The Future of Final Fantasy… And Videogames

Mat Paget

Square Enix showed off a real-time tech demo called Agni’s Philosophy. It’s a Final Fantasy demo created with Luminous Studio, the newest engine from Square Enix that is actually still in development. The engine is capable of presenting the same quality as pre-rendered graphics, but in real-time.

With Star Wars 1313 looking absolutely fantastic–not to mention the games that are still coming out this generation–, E3 2012 is looking to be a year of some incredibly beautiful-looking games.

But back to the demo from Square Enix. It takes place in a Middle Eastern-looking area — a very unique look for the series. In fact, it’s hard to tell the demo’s even for Final Fantasy until the leading lady reveals her face. If this is the future of Final Fantasy, it’s a future I, and I’m sure many others, will happily embrace.

But don’t get too excited; this is still just a demo. Despite that, it’s exciting to see new technology, and dream of not only Square Enix’s titles, but every single one looking this great.

I could describe the video a bit more to you guys, but I think you’d rather watch it. You can do that below.