Sony has revealed that a new PlayStation State Of Play showcase focusing onFinal Fantasy 16will be broadcast later this week.According to a tweetshared by the official PlayStation Twitter account this afternoon (viaGematsu), the State Of Play is scheduled for April 13 at 2PM PT (5PM ET, 11PM CEST) and will showcase 20 minutes of Final Fantasy 16 gameplay.“From the moment Final Fantasy XVI debuted in our 2020 PlayStation 5 Showcase, fans around the world have eagerly awaited details on the game’s dark fantasy setting, the powerful Eikons and the Dominants who house them, and the flashy battle system teased in those early trailers,” explained PlayStation Blog senior manager Brett Elston in anofficial blog postmade to complement the tweet. Final Fantasy 16 is set to launch as atimed PlayStation 5 exclusiveon June 22 of this year.
As it has alreay been seven long years since the release of the last numbered Final Fantasy title, excitement for Final Fantasy 16 is soaring higher than Bahamut, and fans are excited to see what the FFXVI-focused State Of Play will reveal and entail. Previous trailers have treated players to thebreathtaking sights of in-game locations, the battle-worn and scar-facedprotagonist Clive Rosfield, and epic battles against huge, hulking summons.
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While Final Fantasy 16 is set to continue the decades-long tradition of the Final Fantasy series, certain staples of the established series' unique style will be deliberately toned down in the upcoming installment. In an interview held with the Japanese video games outlet 4gamer in February this year, Final Fantasy 16 Director Naoki Yoshida (oftentimes referred to as simply Yoshi-P) discussed that, unlike Final Fantasies before it, Final Fantasy 16won’t require grindingin order to advance the story. “Just by following the story,” Yoshi-P explained, “it’s possible to reach the recommended level without having to think about experience points.”
Many longtime Final Fantasy fans have expressed concern regarding the game’s balancing of RPG elements with modern action gameplay. Acknowledging these concerns during a panel held at last month’s PAX East, Yoshi-P assured fans that more information on Final Fantasy 16’s in-game RPG elements would be revealed in April. With the upcoming April State Of Play set to dedicate 20 minutes exclusively to Final Fantasy 16’s gameplay, one can reasonably expect that the showcase will bring some of the game’s RPG-leaning elements to light.
