Square Enix has announced that they will be releasing a new original RPG that is part of the Final Fantasy universe called Final Fantasy Agito. This particular game will be a free-to-play title which will not only have single-player content, like the majority of their RPGs, but also multiplayer elements available as well.
Final Fantasy Agito will be set in the Final Fantasy Type-O and in a way is actually a retelling of the Type-O story. The difference is that Final Fantasy Agito will tell the story from the perspective of whatever character the player creates and customizes. That means that you’ll be able to create multiple characters and customize them before working your way through the game, experiencing the storyline from each character’s perspective as you play them. At least that is what it sounds like in theory.
I wanted to write a story that traced the different fates of the FF Type-0 heroes. A lot of FF Type-0 players have told us that, and there are a lot of people within the studio, too, who wanted to do it. FF Type-0 was originally meant for release on mobile phones, and I liked the Agito name anyway, so that’s how we got started with this project. – Producer Hajime Tabata via Famitsu
Final Fantasy Agito will be one of the first games Square Enix will have release that will take advantage of being on a smartphone. The game will proceed in realtime based on player actions and will play out in chapters, with each chapter having a definitive end to it before the next one begins. The decisions you make in the current chapter, or game cycle depending on how you want to look at it, will affect the chapters of the game that you haven’t yet entered.
Each chapter is also divided up into single player content and team-based play. Each chapter is two weeks long and the solo content is ten days out of those 14 days. The remaining four days is dedicated to the team-based gameplay. Your solo gameplay will also affect your team-based gameplay since your job will be chosen at the beginning of the chapter and then during the solo content you’ll be boosting those skills for when the team-based content starts.
Final Fantasy Agito will be arriving onto Android and iOS this Winter and Hajime Tabata has stated that even though it will be free-to-play, Square Enix wants to make sure people can get to the end regardless if they spend money or not. An interesting change of business strategies for the company, one we had heard rumors about last year.
When more details emerge, we will be sure to post an update.
