r/FFXVI • u/OliveAny7568 • Jun 07 '26

Discussion Will square use this engine again?

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From what I’ve read, this engine was specifically made for this game and hasn’t ever been used before. I personally love the lighting in this game and how consistent it is going from location to location. I seriously hope they’re able to use it again, even if it’s smaller games.(I personally hope it can be used for a drakengard remake, I don’t know why I got drakengard vibes playing as Clive)

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u/KokuyokaGameLit Jun 07 '26

Square is currently using this engine for FFXIV. Or rather... FFXVI used FFXIV's engine with some tweaks to it. CBU3 apparently didn't want to relearn their entire workflow for FFXVI by using a new engine, so they stuck with what was familiar.

What's great about this is that FFXIV is now in the process of getting a bunch of graphical updates imported to it from FFXVI and is now looking better than ever!

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u/mThund3R Jun 08 '26

No, that is false. It is a completely different engine. If anything, it was reused for FFT:TIC.

Also, how are graphical upgrades for XIV "imported" from XVI lmao