The gameplay features an open world environment and makes use of the Active X Battle system, a real time battle system.
Its prominent themes are friendship, destiny, and legacy. Final Fantasy XV aims to examine its characters' humanity and place them in a more realistic setting than most Final Fantasy games. It focuses on Noctis Lucis Caelum, a prince from the kingdom of Lucis who fights to reclaim his throne and must go on to fulfill a greater destiny. The story is told over the course of 15 chapters. Final Fantasy XV is the first action role-playing game in the main series, and the first single-player Final Fantasy game to be released with the 'games as a service' model, receiving numerous free updates as well as paid DLC and seasonal events. It was directed by Hajime Tabata, but began development under Tetsuya Nomura as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, who provided character designs for the main cast and concepts for the would be main title, with the soundtrack composed by Yoko Shimomura.
The game was released worldwide on Novemfor the PlayStation 4 (supporting PlayStation 4 Pro, but optimized for the standard version ) and Xbox One, and later Maon PC as the Windows Edition. Final Fantasy XV is the fifteenth main installment in the main Final Fantasy series.