FFXVI: videos and details from the first playable demo

Expected for June 22, 2023 exclusively on PlayStation 5, Final Fantasy XVI has remained particularly mysterious since its official announcement in September 2020, despite releasing several explosive trailers. This is not in the habits of Square Enix which generally showers the press and the players with many details, multiplies the videos and the premature interviews. For the sixteenth episode of its favorite saga, the publisher contained its enthusiasm and it was on February 28, 2023 that the first impressions of the international press, as well as the first gameplay videos, were finally unveiled. In this article, I propose to summarize the essential information from the various interviews with producer Naoki Yoshida and director Hiroshi Takai.