Final Fantasy 16 | How Its Story & Characters Will (Likely) Be Constructed

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Published on February 25, 2021 5:00:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur97Y1e5Kpw

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Final Fantasy XVI (2023)

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While we don't yet know the story details in Final Fantasy 16, clues to its potential story design potentially lay in how previous games in the series constructed their stories. Like Final Fantasy 5, Tactics and 12, Final Fantasy 16 will likely be a sociological story, in contrast to the psychological storytelling of other Final Fantasy entries.

Psychological stories primarily attribute the transformation of a character to the influence of interpersonal relationships (e.g. family, friends, spouse); whereas sociological stories attribute a character's transformation to the influence of society at large, its institution, and social structures.

Psychological Final Fantasy stories focus on the interpersonal, whereas sociological Final Fantasy Stories focus on the broader institutional settings, incentives and norms that surround the character(s).

00:00 - Splash
00:11 - Intro
03:23 - Psychological vs. Sociological Storytelling
05:30 - Psychological FF Games
05:40 - Final Fantasy 4
06:05 - Final Fantasy 6
07:05 - Final Fantasy 7
08:19 - Final Fantasy 8-10, 13
08:46 - Final Fantasy 15
09:40 - Sociological FF Games
09:49 - Final Fantasy 5
10:28 - Final Fantasy Tactics
11:06 - Final Fantasy 12
12:38 - Romance & Female Characters
13:36 - World Building
15:07 - Final Fantasy 16's Thematic Throughline
16:48 - Thematic Differences in Story Design
19:07 - Why a Sociological Final Fantasy Matters
22:12 - Outro

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