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The last time we got to play as more than one character in a mainline FF was 2011’s Final Fantasy XIII-2
Final Fantasy 16’s producers have shared some more snippets about what to expect from Square Enix’s umpteenth outing in the JRPG series in an interview with Japanese siteGameWatch. Nestling in among all the talk of Mother Crystals and summons is a comment from writer Kazutoyo Maehiro that players will get to control another character than just our boy Clive. It sounds like you’ll only get a short while to step into this other, as yet unnamed character’s shoes, however, as they’re only playable in the early game.
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Square Enix haven’t had a great time promotingFinal Fantasy16 so far. They generated some controversy earlier this month when Yoshida essentially said it was okay for the game to beculturally homogeneousbecause it’s set somewhere geographically isolated “in an age without airplanes, television, or telephones”.
Final Fantasy 16 is set toarrive in Summer 2023, although it will likely hit PC a bit later than that. A recentPlayStation marketing videorevealed the JRPG will be a PS5 exclusive for six months when it launches, so we’re probably looking at a Winter 2023 release on PC at the earliest. Fingers crossed we’re not left waiting until 2024. I’ll let you know when the clouds have lifted and a shiny PC release date appears.
