Neato.
Neato.
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I know Tabata said that players could choose to travel by foot or by chocobo, but I wonder if you'd be able to travel through the entire game on chocoboback and have a 'classic' final fantasy playthough. =P
Most likely not as big as fans will hype it up to be, but not as small as the biggest skeptic would probably think. I hope the open world will be more inviting this time around, as I didn't find any incentive to explore the world of FFXII. A marker to let you know where the next main story advancement is would be nice. If it weren't for those I'd spend a large quantity of these open world games wandering around for hours on end.
For some reason I couldn't find an article to link you with the translation, but here's the quote. It's from the 4gamer interview.
さらに,「開発が順調に行けば,チョコボを(体験版に)入れられるかも」
He says (speaking about the demo), "Additionally, if development goes well, we might put in a chocobo." So if there are chocobos in the demo, there definitely will be in the final game.