[24/05] Dengeki's Turn To Update On Final Fantasy Type-0

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Dengeki has a huge eight page feature on Final Fantasy Type-0 this week, filling in many of the blanks from the recent gameplay demonstration.

One big mystery cleared up by the magazine is the identity of Gilgamesh. Square Enix revealed over the weekend that a costume based off Type-0's Gilgamesh would be offered as download content for Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy. The only problem: Gilgamesh's appearance in Type-0 had yet to be announced.

Dengeki reveals that Gilgamesh, voiced by Kazuya Nakai, is l'Cie (a term you might remember from FFXIII) who has gained the power of the Genbu crystal but has forgotten its mission. He's apparently huge -- many times the size of the characters.

Gilgamesh is one of the game's giant bosses. You'll face off against many such bosses as you play through the game.

The "Genbu" name is one of the game's four Peristyliums, the others being Suzaku, Byakko and Souryu. These are located in four countries, respectively Lolica, Rebrum, Milites and Concordia.

The Genbu people, who reside in a harsh mountainous terrain, are mostly all soldiers. With the power of the crystal, they strengthen their bodies and cannot easily be defeated by weapons and magic.

Back in Rebrum, the country of the game's main characters, the magazine introduces three playable students and one new NPC. Two of the characters debuted in Jump last week.

  • Sice
Voice: Miyuki Sawashiro. Weapon: Scythe. Previously shown in Jump. The magazine shows Sice's "Black Hole" move, which was shown during the demo session.
  • King
Voice: Tomokazu Sugita. Weapon: Dual Guns. Previously shown in Jump. King has a "Power Bullet" ability which can deal major damage to nearby enemies.
  • Eight
Voice: Miyu Irino. Weapon: Hand-to-Hand Combat. A male student with short red hair. He's not a fan of weapons which take people's lives, so he chooses to fight hand-to-hand. Eight has a special ability which lets you unleash a variety of actions by pressing d-pad keys.
  • Arecia Al-Rashina
Voice: Atsuko Tanaka. Not one of the playable characters, Arecia is head of Suzaku's magic division and overseas magic development. No one knows when she came to Suzaku. She's viewed somewhat as a sorceress who will do some unbelievable things at times.
On the gameplay front, the magazine provides some first details on the game's world map system, some of which you might have gathered from the recent gameplay session.

The game uses what's referred to as an "Active World Map." Areas of the map will come under attack, with enemy forces invading, and you'll have to take part in the defense. When moving about the map under normal circumstances, you'll get into encounter-based battles.

The magazine mentions one particular type of world map mission. You'll be ordered to take back a city that has been turned into an enemy base. You can take back the city by defeating the enemy troops and their commanders. Do so, and you'll be able to shop for items in the city.

The magazine also sheds a bit of light on a few of the mysterious gameplay systems from the demo session.

During the demo session, we were shown the game's Kill Sight system, where connecting an attack while a red target was displayed would make the enemy die instantly. The game also has "Break Sights." Here, a yellow mark is shown, and while you won't kill the enemy, you can do major damage.

The demo session battles also showed big "S.O." text. This stands for "Special Order." During the mission, you'll get special orders from above. If you clear the special order at the end of the mission, you'll get items and other bonuses. But if you fail, your character will die. You can choose to accept or ignore the orders.

Source: Andriasang

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