Someday the crisis will have loot boxes

Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, the mobile collection that aims to provide all the files Final Fantasy VII the stories of the expanded universe together in one place, will have booty boxes, confirmed yesterday the creative director Tetsuya Nomura in a new interview with Famitsu.

While the game for smartphones will be free, there will be monetization mechanisms built in around collecting special items and cosmetics. “The monetized item is basically loot boxes containing random weapons,” Nomura told Famitsu, based on a translation provided by Square Enix PR. “Some of the special weapons also come as a set that includes new costumes that weren’t in the original games, adding a new way to enjoy the story that you wouldn’t have seen before.”

The microtransactions of their mobile games are nothing new to Square Enix. Past games like Mobius Final Fantasy i Final Fantasy Brave Exvius I have had them too. Some of the company’s first forays into free mobile games were disasters. Remember Final Fantasy: All the bravest? From time to time he has also gone the other way, playing a free game like Final Fantasy Legends: Crystal of Space-Time, eliminating it from its microtransaction economy and relaunching it with a premium price how Final Fantasy Dimensions II.

Long story: it remains to be seen how burdensome Ever Crisis’ the microtransactions end up being really. The game consists of chapters. Diu Nomura Final Fantasy VIIThe story will consist of ten, for example, with Midgar’s escape from chapter three. All of them will be free and will be added over time. Is there a world where you end up preferring to pay $ 2 for each new chapter instead of $ 2 to get an unlock for a redesigned Buster Sword for Cloud? Possibly. Booty box mechanics they tend to feel dirty and exploitative regardless of the generosity with which they are implemented.

Here are some more interesting excerpts from what is cooked Final Fantasy VII world since the interview:

• Game Battle Royale Final Fantasy VII: First Soldier will have a class system that players can switch between.
• One of the chapters of The usual crisis will provide the story after First soldier, which takes place 30 years before the events of Final Fantasy VII and showing much younger versions of certain main characters.
• Final Fantasy VII: RemakeYuffie’s DLC will feature a new Matter, summons, and a combined system during fights with his fellow NPC SonPC.
• Final Fantasy VII: Remake Intergrade on the PS5 you will have fewer game capture restrictions, so the Internet may finally start sharing some of its wildest spoiler moments.

I was very excited when he announced Square Enix Mai Crisiss because, on the one hand, the company was double (triple, quadruple?) submerging in redo Final Fantasy VII, will also be the first time most people have access to play some version of the game’s extensive cannon. But they will like the games Crisis core i Dirge of Cerberus have you ever received your own reissues?

“We’ve also seen that people want to be able to play the different titles in the series on the console’s current hardware, so the design concept behind it Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis it’s not meant to be a substitute for that, but a comfortable, informal way to play these games, ”Nomura said in yesterday’s interview. Mmmm …