New details for Strange of Paradise Final Fantasy Origins are here
Square Enix hosted a Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins show at Tokyo Game Show, where they went into a lot on the game, including areas that have been improved upon, since the games first trial earlier in the year, you can check out the full panel below.
The panelists on the stream were Daisuke Inoue the Director from Square Enix, Hiroya Usuda the Director from Koei Tecmo Games, Nobumichi Kumabe the other Director from Koei Tecmo Games and Tetsuya Nomura, the Creative Producer.
While the video above is well worth a watch, thanks to the visuals that accompany things, they also released a nice short list, to highlight the bigger improvements to the game.
Graphical Improvements – The team expressed their commitment to polishing and improving visuals ahead of release. Initial visual improvements are implemented in the currently available TRIAL VERSION 2.
Dynamic Lighting – Gameplay footage shown during the broadcast highlighted the use of dynamic lighting, which will provide a more realistic and immersive gameplay experience in areas throughout the game.
Combat Balancing – Adjustments to the ‘Lightbringer’ ability and tweaks to allies’ break gauge and MP recovery speeds are a few of the improvements implemented into TRIAL VERSION 2 to help create an exciting, high-risk high-reward battle system.
Difficulty Level Adjustments – Players will be able to select from various difficulty levels which can suit their preferred playstyle: ‘Story’ for a more casual play experience, ‘Action’ for action-oriented gameplay, and ‘Hard” for those seeking a true challenge.
AI Improvements – In addition to general improvements in AI combat for Jack’s allies, players can customize their teammates jobs, equipment and abilities, and can also utilize the ‘Resonance’ feature to boost the combat prowess of allies temporarily in battle.
Framerate Improvements and 4K Rendering
If you want to give the game a go, on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, the second trial is available and only until October 11, so you will want to get in early.