THIS IS AN APRIL FOOLS

The really solved the airship problem in a very elegant way. I'm quite pleased with the route they took with this and that after all these years we are finally getting an actual ariship to fly around the world map in a FF title.

- It is seamless, no loading screen or view change while entering into airship mode. Reminds me of how planes work in GTAV which is a plus

- It integrates neatly into game mechanics already in place with the car and how you tune it up.

- It avoids a common issue previous FF with airships had where after a certain point in the game you end up no longer needing previous vehicles after you got the airship. This avoids the car becoming redundant.

- They also, I'm guessing here, found a neat way to get over the altitude stumbling block that they would have to address had they choosen to go with a more traditional airship. The car doesn't needs to fly that high and the player won't expect it to, so it will feel natural.

Overall, I am looking forward to seeing more footage of it in action. It looks very cool.

Originally Posted by Formalhaut

They're doing their best at making this game a typical man's wet dream, aren't they? A bro road trip, cool looking dudes with sunglasses, a freaking carship...

All FF 15 needs now is Noct and his bro-gang around a warm BBQ while drinking some beer, while they chat about sports.

Leaked images from when Luna joins your party later in the game.

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Dammit FFXV, you were so close to being somewhat respectful but damn it... Of course this is still not the weirdest thing FF has done.

Roads? Where we're going we don't need... roads.

It really does look like the Batmobile

Could be interesting I suppose

i expect it will only fly short range and low altitude, i'm still expecting the real Airship via free DLC later...

Originally Posted by Elly

i expect it will only fly short range and low altitude, i'm still expecting the real Airship via free DLC later...

Definitely. Final airship yet to be revealed!