At E3 2021, the publisher Square Enix and the Japanese development studio Team Ninja, which was already responsible for the Soulslike action games Nioh and Nioh 2, have the dark Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins announced for the coming year on the PC as well as PlayStation and Xbox.
Dark action role-playing game in the Final Fantasy universe
This time the Japanese publisher Koei Tecmo is responsible for the distribution. Square Enix speaks of a “bold new vision” for the Final Fantasy franchise. The very dark fantasy role-playing game should be based on the “death simulator” Dark Souls 3 (test) and the Nioh series as an action RPG.
Step into a world of dark fantasy and enjoy the exciting, action-packed battles.
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Square Enix didn't reveal much about the story itself and spoke of a “bold project” by the two veterans Tetsuya Nomura, who were responsible for the Final Fantasy VII remake and Kazushige Nojima will be realized together with Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo for 2022.
Jack and his allies, Ash and Jed, burn with determination to defeat the Chaos as they push open the gates to the Chaos Shrine. But doubts remain – are they really the warriors of light that prophecy foretold?
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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins should be released in the course of 2022 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 (test) as well as the Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S (test) and the Windows PC.
Playable demo already available from today
The lucky owners of a PlayStation 5 can download and try out a first trial demo of the game from the PSN store from today until June 24th .
The publisher has summarized further information in an official press release. In addition to the upcoming Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins, Square Enix also had interesting news up its sleeve at E3 for Final Fantasy veterans and nostalgics.
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster-Series
The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster-Series consists of the Final Fantasy parts I to VI, which are “soon” published individually on Steam as well as for the mobile platforms Android and iOS.