As part of a special edition of the program State of Play from Sony company Square Enix showed 20 minutes of gameplay of the long-awaited role-playing game Final Fantasy XVI for PlayStation 5.
The video introduces the audience to the basics of the combat system and pumping of the new RPG from Naoki Yoshida, talks about the world and shows various picturesque locations, and also demonstrates spectacular battles with ordinary opponents, bosses and eikons.
In addition, the developers confirmed that the main theme music for the game was written and performed by a popular Japanese composer and singer. Kensi Yonezu — she got the nameTsuki o Mite Ita“(“Moongazing” or “Admiring the moon”).
Yonezu may be known to you by intro song to the popular anime “Chainsaw Man” – the video for it collected almost 100 million views in 5 months.
According to Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida, Yonezu is a big fan of Final Fantasy and happily agreed to take part in the development of the game.
Introductory trailer in English:
Presentation in English:
Japanese presentation:
Fragment of a song by Kenshi Yonezu:
According to the developers, the level structure of Final Fantasy XVI was inspired by Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII. In other words, instead of the classic open world, players are waiting for a set of sequential locations, contextually intertwined.
It is noted that during the passage of the Final Fantasy XVI story campaign, players will visit various regions of Valestia. After completing business in the next location, you return to the conditional hub, offering access to merchants, blacksmiths, and certain optional content.
At the same time, players will also be able to freely return to previously explored locations from the hub. By re-visiting the levels, the developers plan to motivate the audience by adding new content — additional activities and tasks will begin to appear in the explored territories.
The game will offer both open locations with the ability to move freely across large spaces, as well as strictly linear levels. — conditional dungeons that have a clear structure with a beginning, middle and end.
Final Fantasy XVI will launch worldwide on June 22 exclusively on PlayStaiton 5. Western journalists call Final Fantasy XVI “an example of a real nextgen”.
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