The primary of Last Fantasy 16’s two expansions, Echoes of the Fallen, launched in December, however ever since they have been introduced, the one which followers have actually had their eye on is The Rising Tide, the second growth, which can see gamers lastly battling towards the Eikon Leviathan, who was notably lacking within the base recreation’s story.
However what precisely ought to gamers count on from the massive boss combat that may function the centerpiece for this upcoming DLC? The bottom recreation’s Eikon battles have been its highlights by far, and every provided a novel expertise each visually and mechanically, so will the Leviathan combat convey one thing new to the desk as effectively?
In response to Takeo Kujiraoka, director on The Rising Tide, it’s going to. Talking lately with Recreation Informer, although he was unwilling to dive into too many particulars, Kujiraoka did say gamers ought to count on a really water-heavy combat (appropriately sufficient for Leviathan), and added that it’s going to be “actually totally different from previous Eikon battles.”
“One factor I can say is that there’s going to be a number of water concerned – visually, graphically, there’s going to be a number of assaults produced from Levithan and that comes with a number of water,” he mentioned. “It’s going to look actually totally different from previous Eikon battles, and that’s one factor that gamers can stay up for.”
And naturally, the truth that Last Fantasy 16 is the collection’ first mainline recreation with a totally real-time fight system can also be going to lend a brand new flavour to the Leviathan combat. Kujiraoka mentioned, “Whenever you look again at previous Last Fantasy titles, there really aren’t many instances the place you see Leviathan transferring round loopy and in a real-time motion battle system.”
Beforehand, it was additionally revealed that The Rising Tide will likely be roughly 10 hours lengthy. New particulars on the growth are anticipated to be revealed at a PAX West panel later this month.
Last Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide is due out for PS5 this Spring. Producer Naoki Yoshida has mentioned that although the potential of a 3rd growth isn’t “completely zero”, it’s nonetheless not one thing gamers ought to count on.
