The car, your main method of transportation in Final Fantasy XV, won’t be drivable in the Episode Duscae demo, director Hajime Tabata told Polygon.
While originally planned to be drivable, Tabata said he “didn’t want people to mistake it and think ‘When did Final Fantasy become a driving game?” Rather, he wants the demo to focus more on the game’s characters and world.
“You’ll be able to experience the starting point of what an open-world Final Fantasy would potentially feel like,” Tabata said. “You’ll really be able to experience that seamless Final Fantasy world within the demo itself, but then if you play it, you’ll still really get a sense that it’s a Final Fantasy game. You’ll get that balance within the demo.”
Tabata added that they “re-thought” the demo to make it more accessible to people who know the franchise.
The Final Fantasy XV demo will be available with first-print run copies of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, which launches for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 17 in North America and March 20 in Europe.