In the race to satisfy their bottom line, video game companies have been going a tad overboard with preorder incentives, and Square-Enix has just pushed the envelope with Final Fantasy XV. They put up the trailers for their preorder DLC content today, and there are a Malboro-choking SIXTEEN of them.
This, however, doesn’t mean you have to preorder FFXV sixteen times to get everything….many of these trailers show material from the same packs. The actual number of separation is more like four or five across different retailers. Which is still too much.
For those of us who won’t be preordering this game at all, can you live without most of this DLC? It would appear so. The majority of it is cosmetic: recolors, alternate weapons, different themes, etc. The only one that truly looks different and preorder-worthy is “A King’s Tale,” which gives you an entire extra game: a 2-D sidescrolling beat-em-up starring Noctis’s dad. To get it you have to preorder with Gamestop.
Usually material offered as preorder freebies turns up later as paid DLC content, and though Square hasn’t confirmed this for FFXV, we see no reason to assume otherwise. If you really want that recolored Cindymobile, there’ll be another way. Below is the full list of trailers, compiled by Gematsu. Final fantasy XV comes out November 29.
- Preorder DLC: “Angler Set”
PlayStation Store, Xbox Game Store, or Ultimate Collector’s Edition - Preorder DLC: “Camera Kit (Camera Body and Lens)”
Amazon US or Ultimate Collector’s Edition - Preorder DLC: “Gourmand Set (Two Types of Rare Cooking Ingredients)”
Amazon US or Ultimate Collector’s Edition - Preorder DLC: “Outfit: Royal Raiment”
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Collector’s Edition - Preorder DLC: “Recolor: 16-Bit Buddies”
PlayStation Store and Xbox Games Store - Preorder DLC: “Recolor: Cindymobile”
Square Enix Online Store in North America - Preorder DLC: “Recolor: Gold Chocobo”
Amazon US - Preorder DLC: “Recolor: Platinum Leviathan”
Deluxe Edition or Ultimate Collector’s Edition - Preorder DLC: “Theme: Big Bang”
PlayStation Store - Preorder DLC: “Travel Pack (Fuel Ticket and Hotel)”
Amazon US or Ultimate Collector’s Edition - Preorder DLC: “Weapon: Blazefire Saber (Final Fantasy XIII)”
Amazon US - Preorder DLC: “Weapon: Gae Bolg (Final Fantasy XIV)”
Amazon US
- Preorder DLC: “Weapon: Mage Mashers (Final Fantasy IX)”
Amazon US - Preorder DLC: “Weapon: Masamune (Final Fantasy XV)”
All pre-orders - Preorder DLC: “Xbox One Avatars: Noctis Costumes and Carbuncle Pet”
Xbox Games Store - Preorder Game: “A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV”
GameStop and EB Games