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Final Fantasy is an adventure developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV, released 28 July 2021 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Android.

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What Final Fantasy is

Final Fantasy is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV and released in 2021. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game begins with the appearance of the four youthful Light Warriors, the heroes of the story, who each carry one of the darkened Orbs. Initially, the Light Warriors have access to the Kingdom of Coneria and the ruined Temple of Fiends. After the Warriors rescue Princess Sara from the evil knight Garland, the King of Coneria builds a bridge that enables the Light Warriors' passage east to the town of Pravoka. There the Light Warriors liberate the town from Bikke and his band of pirates and acquire the pirates' ship for their own use. The Warriors now embark on a chain of delivery quests on the shores of the Aldi Sea. First, they retrieve a stolen crown from the Marsh Cave for a king in a…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Final Fantasy is the 300th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy IV in 2021. Its critic score of 88 is 11 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.

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How it was received

Final Fantasy holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 74 votes.

What it launched against

Final Fantasy launched on 28 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book and Road 96. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book, Road 96.

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When did Final Fantasy come out?
Final Fantasy was released on 28 July 2021 for Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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