FF16 Devs Reportedly Once Worked On Bloodborne-esque Multiplayer Game
A Bloodborne-esque co-op game was reportedly in the works under Naoki Yoshida before his team began the development of the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XVI. This news surfaces as FF16 moves closer to completion, with a new trailer set to release soon.
Naoki Yoshida, known as Yoshi-P, was previously the producer for Square Enix's beloved MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. He remained at the helm of the game as a producer throughout its many expansions. Yoshi-P's plentiful career also includes director credits on multiple entries in the Dragon Quest series. Most recently, he was tasked as the producer on Square Enix's long-awaited next entry in the legendary RPG franchise Final Fantasy. In the game's reveal trailer, Final Fantasy XVI was announced as an exclusive for the PlayStation 5. Based on its reveal, Final Fantasy XVI seems to be returning to a dark fantasy setting reminiscent of classic titles in the series' legacy.
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Chris J Capel of PCGamesN reported on a translation of a column in Famitsu from Naoki Yoshida. Within this column, Yoshida states that before development began on Final Fantasy XVI, and even before Final Fantasy XIV, he was working on another game alongside other leads at Square Enix. Yoshida revealed that his game was comparable to Bloodborne; Final Fantasy XVI director Hiroshi Takai supports this claim, saying the game "had the same weapons and guns, and it was in Gothic style." Takai notes that the game was not an RPG but would have featured fully asymmetrical multiplayer, similar to Dead By Daylight. Development of the game eventually halted, and the game's leads were assigned to work on Final Fantasy.
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