[STEAM] Final Fantasy 16 Producer Asks Fans Not to Make 'Offensive or Inappropriate' Mods Upon PC Release

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producer Naoki Yoshida has asked fans to please not make "offensive or inappropriate" mods upon the game's PC release tomorrow, September 17.

Yoshida wouldn't comment on any specific mods he wants to see in Final Fantasy 16 in an interview with

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, though made clear what he doesn't want to see.

"If we said, 'it'd be great if someone made X, Y, Z,' it might come across as a request, so I'll avoid mentioning any specifics here," Yoshida said. "The only thing I will say is that we definitely don't want to see anything offensive or inappropriate, so please don't make or install anything like that."

Mods allow players to create custom content for games, often resulting in incredibly useful gameplay changes such as the ability to

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Due to the nature of the internet, however, many mods are also, as Yoshida put it, "offensive or inappropriate." While cheating is one thing,

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in November 2023 that "there are a number of mods that are offensive to public order and morals" which cause damage to the property itself.

Final Fantasy 16 arrives on PC after lots of back and forth from developer Square Enix. The original reveal trailer

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and while

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, its status as a PlayStation 5 exclusive was brought into question again in November 2022 when an advertisement for the PS5's DualSense controller said

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. "Nobody said a word about a PC version releasing," he said, incorrectly. "Why is it like a PC version is releasing six months later? Don't worry about that, buy a PS5. Sorry, I went overboard. We did our best, so please look forward to it."

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but "the PC version will not come out in half a year." This is because the team wouldn't be able to start development until the PS5 version launched in June that year.

Finally, however,

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, with the aforementioned September 17 release date. This came after

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alongside other PlayStation exclusives including Foamstars and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, prompting a shift to

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Yoshida made clear in August that

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following this change in strategy, while Final Fantasy 16 director Hiroshi Takai said

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, IGN said: "Final Fantasy 16 is certainly a departure from what fans may expect out of a Final Fantasy game, but its excellent story, characters, and world building are right up there with the best the series has to offer."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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