Hrmmm.
This looks to be taking pages from Dark Souls, Devil May Cry, and maybe NieR?
There's no party members and it's definitely a lot more grisly than other main Final Fantasy titles.
Apparently, the director of FFXVI, Hiroshi Takai, whose references include being the battle director for Romancing SaGa and the director for The Last Remnant while the producer is Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida who produced A Realm Reborn and Heavensward.
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Sep 16th 2020 at 6:50:16 AM
Or maybe Dark Souls May Cry?
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Sep 16th 2020 at 7:03:55 AM
Yeah, design-wise the main character looks kinda bland, hopefully he makes up for it character-wise. And as much as I love Noctis and the bro’s, I hope the party is a bit more diverse than just different flavors of bishounen
yeah, it looks much more DMC-flavored than Souls
Edited by dmysta3000 on Sep 16th 2020 at 7:09:08 AM
GUNDAMU GUNDAMUI thought so as well. Reminds me of Shadowbringers official depiction of Wo L.
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.The more we learn about this game the more I expect everyone to start going "Oh. The dev team have been playing The Witcher 3 a lot."
Anyways +1 to bland looking protag.
You are not alone.Looks like it's gonna be pretty dark.
What with the protagonist talking about planning to kill someone and all.
One Strip! One Strip!Yoshi-P and the Final Fantasy XIV team being behind XVI is a big plus for me.
I’m disturbed by the kid’s Vocal Dissonance. Not sure if it’s deliberate.
Kinda torn on this.
On the one hand the setting, story, and general aesthetic all seem intriguing.
On the other hand the main character seems kinda bland, and at the moment it doesn't look like there are any additional party members. On top of which I was kinda hoping for a stronger female presence after the all-male party of XV.

A new entry in the long-running franchise, Final Fantasy XVI was officially unveiled at today's PS 5 event. Looks like the game is going further into the action route as well, and seems to be going back to a more medieval times a la the Classics and FFXIV.