Final Fantasy XVI Patch Adds Motion Blur and Camera Options

Square Enix released a Final Fantasy XVI patch that allows people to adjust the degree of motion blur in the game and keep the camera from following players’ movements. These are two of the most notable requested features that made it into 1.03. While there’s no keybinding, there are also three new control schemes in the options.

Both the Final Fantasy XVI motion blur and camera options are in the Main Menu’s System section. The new possibilities allow you get rid of motion blur entirely, if someone wishes. It can also be toned down. As for the camera options, you can now opt into whether it follows players’ attacks or movements. and its general sensitivity.

Here are the full Final Fantasy XVI patch notes for 1.03.

Adds the following items to the System tab of the Main Menu:

• Motion Blur Strength
  • Allows the player to adjust the strength of the motion blur effect when the character or camera is in motion. The default setting is the maximum of 5. This can be lowered to reduce the strength of the motion blur effect, or set to 0 to turn it off completely.
• Player Follow (Movement)
• Player Follow (Attack)

• Turning these settings off prevents the camera from automatically following the player while moving and attacking respectively

Changes the maximum setting of the Camera Sensitivity (Horizontal) and Camera Sensitivity (Vertical) items from 10 to 20.

Adds three new controller layouts: type D, E, and F.

Corrects an issue that affected the stability of some menus.

Corrects some text issues.

Adds the hashtag #FF16 when sharing screenshots or video clips on Twitter or YouTube.

Final Fantasy XVI is available for the PlayStation 5, and there is a demo out now too. There is a six-month exclusivity period.