Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire
Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire is a free-to-play mobile MMO strategy title that borrows its setting and familiar faces from Final Fantasy XV. You expand a kingdom, train armies, coordinate with other players, and compete for control of the Crystal while juggling real-time map fights and the typical upgrade driven pacing of modern mobile war games.
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Publisher: Epic Action LLC Playerbase: High Type: Mobile Strategy Release Date: June 28, 2017 PvP: World Pros: +Satisfying hero growth. +Very active community. +FFXV theme and characters. +Extra side activities. Cons: -Familiar, template-like strategy loop. -Strong pay-to-win pressure. |
FFXV: A New Empire Overview
FFXV: A New Empire is a 2D, free-to-play MMO strategy game for mobile devices, built around city development, timers, alliance coordination, and open-world PvP. It takes place in Eos and leans heavily on recognizable Final Fantasy XV characters and iconography, with Noctis and company serving as the thematic glue that separates it from the many similar empire builders on iOS and Android. Beneath the Final Fantasy coat of paint, the core loop is the familiar one: expand your base, improve resource production, research upgrades, raise troops, and join a guild to survive in a competitive world map.
Combat and progression are split between your city and the surrounding land. In your kingdom you are constantly unlocking and upgrading structures to increase power and efficiency, while outside your walls you send marches to gather materials, hunt monsters, and contest objectives. Large fights tend to revolve around group play, where coordinated guild activity determines who can hold territory and push toward major goals like controlling the Crystal. The game also folds in Final Fantasy staples like summons to add spectacle to big engagements, even if the underlying mechanics remain rooted in mobile strategy conventions.
FFXV: A New Empire Key Features:
- Build your kingdom’s footprint – construct, enhance, and protect key buildings that improve economy, military strength, and your long-term push toward the Crystal.
- Progress Noctis – strengthen Noctis over time and allocate AP across branching talent paths, focusing on combat benefits or development focused bonuses.
- Real-time world map encounters – fight roaming monsters to secure materials for upgrades while also earning experience for Noctis.
- Alliance focused play – team up in a guild to accelerate construction, tackle shared tasks, and spend Loyalty rewards on helpful boosts.
- Translation support incentives – gain rewards by contributing to the game’s built-in localization and translation improvement tools.
- Daily mini-games – a separate tower defense style mode that acts as a side diversion, with limited daily access.
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FFXV: A New Empire Review
FFXV: A New Empire is best understood as a classic mobile war strategy game with a Final Fantasy XV themed presentation. If you have played titles built around power scores, build timers, resource farming, and alliance wars, the structure will feel immediately familiar. What it does well is using the FFXV license to make the routine more appealing, leveling Noctis gives players a clear RPG-flavored progression track, and recognizable summons add a sense of scale to major battles.
The city-building layer is the heart of the experience. You will spend most sessions checking production, starting upgrades, managing research, and making sure your economy can sustain troop training. The interface and pacing encourage frequent short logins, and the game is designed around incremental gains. For players who enjoy optimizing build orders and squeezing value out of boosts, there is a steady stream of goals to chase.
The MMO side comes from the shared world map and the importance of guilds. Fighting monsters for resources is straightforward, but the game becomes more engaging when you coordinate with others for rallies, protection, and territorial pressure. Like many games in the genre, the political layer, alliances, rivalries, and scheduling group pushes can become the primary reason to stick around. The “World” PvP label is accurate, you are playing in a space where conflict can happen at any time depending on your server’s climate and your guild’s standing.
That said, the moment-to-moment gameplay rarely breaks away from established mobile strategy patterns. Combat is largely about preparation, stats, and timing rather than tactical control, and the FFXV elements mostly serve as dressing over a well-worn template. The mini-games, including the tower defense mode, are a welcome change of pace, but their limited availability keeps them from becoming a true alternative progression path.
Monetization is the biggest caveat. Progression can be significantly accelerated through spending, and competitive play tends to reward players and guilds willing to invest heavily. If you approach it as a long-term social strategy game and are comfortable playing patiently (or primarily with a supportive guild), it can still be enjoyable. If you want a fair competitive environment or a strategy game that emphasizes tactical decisions over power scaling, the pay-to-win pressure will likely be frustrating.
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FFXV: A New Empire System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Operating System: iOS 8.0 or later, Android 4.0.3 or later
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FFXV: A New Empire Additional Information
Developer: Machine Zone
Platforms: iOS, Android
Release Date (New Zealand): March 31, 2017
Release Date (Worldwide): June 28, 2017