Final Fantasy 16’s producers have shared some more snippets about what to expect from Square Enix’s umpteenth outing in the JRPG series in an interview with Japanese siteGameWatch. Nestling in among all the talk of Mother Crystals and summons is a comment from writer Kazutoyo Maehiro that players will get to control another character than just our boy Clive. It sounds like you’ll only get a short while to step into this other, as yet unnamed character’s shoes, however, as they’re only playable in the early game.
When prodded over whether this other playable character would work in a similar way toFinal Fantasy 12’s Reks, Maehiro said that was “a good understanding”. Reks was FF12 protagonist Vaan’s older brother, who you played as during the game’s prologue. Producer Naoki Yoshida also clarified in the interview that, despite what trailers have shown so far, Clive will have a posse of sorts. This party will fight alongside Clive, but they’ll be controlled by AI, much like Noctis' boy band pals were inFinal Fantasy 15.
Square Enix haven’t had a great time promotingFinal Fantasy16 so far. They generated some controversy earlier this month when Yoshida essentially said it was okay for the game to beculturally homogeneousbecause it’s set somewhere geographically isolated “in an age without airplanes, television, or telephones”.
