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If you’re as intrigued about Final Fantasy XVI’s story as I’m, you’ll be joyful to know there’s a brand new four-minute trailer that dives deep into the characters and world-building behind Square Enix’s subsequent massive JRPG. The geopolitics are fraught, the results are ruthless and bloody, and the magic powers are very, very mysterious. The palace intrigue is giving me main Game of Thrones vibes. Also the crystals are god rattling big.
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Final Fantasy XVI, a PlayStation 5-exclusive out subsequent 12 months, takes place on the planet of Valisthea which is coming into its “twilight.” Natural sources are failing and warfare is brewing, threatening to plunge rival nations into chaos. How issues prove will probably be on the mercy of Dominants, fundamental characters that glow bizarre colours, and Eikons, acquainted summons like Ifrit and Bahamut that the Dominants can rework into. Although it’s loads to soak up, all of it continues to really feel very a lot in keeping with the return to among the conventional tropes of the sooner medieval Final Fantasy video games.
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FINAL FANTASY XVI “AMBITION”
Here’s’ a fast overview of the nations that make up Valisthea:
Grand Duchy of Rosaria, “bastion of tradition”Holy Empire of Sanbreque, “where ambition is divine”Dhalmekian Republic, “whose fortunes shift with the desert’s sands”Iron Kingdom, “forged in faith and fear”Kingdom of Waloed, “indomitable in its isolation”
The fundamental sport revolves across the prince of Rosaria, Clive Rosefield, whose dad brutally bites it halfway via the trailer. Square Enix additionally revealed Dion Lesage, prince of Sanbreque, aka the evil empire, who’s the Dominant that controls Bahamut, and Barnabas Tharmr, the warrior from Waloed who controls Odin. And per the trailer, he completely fucks.
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While I’m not totally offered on the sport’s artwork path and music, which doesn’t really feel almost wild and moody sufficient to me to be a brand new mainline Final Fantasy, the lore appears thick and the fight, revealed beforehand, continues to appear like an awesome mixture of real-time mechanics and JRPG number-crunching. Final Fantasy producer Naoki Yoshida beforehand mentioned the collection was struggling to adapt to trendy tendencies, however it looks like Final Fantasy XVI is shaping up properly up to now.
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The sport has already gone via a minimum of one massive delay because of covid, and plenty of beforehand hoped it’d arrive someday earlier than the tip of the 12 months. It’s now focusing on summer season 2023 for launch. In a message to followers put out alongside the brand new trailer, director Hiroshi Takai mentioned the event staff has turned a nook and entered the final stretch of manufacturing, specializing in debugging and “final adjustments.”