A Final Fantasy XIII-2 sequel is definitely something that the developers would love to do, according to a new interview with producer Kitase and director Toriyama.
After an interesting discussion on how they view Final Fantasy XIII as more Western in the sense of drama and linear storytelling (they relate it to Call of Duty) instead of the typical Western-RPG, which is more freeform with open choice, the two FF big-shots are finally asked about the possibility of a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII.
“In the past three years we worked both on the world and on the various systems. Creating these systems isn’t very glamorous and can frankly be a bit boring. If we could do a XIII-2, we could direct all our attention to the story and refine what we have already built.”
“We do not know if there will be a XV. This depends a lot on the success of XIII. Also, it is difficult to pinpoint elements that are typical Final Fantasy. They are mostly invisible: part of the DNA of the game, that everyone recognizes as typical Final Fantasy. But if there is a XV, I hope the way we wrote our characters carries over. We strived to create believable people of flesh and blood. They are not robots. And they are not super heroes. I hope this humanity is something we will see again.”
Read the entire short Final Fantasy XIII interview for more on their thoughts.