When Final Fantasy XV 'finally' launches tomorrow, Tuesday November 28, you won't be able to play it straight away, as Square has put together a day one patch for the game. Looking to avoid that moniker though, it's instead calling it the Crown Update, but even that doesn't disguise the fact that it weighs in at a whopping 8GB.
This does appear to be more than bug fixes though and you'd hope so really, considering how big it is. Not all of the patch notes makes total sense yet, as we haven't got to grips with the game's mechanics and this is a translation form Japanese patch notes (via Nova Crystallis).
You can now shift forward in the field outside of battle and while walking around, Square now lets you load in your favourite music through a built in media player. The menu's gallery can now be accessed more easily, where you can see some of your triumphs during the game.
While driving the Regalia, you can now open up the menu or shopping system and it won't halt the journey when on auto-pilot.
The big data update however is the addition of new event scenes Kingsglaive and the Omen trailer, as they were too big to add to the game disk. Other minor improvements include various bug fixes, camera tweaks and changes to a number of scenarios and boss fights to make them more compelling.
Speaking of battles, here's the extensive list of tweaks there:
Added actions inspired by the "Omen" trailer produced by Digic Pictures to the game:
– "Shift (Warp) Drop Kick" (When daggers are equipped).
– "Backward Shift (Warp) Magic" (Elemental Magic Activation within a short distance).
Below are examples of Wait Mode-exclusive abilities added to Ability Call to improve the Wait Mode experience:
– Libra Speed Increase
By using Libra you can obtain information more quickly.
– Wait Gauge Recovery
The Wait Gauge will recover upon defeating an enemy.
– Surprise Attack Shift Break
When Shift Breaking to an enemy that isn’t targeting you it’s easy to destroy the targeted part.
– Final Blow Shift Break
When Shift Breaking to an enemy with less than half HP, the damage multiplier will increase.
Additional battle screen effects added to make it easier for players to understand their HP status:
– When HP is less than 25%, the whole screen will be covered by a light red filter.
– When in a pinch, the whole screen will be covered by a dark red filter.
– The Enemy Whistle will be available to use after downloading the patch. You can call monsters but they won’t always appear.
– Movement taken at the time of a MP Burst is cancelled. Trying to shift in MP Burst will cause movements to fail.
