Final Fantasy XV's first story DLC will feature a familiar face for classic FF fans

There will be much to talk about in the coming months as Final Fantasy XV rolls out its promised paid downloadable content. The first of these, “Episode Gladiolus,” is set to focus on a full-blown action game aesthetic.

Aside from a few concept pieces details have been sparse, however, new information found in a special guide might have let slip a key element fans can look forward to.

According to a report by VG247, a special book that was handed out to streamers and other fans contains a spread of pages detailing the game’s downloadable content as well as comments by DLC producer Haruyoshi Sawatari beyond what he was able to say to us in our brief interview back in October.

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In the book Sawatari says, “The player confronts an enemy called Gilgamesh, who can only be seen in Episode Gladio.” For those that have played the main game, there’s a key moment this content seems to fit into. At one point during the course of the story Gladiolus drops from your party to take care of business on his own, returning more battle damaged than before. It’s very convenient.

Gilgamesh has been all over the series and is something of a fan favorite. He first appeared in FF5, but has also shown up in the likes of FF12, FF13-2, FF14 and even the Game Boy Advance remakes of FF4 and FF6. 

The book also notes that DLC will also feature new areas beyond what we’ve seen with FF15's open world section of Lucis. In Episode Gladio, for example, you’ll be able to go into areas that can’t be entered in the main game. Sawatari stresses the content currently in development is meant to “bring the FF15 world closer to the player, in greater depth” and will “truly blow your mind.”

Final Fantasy XV‘s current slate of downloadable content includes character episodes, online co-op, holiday items and others bundled in a Season Pass. Each character episode will focus on the core of Noctis’ friends – Gladiolus, Ignis and Prompto, along with an online multiplayer function available in the future.

Square Enix also plans on releasing a number of free updates for the game, including additional story sequences, playable characters and difficulty adjustments through a recent roadmap published online.

[Adapted from a story on our sister site, Nova Crystallis.]