A latest trailer for Closing Fantasy 16 – The Rising Tide affords our first peek on the second main downloadable content material (DLC) growth for the motion role-playing recreation (RPG) and confirms that will probably be launched later this yr.
Accessible both as a separate buy or as a part of the Closing Fantasy 16 Enlargement Go, The Rising Tide sees protagonist Clive Rosfield journey to the brand new area of Mysidia on the behest of a mysterious letter. Right here, he should undertake a sequence of all-new story quests to rescue the Dominant of Leviathan the Misplaced – the highly effective beast, or Eikon, of water.
The DLC additionally consists of loads of new aspect quests, battles, equipment, and weapons, alongside an elevated total stage cap. Along with confirming that the growth can be launched on April 18, 2024, the trailer affords about two minutes of footage with some glimpses of the upcoming surroundings and some enemy encounters. You possibly can watch the complete trailer for your self beneath:
Gamers who buy The Rising Tide growth in a standalone capability or purchase the Enlargement Go will even obtain some bonus gadgets to make use of in the principle recreation. This features a reimagined ‘Curtana’ weapon impressed by Closing Fantasy 14 and two particular orchestrion rolls to customise the background music in your hideaway.
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A free replace is arriving the identical day as The Rising Tide, bringing the sport to model 1.30. This replace will give attention to including some small quality-of-life enhancements, akin to the power to make use of a brand new ‘Fast Full’ operate to shortly flip in a accomplished quest if you return to its quest giver.
Sure quests will even function up to date icons and there can be a brand new Ability Set function that permits you to save as much as 5 ability units. On high of this, some talents and equipment can be ‘adjusted for simpler use’ and extra collectible orchestrion rolls can be added. The sport’s photograph mode will profit from some new options, whereas a brand new customized controller setting will lastly enable gamers to freely customise the button structure – which is more likely to be an enormous enchancment from an accessibility standpoint.
We awarded Closing Fantasy 16 a glowing 5 stars in our Closing Fantasy 16 overview when it launched for PlayStation 5 in July final yr, praising its distinctive story and thrilling battles. Should you’ve been holding off for the right time to dive into one of many greatest PS5 exclusives, then it seems to be like these small enhancements might be definitely worth the wait.