Final Fantasy means different things to people. Has the response been universally positive? Of course not. Now, mere days after the long-awaited second trailer’s debut at another State of Play, the Final Fantasy fandom has been given a heartier meal’s worth of fresh information to pick apart like the rabid audience we are. It was an appetizer that would need to keep us satiated for longer than we would have liked but of all the reasons for a prolonged wait, “a global pandemic” is pretty indisputably a solid one. Steel clashed with steel on the ground, eclipsed by the iconic summons Shiva and Titan duking it out like kaiju in the skies above. Chocobo-mounted knights took to the field on behalf of their kingdoms. In that way, it didn’t feel like Cocoon’s long shadow was truly behind us.Ī few months later, the world got its first taste of the future when September 2020’s PlayStation State of Play gave us an inaugural glimpse of Final Fantasy XVI. But for all its narrative alterations, Remake is a partial retelling of a story that is far older than Fabula. The arrival of Final Fantasy VII Remake two years ago was a breath of fresh air the game is every bit a major production with all the bells and whistles that make this franchise stand out so brilliantly in the eyes of millions. FFXV was a single-game affair - a divisive 2016 blockbuster four-bro rodeo that closed the curtains on “one myth, countless stories.” The Lightning saga lived long enough to directly influence Final Fantasy XV, itself a re-imagined spin on one of Fabula’s promised tales. But the fal’Cie, the l’Cie, you see, they’re done and dusted, one and all. We’re decades removed from simple world maps players today demand far more detailed settings. I’ll also spend some time musing over the shape of XVI’s world and how its designers may have gone about transforming such scale into something feasible to program in this modern age of RPGs. Future parts will spend more time checking out that gorgeous recent State of Play trailer, first from a narrative and thematic perspective and later through a bunch of scribbled thoughts on combat and other potential gameplay features.įor now, however, I will tilt my Dominant gaze toward some thoughts on the development team behind Square Enix’s next Final Fantasy’s next big thing. Co-stars include whatever brand of coffee I’m drinking as I write these articles.Įvery week, I’ll be taking an extended look at specific aspects of FFXVI as we presently know it. Welcome to the first chapter of a three-part weekly series starring Final Fantasy XVI.
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