The game's battle system, dubbed the Active Cross Battle system, is a similar spin on the real-time battle systems from the Kingdom Hearts series and Final Fantasy Type 0.
Tetsuya Nomura served as the original director and designer. In 2012, it was internally rebranded as the next mainline title and shifted to eighth generation platforms. Nomura was eventually replaced
The two main characters are Noctis Lucis Caelum, the crown prince of Lucis and the sole playable character, and Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, Noctis' fiancee and an Oracle from Tenebrae.