The newest trailer for Final Fantasy XVI is right here – and with it, it brings a wealth of recent data on the sport’s story, revealing extra concerning the world that you’re going to journey as FF16 protagonist Clive when the sport releases sooner or later subsequent Summer.

The new trailer reveals beforehand unknown details about Valisthea, the land wherein Final Fantasy XVI is about. Valisthea is dying, the trailer reveals, with the crystals – a recurring aspect of the Final Fantasy sequence and sometimes one of many sources of life in FF’s worlds – are fading. 

“We can not stay with out the blessing of the crystals,” one character warns. Several different FF titles are centered across the energy of the crystals, and the way they are often destroyed or used to destroy all life. In some video games crystals are elemental macguffins that have to be collected, whereas in others they’re much less corporeal however nonetheless immediately linked to the sport’s plot.

In addition to the speak of the state of an ever-darkening Valisthea, the trailer reveals extra details about the Kingdoms that dominate the land. These have been revealed earlier than, on the FF16 web site, however within the trailer we get a better take a look at them. The kingdoms are often known as the Grand Duchy of Rosaria, the Holy Empire of Sanbreque, the Dhalmekian Republic, the Iron Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Waoled. 

These new areas, kingdoms, and states will be part of the likes of Alexandria, the Archadian Empire, Baron, and the Garlean Empire as main gamers within the medieval-based FF titles.

No extra of the FF16 characters have been of a specific focus within the trailer, however we do get one other take a look at protagonist Clive and his youthful brother Joshua, who additionally occurs to be the Dominant of Phoenix – one of many Eikons who fashioned the main target of the earlier trailer for the sport – in addition to a variety of different associates and foes.

If you need a better thought of what FF16 is like past what Square Enix has revealed thus far, RPG Site has you lined. We’ve acquired an in-depth evaluation of the fight system & mechanics and the key improvement workers, and deep-dive profiles on FF16 director Hiroshi Takai and inventive director Kazutoyo Maehiro – learn all that, and you will have a good suggestion of what to anticipate from this highly-anticipated title. 

Final Fantasy XVI is about for launch sooner or later in Summer 2023 as a timed PS5 unique. Any phrase on additional platforms, together with PC, at the moment stays an unknown – although Square Enix did admit that the sport’s first trailer was working on PC {hardware}.