The DioField Chronicle Strategy Game Confirms Release Date

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Square Enix, famous for game franchises like Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, has finally announced the release date for its newest strategy RPG game, The DioField Chronicle. It released the information in a The DioField Chronicle trailer that was posted on the official Square Enix YouTube account.

The DioField Chronicle was first announced during a presentation by Sony that laid out upcoming games for the PlayStation consoles. It is a tactical strategy RPG, with gameplay similar to titles like XCOM and Fire Emblem, but with what Square Enix calls a «Real-Time Tactical Battle» system that looks more similar to real-time strategy RPG combat.

Square Enix Reveals New Strategy Game The DioField Chronicle

The release date trailer is only two and a half minutes long but showcases a mix of cinematics, gameplay, and character art from the game. The gameplay shows some of the strategic user interface, with the character walking to a map table in third-person perspective. Then they select the table, which prompts a zoom into the map where they proceed to select a mission to play. After that, the trailer shows some in-game combat, with the player issuing commands and using unit abilities to outflank and destroy the enemy forces. Art of the main characters and their names are shown, and at the end, the release date is revealed: September 22, 2022.

Although at first glance the combat seems similar to turn-based tactical strategy games, the trailer seems to show that it acts more similarly to RPGs like Pillars of Eternity, where combat happens in real-time, but players have access to a pause that allows for attacks, movement, and abilities to be queued. The mission selection does seem to lean more towards XCOM, but the abilities and user