Final Fantasy 14, Square Enix’s long-running MMO, is inarguably a major success. It’s such a success that apparently Square Enix is taking parts of the game to use in other projects that it’s currently developing. That’s whatBabylon’s Fallproducer Yosuke Saito confirmed, following confused fan reactions after discoveringFinal Fantasy 14gear, emotes, and other content within the action game’s beta. The reason why, however, won’t be particularly surprising toFinal Fantasy 14fans.
In a lengthy official statement from Saito titled “Gear Assets Provided byFinal Fantasy 14,” the producer confirms straight away thatBabylon’s Fallfeatures some gear assets and emotes that were “borrowed” directly from the MMO. Saito says thatBabylon’s Fallplayers can expect to find a variety ofFinal Fantasy 14gear and emote content in-game, particularly in the early-to-mid range of progression. SinceBabylon’s Fall’s beta focused on early content, that’s why players discovered so much of it.
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As an explanation, Saito says that borrowing content fromFinal Fantasy 14will allow the development team to offer a much broader range of gear and emotes than would otherwise have been possible. ThePlatinum Games teamis still creating its own assets for gear and emotes, of course. Saito even makes clear that most of the gear and emotes inBabylon’s Fallwill be original.Final Fantasy 14’s assets will make for a bigger and better game.
Further, Saito tells a story regarding giving a presentation aboutBabylon’s Fallat a Square Enix company meeting. During the meeting,Final Fantasy 14’s belovedgame director and producer Naoki Yoshidaoffered his help for the project, leading Saito to excitedly say, “Yes, please!” Suffice to say, the “borrowing” wasn’t don’t just with Yoshida’s blessing but at his distinct encouragement. It sounds like theFinal Fantasy 14team saved theBabylon’s Fallteam a lot of work, as a result.
Yoshida also offered a statement on the matter, encouraging everyone to playBabylon’s Fallas it’d be a reward for all of thework theFinal Fantasy 14team has done, too. He also takes the opportunity to mention thatFinal Fantasy 14has a free trial, for those who haven’t tried the MMO yet.
There are two different “controversies” to unpack here. The first is the worry thatBabylon’s Fall"stole" these assets, which is clearly untrue. The second is the worry thatBabylon’s Fallis trying to cut corners or resell content from other games. That’s a worry that’s less simple to address, because it won’t be clear until the game is released and playable. At least on paper, however, Square Enix appears to simply be doing what it can tomakeBabylon’s Falla big and exciting experience, as promised.
Babylon’s Fallis in development for PC, PS4, and PS5.
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