Final Fantasy XVI Coming Summer 2023

0:58 More battle, another shot of the HUD.

The symbol next to the upper left’s yellow HP bar is different this time. I believe it may be Garuda’s symbol, but I’m unsure. The yellow HP bar is full, “Lvl 33 HP 2150” with three blue bars beneath him, which Twitter (and this writer) think is likely the limit break, as FFXIV has the same gauge for its LB.

The lower left D-pad compass is now more readable. Up: 6 Potions. Right: 4 Hi-Potions.

Whoever is fighting is fighting a Level 33 Orcish Mesmerizer.

The lower-right compass is different. West: “Aero”. North: “Attack”. East: “Deadly Embrace”. South: “Jump” (this is the symbol I couldn’t make out earlier.)

0:59 – it looks like the fighter may have jumped or triggered something in the HUD, because the compass changed and now is split again. The northwest is green with two commands: “Gouge” and “Wicked Wheel”.

1:00 During the above, the flying text said:

* Deadly Embrace
* Eikonic Strike

and now, the fighter (who I’m pretty sure is Clive) has jumped up and is punching the Orc with Titan’s fist. It does a massive ground AoE, and the flying text now says:

*** Collateral Upheavel x3
* Collateral Upheavel x4
** Collateral Upheavel x6
*** Collateral Upheaval x8
* Ability Finish

1:02 We have switched to another battle scene. The player’s HP bar appears to have a symbol of Odin next to it (I’m guessing, looks like a man wearing a horned helm). To the left of the symbol is the L2 indicator, and below that are two smaller symbols, one of which definitely looks like the Garuda symbol of before (I can’t see the other symbol, too blurry). The player’s level is 26 and HP is 1703, with the limit break bar completely full.

The player rushes the enemy, who appears to be a bare-chested man with a hood over his head. There is text in the upper center of the screen that says “Poison Mist” with a red bar underneath it. The flying text says:

* Precision Dodge x3

The compass in the lower right says west: Attack, north: Dark, east: Arm of Darkness, south: Jump.

1:03 I can’t quite make out what the player did to cause it, but the enemy staggers (and indeed, has a “Staggered” text under his HP bar, which I can’t fully make out but says Lv 26 Stone [too blurry]). The control compass has switched to split in half, with the northeast having two dark red controls: Heaven’s Cloud and Gungir. The flying text says:

* Takedown
* Lunge

Takedown is on a rainbow background.

1:04 Okay, the enemy’s name was Stone Gaoler. It appears the player may be using his LB now because the bars are lit up gold (or maybe it’s just an indication it is full and ready to use?) and the player is twirling his weapon overhead.

1:05 Flying text:

* Ability Chain
* Eikonic Punishment

The LB bar is still glowing gold, but there are numbers on the enemy in gold text, with (x1.20) in paratheses like that, and a bunch of hits at 13 strength. That seems low for damage to the enemy’s HP, so I’m wondering if it’s kind of like stealing MP or some other gauge?

1:08 We’ve dropped out of battle and switched to a story scene. We see a naked man and woman, their backs to the camera. It looks like it’s older Clive and the blond-haired woman who is Garuda’s Dominant. The voiceover says:

“I unite the Dominants…”

1:10 The voiceover text is still on screen but we’ve switched back to battle. This time the player has Shiva’s symbol next to their HP bar, with two other symbols below it that I can’t make out. The player is level 26 with 1800 HP and a full limit break bar, glowing gold. They are fighting a Coeurl, and I wonder if it’s a boss fight since the enemy’s HP bar is in the upper right rather than above its head.

The control compass says: Attack, Blizzard, Cold Snap, Jump.

The voiceover continues:

“...that we may bring an end to the strife…”

The flying text says:

* Diamond Dust x2

and the control compass has changed to split, northeast says “Pile Drive” and “Thunderstorm”. I saw a light-colored cape appear on the player character as they used whatever ability, and their weapon looks frosty and there are ice effects in the field.

1:12 The player has twirled their swords and stabbed the Coeurl. They have switched their active Dominant, because now the symbol next to their HP bar has changed from Shiva to Garuda, and the control compass has Aero and Deadly Embrace on it.

1:14 The Coeurl attacks. The player spins in the air and takes damage. The voiceover says:

“...and found a new order to see us unto tomorrow.”

Flying text now says:

* Eikonic Strike
*** Gambit Counter
* Deadly Chain
* Deadly Takedown

1:18 A gloved finger pointing at the center of a map. I cannot make out the text of what it is pointing to, but it apears to be twin white towers.

1:19 Two armies rushing towards each other. Dead already lay in the gap between them. I see two blue streaks, that may be magic or something else, one on each army but covering only a very small part of the army.

1:20 A close-up on two soldiers, the left one in full armor. I think the right one is as well but it’s too blurry to see. More soldiers fill the screen, blocking out the original two.

1:22 A man with a curved blade strikes his opponent. (We say armies with curved blades vs. armies of straight swords in the original trailer.)

1:23 Voiceover:

“If I take the field,”

Two men in red armor. The camera is looking over the shoulder of the one nearest the camera, and the man looking at the camera is stocky and wearing a red helm. It appears he has cut his opponent down from the way he is holding his weapon.

1:24 Yup, the opponent has fallen, and we see now that the man’s weapon is a battle axe. There are others shots of this man fighting.

1:25 The scene has shifted to what I’d call a conference table. The stocky man in red clothing (our axe-wielder with 99% certainty) stands up. To the right of him is a man still sitting and looking down. To the left of him is an older man, who appears to have stood up as well as if to stop the stocky man.

1:26 Voiceover:

“our duel with shake the island to its foundations.”

The stocky man has put his hand on the older man’s shoulder, causing him to sit down.

1:27 The player is fighting in battle again. They are level 27 with 1220 HP and only one Limit Break bar. They appear to control Phoenix, Garuda, and Ramuh. Their enemy appears to be the stocky man, whose name is Hugo Kupka. Hugo’s armor is glowing gold. The player strikes at him with their sword, but Hugo puts out a fist to stop the strike.

1:28 The scene has shifted back to what I’m certain is the conference room and Hugo leaving it, tossing some words over his shoulder as he approaches the door (pretty sure it was him speaking the voiceover at this point, which is still on the “shake the island to its foundations” line).

1:29 Hugo has a hand on the door, and turns to look back to the camera and says something.

1:31 Another shot of the fight between the player and Hugo. This time Hugo is on the left side of the screen, and he strikes down at the player but the scene fades out to black.

1:32 Titan stands.

1:35 Shiva holds ice in her palm.

1:37 Shiva has done Diamond Dust.

1:39 We see now that Shiva had thrown the ice at Titan, who punches forward to stop it with his fist.

1:39 Another eikon. It’s a winged one falling through the air, so maybe Diabolos or Ifrit? I’m unsure.

1:40 Odin rides his horse.

1:41 Odin strikes at the winged eikon. Yeah, it was probably Ifrit because now there is a field of fire.

1:42 Definitely was Ifrit, he screams in pain, to the left on the screen appears to be Phoenix.

1:44 Phoenix is fighting the Eikon of Fire, whose HP bar is almost out. There is text midscreen that says “Hellfire”.

1:45 Phoenix breathes fire. I think the Eikon of Fire retaliated, but I’m unsure. There is a ball of fire errupting and obliterating the surroundings.

1:47 Ifrit is fighting Titan, from the HP bars. I am uncertain if we are seeing Ifrit or Titan, but I think the latter. Whoever it is looks scary – their eyes are aglow and their face bony.

1:48 The close-up of the bony face. It laughs. Okay, this is definitely Titan because the face matches the symbol on his HP bar, which is depleted more than Ifrit’s bar.

1:49 Titan laughs some more, and blue/white shockwaves emerge from him, obliterating the scene with power.

Now Ifrit is fighting an enemy whose HP bar is labeled with ???. Ifrit’s HP is diminished more than the enemy. Ifrit does his signature move: a ball of fire, which he hurls at the enemy. The enemy is LARGE and I cannot make out who it is, but at a guess it might be Bahamut?

1:51 Ifrit’s ball of fire hits for 330735 damage.

1:52 Close-up on the blue eyes of an older man, who I am sure is Ramuh. Yup, next split second shows Ramuh doing his signature move.

1:54 Shiva is doing Diamond Dust, and the HP bars seem to indicate that it’s the player fighting, not Shiva, since there are several symbols of Dominants next to the player HP bar. They are fighting Liquid Flame. They are level 25 with HP 1251 and one LB bar, appears to be Phoenix as the active Dominant.

1:57 Ifrit is fighting Garuda.

2:00 Garuda lands, and throws an attack at Ifrit, which does 35090 damage.

2:01 A close-up of an Eikon, could be Ifrit but I want to say Bahamut.

2:02 Odin rides into the scene.