Final Fantasy Creator Voices He Realised the Franchise’s True Meaning Through FF16

Published 10/22/2023, 12:57 AM EDT

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Final Fantasy is truly a masterpiece, which has been entertaining fans for more than a decade. And people can’t deny the massive hard work developers put into this franchise. In fact, this famous franchise’s latest addition, Final Fantasy XVI received an overwhelming response from fans. Following that, the creator of the game shared how this latest title helped them realize the importance of their franchise’s name, Final Fantasy.

For 35 years, the Final Fantasy franchise presented games that shaped the RPG genre in the gaming industry. And now with the creator’s input, fans can also understand Final Fantasy XVI’s importance to the franchise.

The game creator of Final Fantasy XVI realises the franchise’s importance!

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Final Fantasy XVI became a huge hit just like its predecessor titles. And that involves a true dedication! Not to mention developers took an additional two years to release Final Fantasy XV’s PC port after the game’s console release. And now Hironobu Sakaguchi, the famous creator of the Final Fantasy series revealed that along with monitoring the franchise’s developmental side, each time his team tries to take the challenges and adventures of building a new system of their new game with courage.

Despite, various difficulties, they continue with a new mindset where they try to offer new adventures by taking up new challenges. This is what helps the team to deliver a masterpiece from the Final Fantasy franchise every time. 

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Not only that, but Sakaguchi also mentioned that his team is not interested in making games following their older titles’ styles, just because it worked out well for them. Instead, the developers continued with a courageous mindset to create something new and that is what helped in understanding the gravity of the franchise.

And the result is quite admirable! A remarkable success in the gaming industry this year. He mentioned this is how Final Fantasy XVI shaped the entire franchise’s importance to the team- “I think Final Fantasy XVI did exactly that and faced those challenges, and the game truly made me feel that this IS Final Fantasy.”

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Exploring the world of FF XVI

Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XVI is the sixteenth addition to the main franchise. Offering RPG features, Final Fantasy XVI took players to the fictional twin continents of Valisthea. These twin continents are again divided by six nations. In the gameplay, crystals, and dominants are the two great sources of power. A magical draught initiates tension between the nations and players get involved in the nations’ conflicts to find out the secrets of war. This war takes them to a dark Eikon Ifrit.

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Players need to take the role of Clive Rosfield, the game’s protagonist. The gameplay will progress following a story-driven start. In a nutshell, this role-playing game takes players to a never-seen-before world of magic and adventures. Final Fantasy XVI has already released. Interested players can try this game out if they find the Final Fantasy series truly rewarding. What about you?

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