Sequel to 'Final Fantasy' creator's free-to-play game launches today
But you can't play 'Terra Battle 2' until the servers come on at 11 PM Pacific.
Final Fantasy creator Hironubu Sakaguchi has had some good success with his action-RPG-puzzle mobile game, Terra Battle. The free-to-play sequel — Terra Battle 2 — is out on both iOS and Android, but if you want to play it, you'll need to wait until 11:00 PM PT on September 20th, according to the in-game message you'll get when launching the app.
Sakaguchi has had a part in several classic game franchises, including The Last Story, Chrono Trigger and Parasite Eve. The Battle 2 trailer below shows a dark world where evil has turned to stone, which unfortunately can be awakened by people with too much pureness and light. Whoops.
The cutscenes in Terra Battle 2 are pure Final Fantasy, even though this isn't a Square Enix production, complete with an orchestral score (the first game featured a score by Final Fantasy's Nobuo Uematsu), scantily-clad women (who can still kick all kinds of butt), and massive monsters to take on. The gameplay, however, is more abstract. It seems to be tile-based, with various character cards placed on a grid in turn-based gacha-style action. Of course, we won't know for sure until tonight.
