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Final Fantasy XVI has a new trailer called AMBITION
Square Enix is back on track with its main saga in FFXVI, the long-awaited return to a medieval fantasy that looks more spectacular with each new trailer.
Final Fantasy XVI improves with each passing trailer and months before its release, the game already gives the feeling of being one of the clear candidates for the best of 2023. Square Enix released a video titled AMBITION which introduces us to the world in which this installment will be set, Valisthea, and the different medieval houses that battle for power, money, and glory. But in doing so, what the company is really showing is its own ambition with FFXVI. That of its graphics, its new combat system, its plot, and the beautiful and huge world in which it seems to be set.
Coinciding with the release of the trailer above, the game's director, Hiroshi Takai, said that "the team has turned its full attention to debugging and final adjustments. Now that things are starting to come together, the game is sizing up to be something truly special." Full steam ahead for a Final Fantasy XVI in the final stages of development and scheduled for summer 2023.
Final Fantasy XVI debuts combat system
Six years have passed since Final Fantasy XV and the hype for this sixteenth installment has already crossed all the layers of the atmosphere. Among all the details we know about the game, the one that stands out the most is undoubtedly its new combat system, which always used to be the focus of debate within the saga. FF XVI will not return to the turn-based fights of the originals but will bet on hack-and-slash style action. The best example of what we can expect is given by Ryota Suzuki, the person responsible for this area, who in turn is responsible for the combat of games like Devil May Cry 5 or Dragon's Dogma. That's nothing. But the purists should not be alarmed because Suzuki has also promised a neat skill tree with different ways to develop the heroes.
As for the story, Final Fantasy XVI takes us to the world of Valisthea, region of the Crystals, strange precious stones whose influence allows the locals to master magic and enjoy a prosperous and long life. Or at least it had been so until now when great developed powers began to emerge that yearned to monopolize this power and make it their exclusive use and enjoyment. Such factions as the Grand Duchy of Rosaria, the Iron and Waloed Kingdoms, the Republic of Dhalmekia, and the Holy Empire of Sanbreque.
Valisthea, the long-awaited return to medieval fantasy
These houses we are talking about will undertake the search for the so-called Dominants, the people who best channel these crystals and who possess unique abilities, such as the ability to summon different beasts known as eikon. The kingdoms will welcome (or hunt down and capture) the Dominants to use them to their own benefit, so it won't be long before war for the future of Valisthea is unleashed. And in the middle of it all is Clive Rosefield, a mercenary of high lineage who must decide what role he plays in this. If he gathers and protects the Dominants, or if he takes control of the Crystals and subjugates the world himself.
Crystals, summons, a medieval world? Much of what is told here will evoke memories of different installments and it is not for less. This FF XVI misses the 35th anniversary of Final Fantasy that we will celebrate in 2022, but the work aims to be a tribute to the imagination and legacy of the saga. A tribute that we can not be more eager to try. At least now we know when. Summer 2023. It will take time, but it will come.