Final Fantasy 16
Summary
At long last , Final Fantasy 16has announced not one , but two DLC elaboration : Echoes of the FallenandThe Rising Tide . This promulgation comes roughly six months after the game ’s initial release on June 22 , 2023 . AlthoughFinal Fantasy 16was dubbed a modern masterpiecefor its thrilling coming to action RPG combat and its presume attack to mature storytelling , it also had some obvious gaps , some of which seemed to hint towards answers in succeeding DLC .
FF16 ’s two DLCs made up one of thebiggest annunciation at The Game Awards 2023 , where it was unveiled with a 90 - second dawdler showcasing fight and the tenuous hint of level . Composer Masayoshi Soken also took home the award for Best Score and Music for his body of work onFF16 . Here ’s everything to know so far aboutFF16 ’s two DLCs .
In many ways , Final Fantasy 16 compensates for the mistakes made by Final Fantasy 15 , and those improvements should stretch to its approaching to DLC .
FF16 DLC: Release Date
Echoes Of The Fallen Is Out Now, The Rising Tide Is Coming Soon
The first of twoFF16DLCs , Echoes of the Fallen , was shadow dropped during The Game Awards , mean that it ’s uncommitted now for download and play . The rise Tidehas coif a probationary spill date for Spring 2024 ; it ’s a pretty wide window , but at most , it ’s six months out from the initial announcement . Further details about its spillage date will likely be unwrap in the coming calendar month .
FF16 DLC: Platforms
Both ofFF16 ’s DLCs are sole to PS5 , at least for the time being . ThePC version ofFF16is in development , but there ’s no Logos yet of a release particular date . While many speculated it would be out in later 2023 , immediately after Square Enix ’s exclusivity business deal with PlayStation expired , it ’s early December and no such promulgation has materialized . It ’s also impossible to say at this period whetherFF16 ’s two DLCs will be available on PC at the time of its initial release , or whether they ’ll hail out several months later on like the PS5 version .
FF16 DLC: Price
The first of twoFF16DLCs , Echoes of the Fallen , is now available for $ 9.99 USDvia the PlayStation Store . Both DLCs can be purchased together in the form ofFF16 ’s Expansion Pass , which costs $ 24.99.The rise Tide ’s cost point has yet to be revealed , but since the Expansion Pass is advertised as containing both DLCs at a discount , it ’s more or less confirmed thatit’ll be more expensive thanEchoes of the Fallen . The average , full narrative expansion - sized DLC unremarkably blend for $ 29.99 , so it ’s quite possible thatThe rise Tidewill domain around the same cost .
FF16 DLC: Story
Due to sealed occurrence at theending ofFinal Fantasy 16 , all DLC must logically take situation before its last chapter . FF16 ’s DLC announcement seems to confirm this is the showcase . The trailer begins with a clip fromEchoes of the Fallen , in which The Hideaway ’s merchandiser Charon salute Clive with a mysterious dark quartz glass . evidently , quartz glass like this one are flooding the disastrous market place , huckster by a grouping of suspicious traders . crystal are the reference of essentially all lifelike resource inFF16 , but are in shortsighted supply - these sorry crystals appear to offer the same benefits , but perhaps at a higher , hidden price .
finally , the investigation into these crystals leads Clive , Jill , Joshua , and Torgal toa novel Fallen ruin called the Sagespire . It ’s here that they ’ll get a line some uncomfortable arcanum about the Magitek War as they face off against a powerful , ancient defense organisation . They ’ll fighta variety of mechanized bosses , including Sigma , Omicron , and Omega , as they climb the spire and seek to understand the dark crystals ' origins .
Relatively little is bed aboutThe Rising Tide ’s story , but it ’s possible to guess based on the brief trailer in the drone and what appear to be knowing gap left inFF16 ’s story . InFF16 , those called dominant are able-bodied to commune with the Mothercrystals to harness the superpower of Eikons , terrible and all-powerful gods . In - game loremaster Harpocrates explains that there were once eight Eikons in Valisthea , despite only five appearing during the game . One of the missing Eikons is Leviathan , a piss elemental .
EachEikon is a recurringFinal Fantasystaple ; Ifrit , Phoenix , Bahamut , Shiva , Titan , Garuda , Ramuh , and Odin come along in mostFinal Fantasygames in one capacity or another : usually as bosses and/or summonable friend . The same goes for Leviathan , and while its universe is occasionally touched upon through paintings and lore references , it never in reality appears in the game . As a event , many have-to doe with to the scatty Eikon as Leviathan the Lost . But it face like someone at last find it , becauseLeviathan appear to be the chief subject ofThe Rising Tide .
Leviathan will appear both as an enemy and as a summon . Clive is seen face the serpentine Eikon as Ifrit in one ofFinal Fantasy 16 ’s epic Eikon boss fights . Later on , he also come along to have semi - prim out as Leviathan in a battle : a " Tidal Gauge " appear on screen , along with a variety of body of water - themed moves like Tidal Spray , Tidal Spit , and Refill . The abbreviated prevue of the 2d DLC demonstrate Clive and company investigating a mysterious blue electron beam that has appear in the distant sky . It ’ll also let in a fresh map , Missidia , a hilly area composed of both small towns and unfounded areas .
FF16 DLC: Bonuses
Claim Cloud’s Buster Sword In FF16
purchase eitherEchoes of the Fallenindividually or the total DLC Expansion Pass unlocksCloud Strife ’s Buster Sword fromFF7inFF16 . After purchasing either and completing the plot through the main quest " A Chance Encounter , " players can claim the Buster Sword by sail to the " Redeemable Items " section of the System carte . Purchasing the DLC also grants entree to the " Away " Orchestrion Roll , which allow players to mind to one ofFF16 ’s most electrifying boss themes in The Hideaway . And of course , both DLCs raise Clive ’s level detonator , while adding new weapons , accessories , boss , and areas to the game .
It ’s clear that theFF16story is n’t over yet . With one expansion out now , another well on its agency , an coming PC release , and whatever else is in shop , Final Fantasy 16still has a lot on the sensible horizon .
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