It’s been nearly two years since Final Fantasy 16’s reveal trailer, and since then Square Enix has kept very quiet on the details of the new game’s world, combat system, and, well, really everything.
In the new Final Fantasy 16 trailer, we get a good look at some of the RPG’s eikons – summoned monsters that can fight alongside you or against you – and how they work in the game’s action-oriented combat system.
See it all in action in the new trailer below:
There is a supporting blog post (opens in new tab) for the trailer on Sony’s blog, and there’s a little context to what you’re seeing in the video.
In Final Fantasy 16, Eikons will play a big role in the story. These summoned creatures will appear in combat, but of course they also affect the world of Valisthea where the action takes place.
The Eikons revealed in the trailer are Phoenix, Titan, Garuda, Ramuh, Shiva, Odin, Bahamut, and Ifrit. Each of them is a powerful creature with a variety of different abilities, strengths, and weaknesses.
In the blog post, the developers of Final Fantasy 16 give a little background on the characters that control the Eikons. Permanent Economic Advisor Hugo Kupka, “once an unnamed foot soldier in the Republican Army, his awakening as the Dominant of the Eikon Titan placed him at the forefront of Dhalmekian politics”. In this position of power, he skims the top of his people and directs the will of the people. Titan is the big boy in the trailer, the one who looks like he could be nine feet tall.
Meanwhile, one of the other Eikons, Garuda, is under the control of Benedikta Harman. She is on a mission to find a second Eikon of Fire and you will join her on this quest – as Clive Rosfield. Harman has apparently “transformed her talent for swordplay and subterfuge into command of Waloed’s elite intelligence agencies.”
Also seen in the trailer is an extremely active combat system. I’ll admit I’m not an avid Final Fantasy player, so I still think they’re mostly turn-based games (I know they haven’t been for a while), but even I was surprised at how free they were the shape is battles that appeared to be shown in the trailer. It will be interesting to see how Square Enix reveals more about how combat will work in Final Fantasy 16.
We’ll have to wait a while before we get our hands on the game though, as Final Fantasy 16 won’t be out until Summer 2023.
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