Next project will be a “paradigm shift”




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The next game from the makers of “Final Fantasy 16” should look completely different. Square Enix's localization officer spoke about this.





The next game shouldn't be as dark as “Final Fantasy 16”.


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Behind the development of “Final Fantasy 16” is the organizational unit Creative Business Unit 3. What the developers working there have in mind next was explained by Michael-Cristopher Koji Fox in an interview with MinnMax. This is Square Enix's localization representative.

A contrast to Final Fantasy 16

According to Koji Fox, the team in charge has finished with the dark fantasy genre. Therefore, the upcoming project should be “light-hearted” and represent a “complete paradigm shift” to the action RPG with Clive.

With “Final Fantasy 16”, Square Enix has already managed to reach the target group of the RPG series rejuvenate. Significantly more teenagers and young adults in their 20s have played the action role-playing game.

Furthermore, he shared: The script for the 16th “Final Fantasy” part was written in Japanese and later translated into English. The staff then went through every single line to ensure the author's intention. The feeling of a medieval drama, inspired by TV series such as “Game of Thrones” and “The Last Kingdom”, should be conveyed.

Players are currently busy with “The Rising Tide” DLC. We have described our impressions of this in the article linked below:



The download extension costs 19.99 euros. If you would like to have the previously released DLC “Echoes of the Fallen” as well, you can buy the expansion pass for 24.99 euros.

The PC version can also be expected in the foreseeable future. In addition, the team is thinking other platforms as Yoshi-P recently announced.

Further news about Final Fantasy XVI.



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