Square Enix has fumbled typically, and in baffling trend, again and again with a lot of its video games over current years, however one factor the writer deserves numerous credit score for it persistently investing in smaller and extra experimental titles, a lot of which regularly find yourself kicking off their very own new franchises. Earlier this yr, the Japanese firm introduced The DioField Chronicle, a recreation that most likely gained’t blow anybody’s socks off from a visible perspective, however actually turned some heads with its promise of a deep real-time ways RPG expertise in a fantasy setting.
At the time, the recreation was given a obscure 2022 launch window, however in the time since then, there have been subsequent to no updates on it. It appears, nonetheless, that that would quickly change. The DioField Chronicle was not too long ago rated by the ESRB, revealing some transient new particulars about it and its gameplay. Interestingly, classification rankings tend to reach near their launch dates, so it’s doable that Square Enix will quickly be saying one for The DioField Chronicle- and there’s a great likelihood that it gained’t be distant.
“This is a role-playing recreation by which gamers management mercenaries battling rival factions in a fantastical world,” the ranking abstract reads. “From a top-down perspective, gamers have interaction in tactical battles towards human troopers and fantastical creatures (e.g., large wolves, dragons, the undead). Players choose assault strikes from a menu as their get together members transfer round the battlefield; characters use weapons, swords, and magic spells/vitality blasts to defeat enemies. Cutscenes depict additional cases of violence and blood: characters impaled by swords; troopers battling with swords/lances, amid splatters of blood; nonetheless pictures of characters mendacity in swimming pools of blood. In one storyline, a villain kidnaps village ladies, forcing them to work in a brothel.”
Whenever it launches, The DioField Chronicle will probably be accessible on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
