After a year of waiting, “Final Fantasy XVI”, the latest masterpiece in Square Enix’s classic RPG series, has finally officially launched on the PC platform. However, producer Naoki Yoshida also called on players not to play the PC version of this game at this time Create modules that are excessively “offensive or inappropriate”. This means that the producer does not want to see players create some self-made mods that are too explicit.
In a recent interview with PC Gamer, Naoki Yoshida mentioned this, but at the same time refused to explicitly identify the types of mods he said were “offensive or inappropriate” to avoid encouraging them in return. Players deliberately do things that he and Square Enix don’t want to see happen. However, players familiar with the PC modding community seem to know exactly what kind of mod this producer is talking about.
When any game comes to the PC platform, it is likely to trigger a large wave of creation among the modding community, allowing players to modify specific aspects of the game, whether it is the appearance of characters, enemies or weapons, or to enhance the graphics of the game itself. If the game team is willing to release an officially provided module kit, players will be able to more freely create diversified game content and even create DLC scale. Large-scale mods, and in many cases, the characters in the game often derive some more exposed mod creations.
Therefore, not all game developers will encourage players to modify their own game content. Even if most of these works are purely single-player games, players will occasionally use mods in works that include online content. , for example, Capcom added anti-modification DRM to many of its games earlier this year, which caused a lot of controversy among players. However, the origin of this decision is reportedly due to a certain game of “Kombat”. The “Tornado 6” e-sports competition accidentally broadcast a scene of a character equipped with a nude module.
Although “Final Fantasy XVI” does not contain any online play content, Square Enix seems to believe that some excessive nudity modules may affect the image of the game brand itself. In any case, although Naoki Yoshida has made a clear appeal to players, it is obvious that this still does not seem to be able to completely prevent mod designers from stripping the characters in “Final Fantasy XVI” naked, even if Similar mods have yet to appear.
Currently, players can see 11 “Final Fantasy XVI” mods on the Nexus Mod website, and most of them are mods that adjust QoL factors such as game performance, UI, and fonts. As for the mods of this game What kind of development the community will have, it seems remains to be seen at this stage.
