Square should loot the corpse of its canceled Final Fantasy game

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Pour one out for fans of Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier, the free-to-play mobile-based battle royale from Square Enix is set to shut down on January 11, 2023. Support for non-English languages is due to end on October 31, meaning that, from then on, only English text will be available to players. 

Originally launched on November 17, 2021, the ambitious battle royale game served as a prequel to Final Fantasy 7 Remake, showing off the early days of the nefarious Shinra Corporation's super soldier program as seen in the Final Fantasy 7 prequel, Crisis Core — which is a getting a much-deserved remaster. 

In First Soldier, you take on the role of a Shinra operative, carrying out an elite special forces training program through the medium of Fortnite-esque battle royale combats. However, with the addition of spells, a class system, and melee combat, First Soldier did offer something of a departure from the standard formula. 

Square Enix announced that «despite all our efforts to bring you regular updates, we haven't been able to deliver the experience that we were hoping to and that you all deserve» (via Gematsu(opens in new tab)). I didn't play First Soldier, its battle royale leanings put me off, but I never like to see a game shut down. However, Square Enix may have a silver lining in terms of the lessons it can take from the First Soldier's demise.

First Soldier was ambitious in many respects and attempted to do more than just transplant the PUBG and Fortnite formula into the world of Final Fantasy 7. Though the gradually shrinking maps and vehicle spawns of more traditional Battle Royale games were alive and well.  

Though First Soldier leans heavily on the traditional third-person shooting you can expect in a mobile