Final Fantasy 16’s new demo will let you take progress into the full game
Clive and kicking
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Amidst all the chaos ofE3 2023, Square Enix released another trailer forFinal Fantasy16,and launched its long-awaited demo for the soon-to-be-released RPG.
We’ve known aFinal Fantasy 16demo would be coming toPS5for some time now, with producer Naoki Yoshida confirming so ahead of the game’s June 22 launch. Now, you can finally download it to your console and explore much ofFinal Fantasy 16’sopening chapters. Best of all, your progress will carry over to the full game, so there’s no reason not to dive in right now if you’re excited for theupcoming game.
TheFinal Fantasy 16demo clocks in at around 18.65GB on PS5, which is fairly large as far as demos go. The demo is split into two parts. The Playable Prologue will let you play the earliest sections ofFinal Fantasy 16,and features over two hours of playable content.
There’s also the Special Battle Demo, which features a powered-up Clive kitted out with Eikonic abilities you’ll find later on in the game. Likely, this mode is here to give players a taste of protagonist Clive’s full potential. I’m sure plenty of jaw-dropping combo videos will be making their way online soon enough as a result.
Final Fantasy 16is spearheaded by Square Enix’s Creative Business Unit 3. That’s the same team that heads up development onFinal Fantasy 14 Online.Both games share notable team members including Kazutoyo Maehiro, who was also a lead writer onFinal Fantasy 14’saward-winning Heavensward expansion.
He’s joined by localization lead Michael-Christopher Koji Fox and composer Masayoshi Soken. Ryota Suzuki serves as the game’s combat director, too, having previously worked on the Devil May Cry andMarvelvs Capcom series, as well as beloved fighting gameCapcom vs SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium.
It’s a pretty well-rounded roster of accomplished developers, then, which leads me to believeFinal Fantasy 16is in very capable hands. Hopefully, the demo will further cement that with a taste of the game’s story, soundtrack and combat.
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