Final Fantasy 16 releases next Summer
Square Enix has unveiled a new Final Fantasy 16 trailer at PlayStation State of Play, revealing that the new game is set to release Summer 2023.
The trailer starts with with another peep at the upcoming RPG's grandiose summons, which include Ifrit, Garuda, Shiva, and Ramuh. We then get more teases of the game's story, with protagonist Clive and the gang seemingly caught between nations at war, which is certain to weigh heavy on the young protagonist's shoulders.
We also got our best glimpse of the game's combat yet. We see plenty of shots of Clive hacking and slashing his way through foes. While Final Fantasy 7 Remake offers a more hybrid approach to real-time and action-based combat, it looks like Final Fantasy 16 will be sticking to its guns on the latter for now.
Fans have certainly been anticipating the fresh gameplay snippet for a while now. Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida previously revealed that the new trailer was essentially done back in May and that it would be with us “soon”. Yoshida admitted that certain factors caused the trailer to be delayed, though everything seems to be dandy now.
Aside from the delay, we also haven’t seen much of Final Fantasy 16 since Square Enix revealed it in September, 2020. There have been plenty of murmurings to pique our interest, though. Fans reckon Devil May Cry 5’s combat lead is working on this one, which makes sense as we know that Ryota Suzuki was hired to an unknown role at Square Enix before Final Fantasy 16 was unveiled. Looking at the trailer, they may certainly be right.
RPGSite (opens in new tab)also reports that Yoshida has also pointed to God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn as the sorts of games he’s “frustrated” Square Enix isn’t making. You can see why
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