Just to preface this, I haven't actually played Schala Ad Caelum yet, but thanks to our leaker last month I saw everything aside from the final phase of the final boss.
I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on what else was shown and if, in retrospect, the map this rendering depicts is just an early Sora model in what was intended to be a cutscene exclusive map.
I kind of love it as is. It's like the game cheekily pulling a fast one on you, especially since SDG are about as startled as the player is!
"Hey, Sora! Let's go check out the to- OH SHHHIT"
Eventually modders and so on will probably be able to look into every nook and cranny of it, but yeah. Considering how much hype there was over it with the final trailer, it is pretty sad that it's only a final boss stage.
But maybe if we end up getting DLC or a Final Mix version it'll be playable.
I honestly think this will be a world we'll see back in future titles. Scala is too big of a world to not be reutilized.
Would nice if it does come back, it's a bit populated. The idea of keyblade wielder npcs walking about and talking to each other sounds pretty cool.
Also i want some interior exploration too!
Eventually modders and so on will probably be able to look into every nook and cranny of it, but yeah.
Apparently 13th Vessel has already started doing some out of bounds videos for KH3, so hopefully there's something there.
Seconded. I'm really very curious what Zephyr and the others saw of the interior at that event.
I imagine it's the room shown in the drawing: the place where Eraqus and Xehanort played.
It was just a cutscene (not gameplay) of Sora walking up to the chessboard and seeing the pieces. It was really just a tease for the chessboard imagery (wouldn't be shown publicly for another like 6 months after this event).
I see, thanks for clarifying! It's a shame the rest of us never got to see it.