Final Fantasy 15 shows off lush new area and giant Malboro

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After a live Active Time Report steam, Square Enix has revealed a huge new area for Final Fantasy 15. Set past the halfway mark in the game it’s filled with giant trees with rusted metal structure stuck in them, and a dangerous boggy valley that’s home to the familiar FF monster Malboro. Although this times it’s absolutely massive and can wipe out the party with one hit of its bad breath move if you’re not too careful.

The story origins were also teased in a trailer set 15 years before the start of the game. And while it doesn’t include any of that typical Final Fantasy showiness, it hints at a much darker, and deeper story than anything we’ve seen so far. Also there’s a cute dog with a snazzy bracelet, so it’s worth watching just for that.

During a Q&A session we also heard a few snippets of information. While they’re not ready to show us FF15’s villain quite yet, they did promise that he’d top the likes of famous Final Fantasy bad guys Sephiropth and Kuja.

Square Enix will be showing another snippet of gameplay at the end of August during PAX Prime, and then more again at the Tokyo Game Show in September.

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Danielle Lucas
Danielle Lucas
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Dani's ears prick up every time the words 'final' and 'fantasy' are mentioned in the same sentence. Great when talking about JRPGs, but it becomes a real hassle when discussing the finals of your fantasy football league. Cloud would totally be a better striker than Rooney.