Originally leaked at the end of May as a ‘spin-off’ of the franchise titled Final Fantasy Origin, Square Enix finally confirmed its existence. Under the main title of Stranger of Paradise, the game by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo offers more action with RPG elements, in addition to “Chaos”, a lot of “Chaos.”
With the spirit of Nioh and his own Dissidia Final Fantasy NT by its developers, Final Fantasy Origin immerse players in a dark fantasy world. Presumably inspired by the first game in the main franchise. But that’s a discussion for another time.
The synopsis of the game narrates that “Jack and his allies, Ash and Jed, are determined to defeat Chaos as they launch themselves at the gates of the Sanctuary of Chaos. The doubts however remain, are they really the ‘warriors of the light’ of the prophecy? “
Tetsuya Nomura and Kazushige Nojima work alongside Team Ninja in Stranger of Paradise. Daisuke Inoue, Lead Designer of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XII, run the game.
The same team behind Dissidia Final Fantasy NT I would be in charge of Final Fantasy Origin. Its great resemblance to Nioh It was due to the fact that a good part of the team that worked on these games would have been delegated to FF Origin.
A demo of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin for PS5 will be available to download on June 24.
The final version would land on previous and current generation consoles, as well as PC.
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