Sony released new details on their upcoming title, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. In a blogpost via the PlayStation website, Square Enix Director Daisuke Inoue revealed the job classes in the next Final Fantasy game, as well as the “love and tears that went into making them.”
According to Inoue, the job system in Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin will be “the most exciting part of the game.” Continuing, “Essentially, they’re roles that you and your allies adopt in battle. The job determines your abilities, weapons, and the actions you can take in battle, and switching to a different one will give you access to different moves.” Before today, the only role that had been seen was “Thief.”
Take a look at the new job classes below:
- Breaker: This job uses the Zantetsuken – the sword possessed by the Summon Odin in previous Final Fantasy games. The Breaker’s unique action allows you to summon the Zantetsuken to break your foes and try for one-shot kills. It’s one of the quirkier jobs – difficult to use in some situations, but also very powerful. That makes it really interesting.
- Void Knight: Another job unique to Final Fantasy Origin. This job allows you to guard and use an enemy’s magic attack. In fact, its ability to counter magic is the best of all jobs – you can either absorb a magic attack and convert it to MP, or turn it into your own attack.
- Tyrant: If you want a real advantage at the start of a fight, Tyrant is the way to go. This job lets you imbue your weapon with elemental effects, allowing you to target an enemy’s weakness with normal attacks and afflict them with elemental vulnerability.
- Sage: Sage is a job that lets you toggle between white and black magic, giving you a lot of different ways to approach a battle. Meet certain conditions and you can also unleash the ultimate magic: Ultima.
- Dark Knight: This is a job that unleashes powerful attacks at the expense of HP. Your damage increases when your HP is low, making its potential damage output the best of all jobs. It’s a high risk / high reward option for advanced players who can manage their health effectively.
- Paladin: This job lets you recover HP as you fight. Its unique action lets you recover health whenever you land a hit – and it’s worth keeping that HP high because damage dealt increases when it’s maxed out.
- Ninja: This flexible job uses special ninja tools to divert and inflict ailments without consuming MP. Tools are limited but can be replenished by interacting with cubes found around the environment.
- Thief: A thief can steal instant abilities from foes – this can be really advantageous if you steal something powerful. Developing this job will also increase the drop rate of items, helping you collect more weapons and armor.
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin will officially launch in just a few short weeks on March 18, 2022, for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
