Nomura further stated that while the game's roster is not particularly massive, playable characters will go beyond the four shown in the image below. The game's battle system will limit your party members to three, and although in the beginning the game your party members will be chosen by the game you will eventually be able to freely swap members in and out.

The other characters aside from Noctis will each have their own specialties. Of the four shown above, Nomura revealed that the one with the glasses to the far right will light his surroundings on fire whenever he uses magic. Nomura also revealed that he and character with the arm band are Noctis' childhood friends.

The one with the gun at the far left is the only character that can switch to an aiming mode. All of them can equip guns, but whenever that particular character is equipped with a gun, players can switch to a third-person view mode for easier aiming. Incidentally, he's th newest member of Noctis' group.

Noctis and his crew can also just outright steal enemy mechs and tanks by killing their pilots. There are a number of vehicles players can ride like cars, airships, and chocobos, but when it comes to stealing them Noctis and his friends stick to army vehicles.

Speaking further on the game's combat mechanics, Nomura warned players that even when you are not directly engaged in combat the game's real time system will force you to be on the lookout at all times. Moving around will sometimes trigger either enemy attacks or non-combat real time events.

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