Final Fantasy 16 trailer introduces a monstrous cast

Date:
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 23:23:13 +0000

Description:
At long last, Square Enix is showing off Final Fantasy again and they're
going deep on the game's monsters.

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Its been nearly two years since Final Fantasy 16s reveal trailer, and since then, Square Enix has kept very quiet on the details of the new games world, battle system, and, well, everything really.

In the new trailer for Final Fantasy 16 , we get a good look at a few of the RPGs Eikons summoned monsters that can fight alongside you, or against you and how they feature in the games action-focused battle system.

See it all in action in the new trailer below:

Theres a supporting blog post for the trailer on Sonys blog, and it gives a little context to what you see in the video.

In Final Fantasy 16, Eikons will play a big part in the story. These summoned creatures will feature in combat but, naturally, also impact the world of Valisthea, where the action takes place.

The Eikons revealed in the trailer are Phoenix, Titan, Garuda, Ramuh, Shiva, Odin, Bahamut, and Ifrit. Each of them is a powerful creature that has a
suite of different abilities, strengths, and weaknesses.

In the blog post, Final Fantasy 16s developers give a little background to
the characters controlling the Eikons. Permanent Economic Adviser Hugo Kupka, once a nameless foot soldier in the Republican Army, his awakening as
Dominant of the Eikon Titan thrust him to the forefront of Dhalmekian politics. In that position of power, hes skimming off the top of his people and directing the will of the people. Titan is the big lad in the trailer,
the one who looks like he could be nine feet tall.

Meanwhile, one of the other Eikons, Garuda, is under the control of Benedikta Harman. Shes on a mission to find a second Eikon of fire and youll join her
on this quest playing as Clive Rosfield. Harman apparently turned her talent for swordplay and subterfuge into a command of Waloeds elite intelligencers.

Also on show in the trailer is an extremely active battle system. Ill confess Im not a keen Final Fantasy player, so in my mind, they're still largely turn-based games (I know thats not been the case for a while), but even I was surprised by how freeform the battles on show in the trailer appeared to be. It will be interesting to see Square Enix reveal more of how combat in Final Fantasy 16 will work.

However, well have a while to wait to get our hands on the game, as Final Fantasy 16 wont be out until summer 2023. Want more Sony news? Here are all
of the major announcements from tonight's State of Play.



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